Usually means: Vessel used for incarcerating individuals.
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  2. Prison ship: Dictionary.com
  3. Prison Ship, Prison ship: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Prison Ship)

noun:  A prison ship, also known as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees.
noun:  Prison Ship, also known as Star Slammer, Adventures of Taura, Part 1 , Starslammer: The Escape and Prison Ship Star Slammer, is a 1986 American science fiction film directed by Fred Olen Ray.
noun:  a 1945 American war drama film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Nina Foch, Robert Lowery and Richard Loo.

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