Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center
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title:
Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center
text:
The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center 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. It was built for $161 million at Avondale Shipyard in Louisiana, along the Mississippi River near New Orleans, and brought to New York in 1992 to reduce overcrowding in the island's land-bound buildings for a lower price. Nicknamed "The Boat" by prison staff and in
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Jail barge in the Bronx, New York
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_C._Bain_Correctional_Center
date created:
2006-10-30T16:09:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T06:10:59Z
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