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Two high-ranking federal immigration officials on Thursday backed a new call to reopen an ICE office at Rikers Island that was shut down by City Hall in 2015. ... at the Rikers Island jail complex ...
Sources said the newfound chums devoted “quite a bit” of talk to reopening the Rikers ICE office — which closed after a 2014 sanctuary city law signed by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Now, it’s time to right these wrongs. Queens councilman Robert Holden wants the city to reopen an ICE office at Rikers Island, nine years after it was closed. William Farrington
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).
(The Center Square) – New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail is likely to be taken over by the federal government after a judge ruled the city in contempt of court for failing to deal with ...
In 2018 the city released plans to phase out Rikers Island over ten years [26] and replace it with borough-based jails. [27] The Bain Center was included in the plan to close Rikers Island, [9] which the New York City Council voted to approve in October 2019. [28] [29] Under the bill, both facilities would have to close by 2026. [9]
Built in the 1950s, the jail closed in 2003 due to a declining inmate population. It reopened in 2012 after renovations with 544 staff. [2] In 2017, New York City committed to closing the jails on Rikers Island and creating a network of modern borough-based jails instead.
A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she was leaning toward ordering a federal takeover of New York City's Rikers Island jail complex, after finding the city had failed to improve violent conditions ...