Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats. On June 11, 1962, three prisoners – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John ...

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

Where Lyle doesn’t help himself is where (Hayes’) family went 589 days without knowing they should stop looking for her, and ...

Correctional specialists at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth thwarted an attempted prison break in late April.

In a press release, the Missouri Department of Corrections said 73-year-old Conrad Schmitt III died at Mercy South Hospital ...

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

The Port of Seattle released videos on Wednesday of 28-year-old Sedrick T. Stevenson evading officers and running through the sky bridge. The first video shows Stevenson slipping past multiple ...

Eleven inmate deaths in less than two months. More than 4,000 staff vacancies. A $3 billion repair backlog. And now, a ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a ...

President Trump said Monday that “nobody’s ever escaped from Alcatraz” — a key reason he wants to reopen the legendary prison that’s been shuttered for 62 years. It seems he may have forgotten about a ...

An inmate with warrants from Kentucky was being transported at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when he escaped custody ...