In August 1934, the first group of inmates arrived at Alcatraz, the maximum-security prison perched on a small island in San Francisco Bay. The Big House on the Bay was the ultimate destination for ...

Al Capone, nicknamed “Scarface,” was sent to Alcatraz in 1934 to sever his connections with the outside world and his criminal empire. Convicted of tax evasion in 1931, Capone was initially imprisoned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on June 12, 1962, reporting the escape of three prisoners from Alcatraz prison in California on ...

The notorious gangster and mob boss was among the first prisoners to occupy the new Alcatraz federal prison in August 1934. Capone had bribed guards to receive preferential treatment while serving his ...

All eyes will be at the Super Bowl and Levi’s Stadium on Sunday but before the game, all eyes will be on Alcatraz where the pre-game show will be taking place. The Bay Area’s famous former prison has ...

Ever since Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary opened as a maximum-security lockup in 1934 on a desolate island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, officials touted it as “America’s most secure prison.” ...

For Marie Widner and Mearl Taylor, the fabled flight from the Rock is all about family. The two Florida women are the younger sisters of John and Clarence Anglin, who along with fellow prisoner Frank ...

Alcatraz is a name that still conjures up striking images and feelings in those who hear it. Some of those images should include shockingly great meals.

The film, Concrete, Steel and Paint, told the story of the Philadelphia Mural project in which inmates and victims of crime painted a mural on parachute cloth in the prison the inmates were housed, ...

The White House on April 3 requested $152 million to reopen Alcatraz, which is offshore from San Francisco, as a federal prison. The funding appears in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, ...