Robert Stroud, known as the Birdman of Alcatraz, started studying birds while in prison in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz" all served time at the ...

Wyandotte County prosecutors announced last week that Marcus G. Butler of Leavenworth was sentenced to life in prison for the January 2013 killing of 19-year-old Matthew Gibson in Kansas City ...

Alcatraz was disbanded in 1963 after it was deemed too expensive to run, however, President Donald Trump has plans to re-open ...

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

And just like that, people are talking about the Birdman again. Burt Lancaster played the famous prisoner ... him a transfer to Leavenworth, according to the Bureau of Prisons.