Like many Indian reservations, Alcatraz had no modern facilities or fertile soil. The federal prison had closed six years earlier, and the island had been designated “surplus government property.” ...

The prison was as close to a dungeon as any prison in the North. The tiny cells were sunk underground with the only ventilation coming from pencil-sized holes above each door and recessed space ...

Plenty of movies have used Alcatraz Island as a memorable setting, including classics like The Rock, Escape from Alcatraz, ...

A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's crew hatch a plot to overpower him and rescue the ship's passengers.

Saudi boxing boss Turki Alalshikh has expressed interest in hosting a boxing event inside the former Alcatraz prison, off the coast of San Francisco, in June or July of this year. And McGregor ...