Casefile True Crime

Case 67: The Battle of Alcatraz (2x38)

Air date: Nov 18, 2017

In the 1940s, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay was a state-of-the-art facility. Deemed to be completely escape-proof, convicts from all over the United States who were regarded as dangerous and incapable of rehabilitation were often transferred to the gloomy island prison.