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The Vernon C. Bain Center (VCBC) also known as the Vernon C. Bain Maritime Facility is an 800-bed jail barge used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Corrections as part of the vast Rikers Island jail complex. 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.
