via G Captain. There are currently somewhere around 800 prisoners floating on the East River, housed inside of the Vernon C. Bain jail barge (named for a warden who died in a car accident).

A detainee trying to escape the city’s jail barge in the Bronx climbed a fence and jumped roughly 50 feet into the East River on Tuesday, officials and sources said. Correction Department sou… ...

Prisoner Who Escaped East River Jail Barge Recaptured. July 11, 2021 / 11:20 AM EDT / CBS New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)--A man who escaped prison in the Bronx could soon face more charges. Police ...

The Rikers Island inmate who escaped a jail barge and leaped into the East River has died, his attorney confirmed to The Post Wednesday — marking the city’s 15th inmate death this year ...

An inmate who jumped into the East River from a New York City jail barge has died, the city Department of Correction announced Wednesday. Gregory Acevedo, 48, was pronounced dead at about 11 p.m ...

A new pool in the East River using filtered river water could be the next summer hot spot.  The floating pool in the East ...

The Bain Center is a 625-foot barge that was supposed to be temporary when it opened as a jail in 1992. It is docked in the East River near Rikers Island, the city's main jail complex.

Barge ‘drifted 50 feet' down East River before drilling hole in Queens-Midtown Tunnel The northbound tunnel is reopened for two-way traffic. By Andrew Siff • Published September 6, 2024 ...

THE BRONX (PIX11) — A detainee on New York City’s Bronx jail barge climbed a recreation yard fence and jumped into the East River on Tuesday morning, officials said. The detainee jumped from ...