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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 possession of the island in 1664, the island was originally under 100 acres (40 ha) in size, but has since grown to more than 400 acres (160 ha).
At least 12 people have died this year inside of New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, raising concerns about the safety and oversight of the inmates.
On any given night, about 16,500 people are held in Ohio's 89 jails and jailers book about 300,000 people each year - though some of them may be booked in multiple times.
New York City’s infamous Rikers Island jail complex, like many others across the country, has had to endure myriad complications […] The post 15 Rikers Island prisoners died in 2021. All were ...
Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco was a 27-year-old Afro-Latina transgender woman who died at Rikers Island, New York City's main jail complex, on June 7, 2019, in solitary confinement after staff failed to provide her with medical care that could have saved her life for 47 minutes following an epileptic seizure.
Another inmate died in a Rikers Island jail on Saturday, adding to the grim toll of detainee deaths amid the looming possibility of a federal takeover of the city’s dysfunctional lockups. Erick ...
Richard Wade Cooey II (June 9, 1967 – October 14, 2008) was an American murderer. With Clinton Dickens, he was responsible for the murders of 21-year-old Wendy Offredo and 20-year-old Dawn McCreery in Akron, Ohio, on September 1, 1986.
New York City’s Department of Correction, which includes one of the deadliest jails in the U.S., will no longer inform the public of inmate fatalities, a move that criminal justice experts say ...