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 ...
Once again, California is a hotspot of political unrest. This time, the source is one of San Francisco’s most popular tourist attractions, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. The penitentiary closed in ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Archaeologists confirmed a long-time suspicion of historians and say that famed Alcatraz prison was built over a Civil War-era military fortification. Researchers found a series ...
Alligator Alcatraz was built on the former Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in the Florida Everglades. The company in charge of constructing Alligator Alcatraz is SLSCO, LTD. (Rebecca ...
The former "Dade-Collier Transition and Training Airport" sign lies disregarded next to the newly-built "Alligator Alcatraz" sign on July 12, 2025. After it was built in early June, the site quickly ...
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 ...