Rikers Island - Wikipedia
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] Named after Abraham Rycken, who took …
After Meeting With Trump’s Border Czar, Adams Opens Rikers to …
1 day ago · ICE used to have offices on Rikers Island, allowing the city to easily transfer undocumented immigrants jailed there to ICE custody, until the city passed sanctuary laws in …
Rikers Island | New York, Map, History, & Facts | Britannica
Jan 29, 2025 · Rikers Island, island in the East River near the entrance of Bowery Bay, north of La Guardia Airport, New York, New York, U.S. Politically part of the borough of the Bronx (north), …
NYC mayor preps executive order allowing ICE agents into Rikers Island ...
“We are now working on implementing an executive order that will reestablish the ability for ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island — as was the case for 20 years,” Adams said in a …
Department of Correction - NYC.gov
Active Rikers Island Facilities. Eric M. Taylor Center (EMTC) Built in 1964 and expanded in 1973, EMTC previously housed males in custody sentenced to terms of one year or less. Most of its …
Closing Rikers Island: The Borough-Based Jails Plan - Rikers
Dec 17, 2024 · We are closing Rikers Island. New York is leading a historic decarceration plan to close Rikers Island and replace it with a smaller network of safer modern jails. EXPLORE PLAN
A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island - City & State New York
Jan 28, 2025 · Gov. Kathy Hochul and de Blasio announced that nearly all women and trans individuals incarcerated at Rikers Island would be transferred to state custody, amid safety …
New York's infamous Rikers Island jail is to close - BBC
Oct 18, 2019 · Rikers Island, a New York jail notorious for the grim stories of cruelty and abuse that emerged from behind its walls, and for its infamous inmates - among them Tupac Shakur, …
A century of violence, chaos and death: Inside the troubled history …
Jan 10, 2025 · As a federal judge considers taking Rikers Island out of the city’s control and handing it to a court-appointed receiver, the Eagle is looking back at the history of the city’s …
A People’s History of Rikers Island
The history of Rikers Island is a century-long narrative of devastation, torture, and inhumanity. Its impact reaches much farther than the East River. It is, in every way, a history of New York …