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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).
AMKC was completed in 1978, and was initially known as C-95. [1] It is located on 18-18 Hazen Street, East Elmhurst, NY. [2] AMKC is spread over 40 acres of land. [1] It was named for former New York City Department of Correction Commissioner Anna M. Kross, [3] AMKC was the largest jail on Riker's Island.
The New York City Department of Correction (NYCDOC) is the branch of the municipal government of New York City [1] responsible for the custody, control, and care of New York City's imprisoned population, housing the majority of them on Rikers Island. [2]
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 ...
New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, troubled by years of neglect, has spiraled into turmoil during the coronavirus pandemic. "In our office's 50 years of monitoring the city ...
The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center (VCBC; also known as the Vernon C. Bain Maritime Facility [2] and nicknamed "The Boat" [3]) was an 800-bed jail barge used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Corrections.
Of the more than 2,500 lawsuits filed under a special New York law, nearly 20% allege sexual violence against current or former prisoners at the infamous Rikers Island facilities.
Time: The Kalief Browder Story is a six-episode American documentary television miniseries that broadcast on Spike beginning March 1, 2017. [3] The documentary recounts the story of Kalief Browder, a Bronx high school student who was imprisoned for three years, two of them in solitary confinement on Rikers Island, without being convicted of a crime.