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- 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.
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Oct 31, 2023 · 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.
- joffenhartz@ap.org
- New York City Reporter
Oct 31, 2023 · 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...
Oct 31, 2023 · 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...
- Jake Offenhartz
Oct 31, 2023 · 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...
Oct 31, 2023 · 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...
Nov 2, 2023 · Kenneth Williams spent his whole life in Brooklyn, but it wasn't until a night in 2018 when he crossed a narrow footbridge in shackles, that he learned about New York City's last floating jail....
Oct 31, 2023 · 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...
