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Uncle Sam’s Devil’s Island: From Al Capone to ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly, meet Alcatraz’s most infamous inmates
Take a look a the most infamous inmates at Alcatraz as President Donald Trump is looking to reopen the prison off the coast ...
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Alcatraz was too expensive to keep open
At its peak, the facility was nearly three times more expensive to operate than other federal prisons, largely due to its ...
Welcome to Alcatraz Interactive Prison! Single file, please.
Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...
Why We Can’t Escape Alcatraz
Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...
A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future
One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...
WCJB TV203d
Woman describes her experience living on Alcatraz Island as a child: ‘Absolutely wonderful’
What some might not know about Alcatraz Island is that it was not just home to criminals; about 60 families of staff members ...
Trump Says Alcatraz Prison Is Unbreakable. History Says Otherwise
US President Donald Trump declared "nobody ever escaped from Alcatraz," outlining plans to reopen the island prison. It was ...
North Country Public Radio4d
Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. Here's a look at how it got its name
The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...
To reopen Alcatraz, you might have to rebuild the whole thing, historians say
To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.