Bill Baker was only 23 when he was handcuffed, shackled, and thrown on the back of a boat headed for Alcatraz, the infamous federal penitentiary reserved for the worst of the worst in the country.

“When I was on Alcatraz, a rat couldn’t survive.” Hopkins, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, who was hailed in his youth as a Golden Gloves boxer, was sentenced to 17 years behind bars in ...

William Baker, 91, Alcatraz Inmate No. 1259, is believed to be one of the last living Alcatraz survivors ... He brought his son Carlos, a sixth grader. Snack bar menu inside the ferry to Alcatraz ...