In 1907, the Army redesignated Alcatraz as “Pacific Branch, US Military Prison, Alcatraz Island.” When the island’s purpose ...

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

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.” ...

Because the museum's exterior design is based on both the Tennessee State Prison and Alcatraz Island prison, some visitors were dismayed that there was no information about prisons. Temper your ...

Located on the east side of Alcatraz Island, the original 1857 sign on the ... Kelsey’s discoveries have also lifted the veil on the prison’s most famous 1962 escape, when Frank Morris and ...

Gilles Sabrie/LightRocket/Getty Images Ai Weiwei has never been to Alcatraz, but he has spent three years constructing the infamous island prison in his mind. Sitting at a long wooden table within ...