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 ...

In the 1993 cult classic So I Married an Axe Murderer, Phil Hartman infamously portrayed Alcatraz tour guide John Johnson, who identifies as “Vicky.

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

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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.