Ed wrote --

> I am wondering why Navy Ships used the word "Brig" for a space
> that has Jail Cells, and thought to ask here about it.

  Best I can l learn the ships were used as jails and the name sort of
stuck.  Like College for a prison.
  
https://www.google.com/search?q=brig+military&client=firefox-b-1-d&ei=v_kQYf30ComutQbTz5mYAw&oq=brig&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYATIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQRxCwAzIHCAAQsAMQQzIHCAAQsAMQQ0oECEEYAFAA
  We had a brig on my ship but I literally have no idea where it was. 
Somewhere below decks.  
  Joe
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