Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

Alcatraz closed in 1963 because it was too costly to operate — three times more costly than any other federal prison. It's not coming back.

In the post, Trump said he was directing the DOJ, FBI and Department of Homeland Security to look into rebuilding and ...

At their peak, they housed 336 prisoners. There are currently about 156,000 people in the federal prison system. The main reason Alcatraz was closed was that it cost way too much to imprison ...

As children, the boys once figured out how to reuse a punctured tire by packing the hole full of moss, Widner told CNN. When the Anglins were paired in adjoining cells at Alcatraz next to Morris ...