Coyote stuns observers by braving rough waters to swim to Alcatraz

Coyote is thought to be the first ever to reach the notorious former prison island off the coast of San Francisco ...

One of Alcatraz's most infamous prisoners left the Rock on this day in 1939

Prisoner No. 85 spent four years at the island penitentiary ...
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A history of Alcatraz, its famed prison inmates and an island's uncertain future

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 ...
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How big is Alcatraz? And other facts about the infamous prison Trump wants to reopen

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he wanted Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison even though it has been closed for more than 60 years. Its outsized place in the ...