For nearly a century, these ships were used as "temporary" prisons. There is no denying the harshness of life in the prison hulks. Inmates were chained in irons and had to get up every day at 5 a.m., work hard for ten hours in the summer, seven in the winter, and finish at 7 p.m.
In hulks, how were convicts treated?
This was done intentionally because the parliamentary act that allowed for the use of hulks stipulated that convicts would only be fed bread, "any coarse or inferior food," water, and small beers. Convicts frequently experienced malnutrition and hunger.
When were hulks used in prison?
In the 18th and 19th centuries, authorities used decommissioned ships as floating prisons. These were called "prison hulks." In England, they were used a lot.
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