(CNN) — Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains ... who has cowritten a book about his uncles’ breakout. They also didn’t like being poor. The ...

Trump, ever in search of sadistic pleasures, wants his own CECOT-like prison to intern what he calls America’s “most vicious ...

When the escape siren sounded ... Jeff Himmelman is a writer at work on a book about Alcatraz.

Some stories became lore that contributed towards the pop culture zeitgeist, like Clint Eastwood's 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says that during the ...

"He also wrote a book titled 'Stroud's Digest on the ... Bayless tried to escape alone from Alcatraz in September 1941 while serving on garbage detail. "He gave up shortly after entering the ...

President Trump expressed interest in reopening the infamous Alcatraz penitentiary Sunday after a South Florida TV station aired the 1979 Clint Eastwood film “Escape from Alcatraz.” ...

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains ... who has cowritten a book about his uncles’ breakout. They also didn’t like being poor.