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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).
Rikers Island Bridge opened on November 22, 1966. [7] New York City spent $10 million to build the bridge. [ 6 ] The city said it saved $410 million in construction costs for structures on the island during the five years after the bridge opened, and that the bridge would also save $5,000 in operating expenses per year. [ 7 ]
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]
After the Rikers Island jail complex opened, [123] [124] workers demolished the Welfare Island jail, [125] [126] and all inmates had been relocated by February 1936. [127] The city announced plans for a chronic care hospital complex in 1936. [128]
A federal judge ruled that New York City was in violation of 18 different provisions of a court-enforced plan to clean up the infamous Rikers Island jail complex.
"Every day I'm at Rikers Island it's a mystery to me how I'm still walking," Weinstein told the court while seated in a wheelchair. Weinstein is scheduled to stand trial April 15.
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.
[41] [18] Service to Rikers began around 1967; [42] the bridge from Queens to the island was opened on November 22, 1966. [12] Some local residents complained of having to share the route with Rikers-bound passengers. [ 43 ]