Alcatraz held some of the nation's worst criminals for around 30 years. Famous inmates include Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly. It became a symbol in pop culture. "There have been films ...

One of Liverpool’s most popular parks has been turned into “a poor man’s Alcatraz” to host a music festival, according to a ...

Alcatraz held some of the nation's worst criminals for around 30 years. Famous inmates include Al Capone and George "Machine ...

Big skies, bold cities and iconic prison islands: these destinations offer a familiar feel with a global twist.

CHICAGO (AP) — Recruiting women into construction has been a painstaking but broadly popular effort, with growing bipartisan ...

For many people, memorializing Hartman at Alcatraz would not only celebrate a brilliant comic but would capture one of the prison’s most surprising, memorable pop culture moments.

Almost every town, village or island has a Trump. They are usually found holding court about the latest perceived slights, making pronouncements ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

The last-known living inmate to serve time in Alcatraz has revealed what haunted him most about being locked up on the notorious island prison that President Trump plans to reopen. Charlie Hopkins ...

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.