From Al Capone to George "Machine Gun" Kelly, more than 1,500 men were incarcerated at Alcatraz during the nearly 30 years it was in operation in the San Francisco Bay. The infamous prison-turned ...

Alcatraz was first used to house captives during the Civil War, according to the FBI.. However, by the early 1930s, it had been upgraded to what was dubbed "the world’s most secure prison." ...

From Al Capone to George "Machine Gun" Kelly, more than 1,500 men were incarcerated at Alcatraz during the nearly 30 years it was in operation in the San Francisco Bay. The infamous prison-turned ...

Alcatraz closed its doors as a federal prison 60 years ago after housing some of America's most infamous criminals, including Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly.

The legacy of Alcatraz was burnished via movies like “Escape From Alcatraz” starring Clint Eastwood. ... Al Capone, serving time on income tax evasion, landed at Alcatraz in 1939.

Among notorious criminals to have called Alcatraz home were: Al Capone: ... Clint Eastwood starred in the 1979 film "Escape from Alcatraz," a biographical drama following the real escape attempt ...

Several of Alcatraz's prisoners were well-known criminals, like Al Capone, George "Machine-Gun" Kelly and Robert "Birdman" Stroud. Many of the island's prisoners were considered escape risks or ...

From Al Capone to George "Machine Gun" Kelly, more than 1,500 men were incarcerated at Alcatraz during the nearly 30 years it was in operation in the San Francisco Bay. The infamous prison-turned ...