What kind of boat?

In the photo we see the Vernon C. Bain Center (VCBC), and in fact the barge, which is a branch of the New York City penal colony




Accessing, repentant and unrepentant prisoners are willing to take 100 cameras and 800 beds of the "floating prison". The barge was built in 1992, when the main body of the correctional institution on Rikers Island is full, and for the construction of new places on the land is not enough.













And as the prison is not always moored to the shore, the US Coast Guard regulations require that the ship is constantly there were three crew members - mate, engineer and greaser.



Source: live-imho.livejournal.com