• Rikers Island is a 413-acre (167.14-hectare) prison island in the East River in the Bronx that contains New York City's largest jail.
  • Rikers Island is a complex of short-term detention facilities and jails, where Reese was brought for interrogation after he was captured by the FBI. (“2πR”).
  • Rikers Island, island in the East River near the entrance of Bowery Bay, north of La Guardia Airport, New York, New York, U.S...
  • The southern tip of Rikers Island includes a large parking lot that accommodates thousands of vehicles, which are mostly used by employees.
  • “Using Rikers Island for a jail is the worst use of the land,” Dochantschi, founder of studioMDA, said. “This land is big enough to do something meaningful.
  • Are you looking for the famous Rikers Island inmates? Riker Island has housed some popular names in the United States and beyond.
  • The original penitentiary building was built in the early 1930’s and has “RIKERS ISLAND PENITENTIARY” engraved in granite across its frontispiece.
  • New York is leading a historic decarceration plan. Our plan is to close Rikers Island and replace it with a smaller network of modern jails.
  • The disgraced Hollywood mogul, who has been held on Rikers Island since April, is scheduled to return to court in New York later this month.