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Inmates of HMP Weare included Dan Treacy, of the UK new-wave band Television Personalities, who was incarcerated from 1998 to June 2004 for shoplifting.

In an interview with Metro, Treacy spoke of his time in the prison ship, stating " I've been in prison four times now for things like shoplifting to feed my drug habit.

I got transferred from Brixton to what I called The Good Ship Lollipop ( floating HMP, The Weare ).

It was the best thing that could have happened.

Brixton was horrendous.

I was not in a cell but in a cabin and could look out of the window over Weymouth Bay.

The prison warders were pretty cool and there were computers.

I found fan websites.