- De Blasio’s plan to close Rikers Island is expected to be completed in 2026, 10 years after it was announced and long after he is out of office.
- Vidal Guzman was 16 years old when he entered Rikers Island jail for the first time. As he crossed the bridge over to the island, a prison guard told him to "get...
- “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.
- Rikers Island is the main jail complex for New York City. On average the daily population is 10,000, making Rikers one of the world's largest correctional...
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- It is based on Rikers Island from the real world. It made its first appearance as Island Prison in Amazing Spider-Man #4.
- 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].
- Rikers Island is a 413.17-acre (167.20-hectare) island in the East River between Queens and the Bronx that is home to New York City's main jail complex.
- List of Famous Prisoners at Rikers Island ranked by fame and notoriety. Rikers Island is New York City's main jail complex and has an inmate population of 12,300.
- This past summer, Jacob Morris, director of the Harlem Historical Society, grabbed a few headlines with a petition to change the name of Rikers Island.