The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

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“Of course, it became the hottest thing in the media at the time ... intense and worldwide news coverage. Within days, searchers skimming the waters near Alcatraz Island, with its crystal ...

REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” Trump wrote, decrying what he called a national crisis of “vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal ...

Vice President JD Vance raged against negative media coverage of the Trump Administration during a rally in South Carolina yesterday. Vance delivered his speech before steelworkers.

Explore the implications of reopening Alcatraz and the systemic targets of Black communities in America's justice system.