• Rikers Island is a 413-acre (167.14-hectare)[1][2] prison island in the East River in the Bronx[3] that contains New York City's largest jail.[4][5].
  • Clearly, that is not the case on Rikers Island. Rikers is a human warehouse where dangerous individuals, who are overseen by officers who often don’t care...
  • Here's Why Rikers Island Is in Crisis. Nov 8, 2021. ... NYC politicians' Rikers Island tour includes inmate attempting suicide. Sep 13, 2021.
  • 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.
  • Author Mary Buser ‘s account of Rikers is rooted in her work as a mental health professional on Rikers Island from 1995 to 2000.
  • The southern tip of Rikers Island includes a large parking lot that accommodates thousands of vehicles, which are mostly used by employees.
  • The original penitentiary building was built in the early 1930’s and has “RIKERS ISLAND PENITENTIARY” engraved in granite across its frontispiece.
  • An aerial view of the penal facilities at the Rikers Island. Rikers Island is a jail complex in New York named after the island on which it is located.
  • Rikers Island, island in the East River near the entrance of Bowery Bay, north of La Guardia Airport, New York, New York, U.S...