There was a time when J.J. Abrams’s name in the opening credits was enough to turn a new series into must-see TV.

Big skies, bold cities and iconic prison islands: these destinations offer a familiar feel with a global twist.

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

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.

"There have been films about it, Escape from Alcatraz, there is just a lot of lore to it," said Peter Hartlaub, culture ...