A prison ship, also known as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees.

The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center (VCBC; also known as the Vernon C. Bain Maritime Facility[2] and nicknamed "The Boat" [3]) was an 800-bed jail barge used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Corrections. The barge was anchored off the Bronx 's southern shore, across from Rikers Island, near Hunts Point.

2023年10月31日 · Three decades later, the 800-bed lockup – the last operating prison ship in the United States — is finally closing down. The ship will be fully vacated by the end of this week, officials said, as part of a broader plan to replace the city’s long-troubled correctional system with a network of smaller jails.

2024年5月16日 · A prison ship is a seafaring vessel used to transport or house convicts, enemies of the state, or political dissidents. Typically commissioned by countries at war in foreign lands, these ships were a convenient way to restrain undesirable people without the expense of having to establish a permanent facility on land.

2023年10月31日 · Three decades later, the 800-bed lockup – the last operating prison ship in the United States — is finally closing down. The ship will be fully vacated by the end of this week, officials said,...

2010年3月19日 · The HMS Jersey, anchored near New York Harbor, was the most notorious of the prison ships used by the British during the American Revolutionary War.

2023年10月31日 · Three decades later, the 800-bed lockup – the last operating prison ship in the United States — is finally closing down. The ship will be fully vacated by the end of this week, officials said,...

2023年11月1日 · Docked in the shallows off an industrial edge of the South Bronx, the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center is a five-story jail barge that stretches the length of two football fields,...

2023年10月31日 · It arrived in 1992 as a temporary measure to ease overcrowding on Rikers Island, the city’s main jail complex for detainees awaiting trial. Three decades later, the 800-bed lockup – the last...

2023年10月31日 · America's last functional prison ship, New York's Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, is closing. The facility was introduced in 1992 as a remedy for overcrowding at Rikers Island. The center...