Riker's Island, a
New York City jail that is, conveniently, also an island in the Long Island Sound, is home to
14,000 inmates. Because the jail conditions are over-crowded and inmates are harshly treated by the Corrections Officers, many convicts who have been sent there liken it to a slave
boat, once popular during the New World's robust slave trade.
Convict 1: Yo putting me here for sleepin on the subway is
bullshit. My PO will be pissed when he hears I been
busted.
Convict 2: I here for K2 possession - fuck that! K2 ain't illegal!
Convict 1: I ain't going back to The
Boat for this! I was just sleepin.