Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged after ...
From The Haight to the Golden Gate -- the West Coast landmark crowned the most iconic bridge in the world -- San Francisco has no shortage of dazzling attractions. It's even home to the 'world's worst ...
The maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison operated for nearly 30 years but shut down because it cost three times more to run Alcatraz than other federal prisons NBC Universal, Inc. Alcatraz ...