If the world has learnt anything during the past decade, it is to take the words of the 45th and now 47th president of the ...

Alcatraz prison is said to be haunted by the ghosts of former inmates and some spirits have even been captured on camera.

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 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.

In an interview with the BBC this week, Hopkins described life at Alcatraz, where he made friends with gangsters and once ...

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

Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a federal prison again saying it's needed to house America's "most ruthless and violent" ...

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

President Trump has directed the reopening of Alcatraz, the infamous former prison, sparking curiosity about its history.

On the night of June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin – launched one of the ...

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

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