Last U.S. prison ship in NYC set to close. Why was it open this long?

A New York City jail considered to be the last operating prison ship in the country will close this week. The barge, which arrived in the Bronx in 1992 as a solution to overcrowding in the city’s jails, was meant to be temporary but has remained operational.

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