life on the run is an even more hellish prison than Alcatraz could have ever been. “The possible escape from Alcatraz by three men in 1962 is one of those mythic loose threads in history ...

Just 8 years before he starred alongside Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon, Danny Glover had his start in Don Siegel’s thriller ...

Despite these obstacles, Alcatraz was the setting for several daring escapes, one of which, in 1962, remains one of the most notorious prison breaks in history. Frank Morris and the brothers ...

Shocking footage has emerged showing more than 50 inmates staging a mass prison break from a notorious Indonesian jail.

Like many Indian reservations, Alcatraz had no modern facilities or fertile soil. The federal prison had closed six years earlier, and the island had been designated “surplus government property.” ...

Escaping from prison is a felony in the US ... The episode was immortalised in the film Escape from Alcatraz, starring Clint Eastwood. In 2006, a convict, Ralph Phillips, tore open a ceiling ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The last inmates of Alcatraz Federal Prison left the crumbling "Rock ... buildings which contributed to recent escape attempts. The last inmate to leave the 29-year-old island ...

Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future.