Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...

If the world has learnt anything during the past decade, it is to take the words of the 45th and now 47th president of the ...

SNL's Weekend Update addresses complaints from conservatives that Pope Leo XIV is "woke," and trashes Donald Trump wanting to ...

Bill Baker was only 23 when he was handcuffed, shackled, and thrown on the back of a boat headed for Alcatraz, the infamous ...

This time, the duo took aim at the new American Pope, Leo XIV, who, according to Jost, is clearly from South Side Chicago ...

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

As President Donald Trump's administration takes its first steps to open the infamous Alcatraz, California politicians Mayor ...

As if there was a need for more proof that President Donald Trump views his power as a way to indulge in grand gestures on ...

George Will finally, maybe, has a grasp on the art of the deal. He’s been watching President Donald Trump negotiate for peace ...

President Donald Trump has called for Alcatraz to be reopened as a modern maximum-security facility. Perched on an island ...