Alcatraz was built to be the prison nobody could escape, surrounded by freezing water, strong currents, and one of the toughest security systems in America. But in 1962, three inmates pulled off an ...

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 ...

Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. As all good Bay Area history nerds know, Alcatraz Prison ...

COLUMBIA - It was 68 years ago that the Bank of Columbia was robbed, setting off a chain of events that ended in an escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary four years later.

The 1962 escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary is perhaps the most infamous and fascinating jailbreak in American history. But what if that was just the beginning of the story? That's a question ...