U.S. officials first used Alcatraz, located in the heart of San Francisco Bay, as a fort. In 1934, it became a maximum-security federal prison and the island opened to tourists in 1973. Last year ...

From the late 1950s Alcatraz began being seen as too expensive to operate. In March 1963, The Rock ceased to operate as a federal prison. Today, more than 1 million visitors set foot on the island ...

【9月13日 AFP】米国の核兵器開発に関する機密情報を旧ソ連へ漏えいしたとする1951年のローゼンバーグ（Rosenberg）事件で、スパイ罪で有罪となり ...