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It's difficult to think of Alcatraz and not hear Sean Connery's accented voice proclaiming, "Welcome to the Rock!," but there ...
In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests ...
To reopen the Alcatraz Federal Prison, San Francisco historians say you would need to start from scratch.
Cabinet secretaries descended on Capitol Hill this week, some with departmental budget requests — and others, without. Other ...
"The Rock," another film about the island titled after its nickname, was released in 1996. It stars Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery and Ed Harris and was directed by Michael Bay. More recently, the 2018 ...
The San Francisco island prison known as “the Rock” was famous for its notorious inmates and its near-inescapability.