ALCATRAZ was once an “escape-proof” prison in San Francisco Bay, home to some of the world’s most notorious criminals. Over the years many attempted to escape from the maximum-security prison dubbed ...

Eighty years ago today, Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay became a federal prison. Prior to that, the island had been used as a military fort and later a military prison. But after the American ...

SAN FRANCISCO (U.P.) -- Alcatraz Island, for years a military prison in San Francisco Bay and now used by the Federal government for incarceration of its "toughest" prisoners, is not considered escape ...

Exactly 80 years ago today, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary officially opened its gates to some of America’s most violently incorrigible criminals—after all, it was the most escape-proof prison ever ...

Aussie crooks have been escaping from prisons from the moment they started being thrown in them. These are some of the most outlandish jailbreaks and the cunning crims who executed them. Going over ...