The two inmates involved in the escape attempt at Fort Leavenworth were treated and returned to custody. The incident is ...

The penitentiary has over the years housed such infamous criminals as George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Robert Stroud, James Earl ...

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster ...

Once home to some of the US’s most dangerous criminals, these days Alcatraz only opens its doors to tourists looking for a ...

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

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would order the government rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a ...

Today, it houses more than 1,400 inmates ... reporting inhumane conditions at Leavenworth, which had been on lockdown for weeks. The Bureau of Prisons said a firearm had possibly gotten into ...