Noah over at Danger Room linked to a post regarding the history of floating prisons over at the awesome Subtopia blog, Floating Prisons and other Miniature Prefabricated Islands of Carceral Territoriality. Touching on everything from wooden prison hulks, a modern five-story prison barge in New York City, to prison islands, to the suspected role of ships like the USS Bataan (pictured above) in America’s sort-of-secret extraordinary renditions program, it’s both frighteningly well written and comprehensive. Even if you’re not a military/security issues geek like I am, it’s a rare and novel window into recent history and contemporary events – a total must read.
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