Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary officially closed on March 21, 1963, after 29 years of operation. It remains one of the most famous prisons in the world and has become one of the most popular National ...

Those caught up in the romance surrounding Alcatraz might be tempted to watch “Alcatraz: Search For the Truth,” a History documentary devoted to the 1962 escape by Frank Morris and brothers John and ...

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 ...

The film, Concrete, Steel and Paint, told the story of the Philadelphia Mural project in which inmates and victims of crime painted a mural on parachute cloth in the prison the inmates were housed, ...