The Vernon C. Bain Center (VCBC), also known as the Vernon C. Bain Marine Facility and under the nickname "The Boat", is an 800-bed prison barge used to hold prisoners for the New Dinas Cleanliness York City. The barge is anchored on the southern shore of the Bronx, near Hunts Point. Built in New Orleans along the Mississippi River for $ 161 million at the Avondale Shipyard, and brought to New York in 1992 to reduce overcrowding in buildings on the island for cheaper rates. Dubbed "The Boat" by prison staff and inmates, it is designed to handle inmates from intermediate to maximum security in 16 dormitories and 100 cells.
Currently the only barge used, Vernon C. Bain Center is the third prison barge used by the New York Department of Correction. Historically, prisons have served traditional inmates, juvenile inmates and are currently used as temporary and temporary processing centers. The additional security of prison in the water has prevented at least four runaway attempts. The barge is named in a warning to warden Vernon C. Bain who died in a car accident. In 2014, prison barges were named the world's largest prison jail operated by Guinness World Records.
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Histori
In the late 1980s, the New York City Department of Corruption was having an overcrowded problem in the prison compound. The idea of ​​temporarily reducing the problem of a growing inmate population and reduced space by prison equipment was conceived under administration and then Mayor Edward I. Koch. Their solution is to develop a prison space that can be used with maritime cells and avoid complaints about building prisons in crowded neighborhoods.
In 1988, Bibby Resolution, and his sister ship Bibby Venture, was bought by the New York City Corruption Department to serve as the first two prison ships. Both ships were previously used as a British carrier ship before being redirected back to the prison ships. In 1994 the two ships were sold, leaving Bain Correctional Center and two converted Staten Island ferries, Wildstein and Kean, anchored on Rikers Island for use when density was a problem.
The construction of the Vernon C. Bain Center barge began in 1989 at Avondale Shipyard by Avondale Industries and was supposed to be completed in 1990 at a price of $ 125.6 million. Due to unforeseen construction problems including problems with the ventilation system, the barge was delivered late 18 months and $ 35 million more than the budget. On January 26, 1992, a newly equipped prison barge was transported through Long Island Sound by tugboat, Michael Turecamo, after a journey of 1800 nautical miles. The new barge was given a name highly favored and respected by the warden Vernon C. Bain, who died in a car accident.
One of the first barge captains under the Department of Corrections was previously employed by the same tugboat company and formerly captain tugboats that haul barges to the current location. The new crew of prison barges, which are placed in accordance with Coast Guard regulations, work on barges to study ship operations, including electrical and fire-fighting systems. The barge was officially opened for use and began receiving inmates later in 1992.
Since the barge was built, there was controversy about the cost. The final price of more than $ 35 million exceeds the budget, which attracts negative attention. The correction commissioner, John H. Shanahan, claims the price difference is because the Correction Department "has never designed such a passenger ship before and unfortunately there was a mistake in the original contract." William Booth, chairman of the Board of Corrections, said at the time that prison barges would be the last barge to be built by the Department of Corrections because the process is too expensive and too uncertain. The Correction Council is an independent body that monitors city-owned prisons.
Prison barges were temporarily closed in August 1995 due to less crowded city jails, caused by decreased arrest and displacement of inmates. In late 1996, the prison was scheduled to reopen due to increased arrests from campaigns targeting drugs and drug dealers. The six-month campaign estimates more than seven thousand additional arrests than usual, but the ship was not reopened until 1998 when it was used by the Department of Justice of Youth. The Bain Center is currently used as a processing facility for inmates in the Departmental System of Corrections. There are three other processing facilities that each handle a particular borough.
In early 2016, New York City Hall officials began looking for ways to possibly close Rikers Island and transfer prisoners to other locations. One of his plans was to place a 2000 bed dungeon in the parking lot for the Bain Center. Other similar plans include closing barge prisons.
Juvenile detention
The spike in the need for teenage juvenile space led to the New York City Juvenile Justice Department renting space at the Bain Cleaning Center in 1998. At that time, there were more than five thousand teenagers aged thirteen to eighteen years in safe custody in New York. The barge has not been used since August 1995 but has been maintained and ready to accommodate the detainees again. The center is used to solve space problems and to assist in closing the Spofford Juvenile Center. Temporary space is used for the processing of juvenile inmates and temporary housing for inmates from before being transferred. Underage convicts were transferred from Bain Center and returned to the Spofford facility in 1999. In January 2000, the Department of Justice of Youth, after completing renovations to other buildings, moved from the center.
Escapes
The first time a prisoner tried to escape from Bain was in 1993, when a 38-year-old prisoner could escape when he was supposed to clear ice from the parking lot in front of the ship. The guard in charge of the prisoner was suspended unpaid for the incident.
Prior to 2002, a prisoner tried to escape from the prison recreation area by climbing a 30-foot fence equipped with razor wire. The guard uniform shield prevented them from climbing the fence in pursuit, so they threw the basketball to the inmates to stop his escape, but he managed to ride it. He plunged into the East River, where he was promptly picked up and returned by a police boat sent to the scene.
Another escape occurred in February 2004 when a prisoner's boyfriend gave him the key to the handcuffs. The prisoner was handcuffed by one wrist to another inmate, but he was able, without any prison employees watching, removing the handcuffs and freeing him. The inmate was able to cling to the bottom of a prisoner transport bus to get away from the facility. He took off the bus in the South Bronx and left, but was arrested almost a month later. Six officers and a captain were granted administrative leave due to the incident. The correction commissioner said the escape was caused by a combination of fast thinking of inmates and careless work of the officers.
In early 2013, an inmate accused of a petty theft managed to slip out of his handcuffs when he arrived at the Bain Center.
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Facilities
The 625-foot-long (191 m) with 125-foot-wide (38 m) flatbed barge has 14 dormitories and 100 cells for inmates. For recreation, there is a full-size gym with a basketball court, weight lifts and outdoor recreational facilities on the roof. There are three chapels of worship, modern medical facilities, and libraries open to inmates' use. The facility was 47,326 tonnes on water, and when opened, 3 or more maritime crews were maintained under Coast Guard regulations. According to John Klumpp, the captain of the first barge, in 2002, the Coast Guard, after years of monitoring the prison barge, finally accepted the fact that it was, de facto, a prison and not a boat./I> Prison barge is located in Hunts Point, Bronx in the South Bronx, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from SUNY Maritime College.
References
Source
- Klumpp, John S. (2011). Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Stories: My Life and Time. Bloomington, Indiana: IUniverse Books. ISBN: 978-1-4620-5354-4.
- Wacquant, LoÃÆ'¯c (2009). Punish the Poor: Neoliberal Government from Social Insecurity . Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. ISBN: 978-0-8223-9225-5.
External links
- Corruption Home Page of the New York Department
- Central history
- The Travels of Tug 44 (including photos)
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