Prison Hulks

[pepys]

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/indelible-hulk

[implements]

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracks_ship

- Britain is attempting to use these to house refugees / migrants for processing, to much NIMBY resistance in the often affluent and tourist areas earmarked for them:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-65631794

[fjrigdjbfg]

Another piece from a few months ago: https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/03/31/life-o...

[benj111]

These are still a thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Prison_Weare

[danpalmer → benj111]

This closed in 2006.