Here's a look at some of the most famous criminals to get locked up in the island-based prison off the coast of San Francisco. Pictured here in the 1970s, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and the ...

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

McNeill Island, Wash.; Lewisburg, Pa.; or Atlanta, Ga. A few moments after the 60-foot diesel boat left Alcatraz, prison Officer Gordon Gronzo formally closed the 100-foot Tower No. 1 on the east ...

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey posted the first tweet on March 21, 2006, giving rise to one of the most popular social media ...

Irish superstar Conor McGregor says he was offered a chance to fight on former US prison island Alcatraz, turned it down.

Speculation has long surrounded the fate of the infamous Alcatraz escapees, but a new book offers details that not only shed light on what happened but also how the inmates might have used their ...

But for those targeted by Indonesia's strict drug laws, inmates are kept in pained isolation as they await the death penalty. The island, dubbed 'Indonesia's Alcatraz', is known for its harsh ...

McGregor visited the White House on St Patrick's Day, where he used a meeting with Donald Trump to criticise Ireland's ...

Mixing historical fiction and crime thriller, Oni Press' Out of Alcatraz #1 imagines what happened after the most daring ...