In 1934, control of Alcatraz shifted hands from the US military to the Justice Department that needed a high security facility to incarcerate high-profile criminals following the upsurge of crime ...

BBC Science travelled with the archaeologist team to Alcatraz in 2014 to see firsthand ... Some famed inmates on the high-security island include mobsters Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly ...

A mysterious letter has come to light purportedly from one of three inmates who famously escaped Alcatraz in 1962. Someone claiming to be John Anglin wrote to San Francisco police in 2013 ...

Maharashtra Government has announced plans for a high-security, multi-storey prison in Mumbai, following the State Assembly’s ...

People interested in crime, history and mysteries will appreciate the wealth of exhibits at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum. Sprawled across 25,000 square feet of space, the museum is designed to ...