# Do Cruise Ships Have "Brigs"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cruise-ships-have-brigs/460237>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 16, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cruise-ships-have-brigs/460237 "2008-08-16T18:07:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cruise-ships-have-brigs/460237/1 "2008-08-16T18:07:44Z")

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Do cruise ships, (say, of the type owned and operated by Holland America or Carnival Cruise Lines), have brigs (or some other confinement facility) on board?

If so, who can be confined there, and what would a person had to have done to be confined there?

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cruise-ships-have-brigs/460237/2 "2008-08-16T18:18:31Z")

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Cruise ships have [security guards](http://www.hollandamerica.com/assets/news/ICCL_securityfinal.pdf) (warning - PDF) but some states are considering passing a law that an actual peace officer within the state’s jurisdiction has to be aboard the ship ([travel magazine article on California’s bill](http://www.eturbonews.com/1411/bill-would-require-peace-officers-cruise-ship)).

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**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cruise-ships-have-brigs/460237/3 "2008-08-16T18:36:50Z")

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According to [this](http://www.lipcon.com/news_article3.shtml) news article they do.

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> When they complain, they [employees] can be fined, jailed in the ships brig or deported in handcuffs, according to marine experts.

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**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cruise-ships-have-brigs/460237/4 "2008-08-16T19:00:20Z")

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I’d be very surprised if they didn’t. Heck, even department stores like Target have videotaped detainment rooms that Asset Protection agents handcuff shoplifters in until police arrive.