Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

Bill Baker was only 23 when he was handcuffed, shackled, and thrown on the back of a boat headed for Alcatraz, the infamous federal ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

Alcatraz, America's most feared prison, officially shut on 21 March 1963, bringing an end to nearly three decades of housing ...

President Trump’s local PBS affiliate aired the 1979 thriller ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ before he took to social media to insist ...

Perhaps its most well-known inmate was Robert Stroud, the so-called "Birdman of Alcatraz" (he got his nickname because of his interest in ornithology). Over the years, 36 men tried to escape ...

During its time as a federal prison, which spanned almost 30 years, Alcatraz housed a total of over 1,500 inmates. Read about the most infamous inmates below: Al Capone spent time at several ...

The name Alcatraz still elicits thoughts about the shady characters kept in isolating (and poor) conditions that made the former federal prison infamous ... there were three inmates whose ...