Template:Did you know nominations/Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 23:28, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center

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... that New York City's floating prison Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center (pictured) has an inmate who escaped on the bottom of a prisoner transport bus?

ALT1:... that New York City's Department of Correction has used boats as prisons on at least five occasions including the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center (pictured)?
Comment: The article was expanded 5 times from approx 900 characters to over 4800 characters by myself on November 25, 2012.

Created/expanded by ТимофейЛееСуда (talk). Self nom at 22:46, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Article is long enough and expanded 5x+ to 4680 characters on 25 November.

Hook fact is verified by this New York Times article.
Facts sourced online check out. I would recommend finding other sources to verify facts from An Ordinary Guy: an Extraordinary Tale: My Life and times, which looks fascinating but not scholarly and is the sole source for some of the weirder facts in the article.
Photo is cool and comes from an appropriately licensed file on Flickr (ported to Commons in September).
I would suggest changing "in an ironic turn of events", since this is more a matter of opinion than of fact.
Lede requires proofreading.

Good but not yet ready. groupuscule (talk) 23:02, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

I've done some minor work... Including proofreading the lede, much the same content but now mostly grammatically correct. I removed the opinion and added some linkage to two of the books used. I am working to find other sources to verify the above mentioned book, alas it is difficult since there is not terribly much content for this topic. Is there anything more that you would recommend. And would the lack of additional sources in a quick manner be a hindrance for getting DYK status? Thanks for your recommendations. -- THMOPENREECYRA (public) 02:37, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Ready to go. Successful proofreading and revision. Claims from An Ordinary Guy can be verified by the Google Books Preview. (And the "ordinary guy" does have expertise relative to the matter at hand.) Thank you for your work on this article! groupuscule (talk) 08:38, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I saw the article a few months ago (very short) and decided it was an interesting topic. I've never been within 350 miles of the prison, nor do I know anyone in that area of the city or in the prison system. It was fun working on the article (especially since I knew nothing about it previously). I hoped that by adding that link it would help the WP:N of the information. I agree that he is an expert in the situation, even if the book isn't the best looking source. I am going to work to find more sources and more information to expand this article even further because there are still some major unanswered questions and information about this prison ship that is extremely interesting! Thanks for your reviews and your support! -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 16:49, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Ready to go. groupuscule (talk) 19:15, 30 November 2012 (UTC)