It was while serving as a prison that Alcatraz became a symbol of America’s dark side, though most of the stories about the island are more fiction than fact. How then did Alcatraz become an ...

Alcatraz Island, infamous for its inescapable prison and notorious inmates ... Prisoners locked inside were stripped of light and warmth, left to sit in total darkness for days or even weeks.

More widely known as the ADX or the "Alcatraz of the Rockies," it's the highest-security prison in the entire country. There, every inmate spends roughly 23 hours a day in solitary confinement ...

The true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island. Although no one had managed to escape before, bank robber Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood ...

Among the rare roses, daisies and lush succulents, the blue lupines in the Alcatraz gardens may ... is this beautiful piece ...

We spoke with Alcotraz' founder, Sam Shearman about the backlash he has received around the prison theme ... props around here are taken from Alcatraz island itself and that has itself become ...

Birdman of Alcatraz is not really a prison picture in the traditional and accepted sense of the term. Birdman reverses the formula and brings a new breadth and depth to the form. In telling ...

Sprawled across 25,000 square feet of space, the museum is designed to look like a a blend of Alcatraz Island prison and the Tennessee state prison. It includes 100-plus interactive exhibits ...