Rikers Island is home to some of the most notorious and violent jails in the world. It is located in the East River in New York City. The majority of its detainees have not yet been convicted of a ...

It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City’s most notorious lockup — situated like a 19th-century penal colony in the middle ...

New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail is closing: Now it’s time to put the land to better use. There are many ideas for what the 400-acre island in the middle of New York be transformed into ...