The jail barge, officially called the Vernon C. Bain Center, was a relic of the crack cocaine era. It was notorious even among Rikers Island’s many troubled lockups.
On Monday, former detainees and their loved ones turned out to watch the decommissioned Vernon C. Bain Center jail barge as it was towed from the shoreline of the East River in the South Bronx.
A New York prisoner accused corrections officers of assault and sexual abuse. State prison officials investigated and deemed his claims unfounded despite footage of the encounter.
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