Three decades later, the 800-bed lockup – the last operating prison ship ... four other floating jails — including two converted city ferries and a former trooper ship with the dissonant ...

The floating jail called was meant as a temporary ... Three decades later, the 800-bed lockup — the last operating prison ship in the United States — is finally closing down.

An Albanian man who is believed to have taken his own life on a ship housing asylum seekers ... from the off - referred to variously as a "floating prison" and "inhumane" by critics.

Bibby Stockholm has been at the centre of controversy since the authorities first used the ship, along with disused ... described by NGOs as a 'floating prison'. Several human rights organisations ...

Edinburgh's council leader says Home Office plans to commission a cruise ship in Leith to house asylum seekers could turn it into a "floating prison". Cammy Day said the city council had not been ...