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- Alex Alexander joins defense attorneys and prison rights advocates to demand that the criminal courts stop sending people to the Rikers Island jail.
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- Rikers Island is a New York City jail complex, the second largest in the country behind Los Angeles County Jail, located on an island in the East River.
- Amid claims by Mayor Eric Adams that Rikers Island may be too full to shut down by a 2027 deadline, former justice officials ask why he’s not doing more.
- Rikers is a 400-acre island in the East River across from La Guardia Airport that serves as the principal jail complex for New York City.
- Rikers Island (/ˈraɪkərz/) is a 413.17-acre (167.204 ha) island in the East River between Queens and the Bronx that is home to New York City's main jail complex.
- See an archive of all rikers island stories published on the New York Media network, which includes NYMag, The Cut, Vulture, and Grub Street.
- 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.