Mayor Adams announced Monday the shuttered jail barge in the South Bronx will be removed with the location being converted to a terminal for off-loading freight from cargo ships.

The new Hunts Point Marine Terminal would replace the decommissioned jail barge, which has been closed since 2023 after three ...

Richard Drax, the Conservative MP for South Dorset, has previously called the barge a “quasi-prison”, but aid authorities were working to “mitigate concerns as far as possible”.

Richard Drax, the Conservative MP for South Dorset, has previously called the barge a “quasi-prison”, but aid authorities were working to “mitigate concerns as far as possible”.

A New York City jail barge in the Bronx is set to be removed to make room for a marine terminal, creating a new spot for ...

A floating relic of New York’s mass incarceration era will soon be replaced with a gateway to the city’s maritime future.

Reporters were recently allowed on the barge to see what conditions will be like. According to The Guardian, the cabins — which will each hold two men — are only slightly larger than prison cells.

Burley repeatedly asks him whether the new floating asylum barge is a prison, and he repeatedly says no, but at the same time is seeking to reassure viewers that, you know, don’t worry ...

The government has just confirmed its plan to house “illegal” asylum seekers on barges to save on hotel costs – and it’s already being condemned for effectively imprisoning vulnerable people.