According to historical accounts, out of the 36 Alcatraz inmates who tried to flee before the prison was closed in March 1963 ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The last inmates of Alcatraz Federal Prison left the crumbling "Rock" in San Francisco Bay today and headed for other institutions. The government is abandoning the maximum ...

There is no prison ... American history is pictured on March 13, 1956. After he began serving time in a U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Al Capone was transferred to maximum-security Alcatraz in ...