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Bookmark or Share- Halfway to History: Progress & Challenges in Closing Rikers IslandUnder New York City law, the Rikers Island jails must be closed entirely by August 31, 2027. Rikers has long been an incubator of violence, crime, and suffering.
- Rikers Island - WikipediaRikers 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).
- Rikers Island | New York, Map, History, & Facts | BritannicaRikers 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), Rikers Island is joined to the borough of Queens by a bridge (inaccessible to the public).
- A People’s History of Rikers IslandThe 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 City: its communities, its families, its government, and its history of resistance, which is as long as the history of Rikers itself.
- The city has three years to close Rikers – can it be done?As the three-year countdown to the closure of the jails on Rikers Island begins this week, major questions remain about whether or not the city will – or even can – meet the August 2027 deadline to shutter the notorious complex.
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