In August 1934, the first group of inmates arrived at Alcatraz, the maximum-security prison perched on a small island in San Francisco Bay. The Big House on the Bay was the ultimate destination for ...

NBC announced on Feb. 2 that portions of the Super Bowl 60 pregame show will be live from Alcatraz. Here's what to know.

The penitentiary officially closed on March 21, 1963 after being in operation for nearly three decades.

Alcatraz was closed as a maximum-security prison in 1963 after 29 years of operation, because it was too expensive to continue operating, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. The ...