<Tr> <Th> State </Th> <Td> New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ZIP Code </Th> <Td> 10474 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <P> The Vernon C. Bain Center (VCBC), also known as the Vernon C. Bain Maritime Facility and under the nickname "The Boat", is an 800 - bed jail barge used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Corrections . The barge is anchored off the Bronx's southern shore, near Hunts Point . It was built in New Orleans along the Mississippi River for $161 million in Avondale Shipyard, and brought to New York in 1992 to reduce overcrowding in the island's land - bound buildings for a lower price . Nicknamed "The Boat" by prison staff and inmates, it is designed to handle inmates from medium - to maximum - security in 16 dormitories and 100 cells . </P>

Jail on a boat in the the bronx