Rikers Island

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correctional facility jail complex penal institution

Rikers Island is a large New York City jail complex located in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, known for housing thousands of detainees and for its troubled history of violence and poor conditions.

Aliases (8)

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	correctional facility → jail complex → penal institution →
closureAnnouncedBy	New York City government →
closurePlanTimeframe	early 2020s to early 2030s (phased closure plan) →
connectedBy	Rikers Island Bridge →
connectedTo	Queens (via Rikers Island Bridge) →
country	United States of America →
hasArea	approximately 167 hectares → approximately 413 acres →
hasCapacity	several thousand detainees →
hasFacility	Anna M. Kross Center → Eric M. Taylor Center (formerly CIFM) → George Motchan Detention Center (closed) → George R. Vierno Center → James A. Thomas Center (closed) → North Infirmary Command → Otis Bantum Correctional Center → Robert N. Davoren Center → Rose M. Singer Center → West Facility →
hasIssue	delays in medical treatment → gang activity → high rates of inmate-on-inmate violence → high rates of staff-on-inmate violence → staffing shortages → suicides and self-harm incidents → unsanitary conditions → use of solitary confinement →
hasLegalStatus	subject to federal oversight agreements in the 2010s →
hasNotableInmate	DMX → Dominique Strauss-Kahn → Foxy Brown → Harvey Weinstein → Kalief Browder → Lil Wayne → Peter Gatien → Plaxico Burress → Shmurda (Bobby Shmurda) → Sid Vicious → Tekashi 6ix9ine → Tupac Shakur →
hasReputationFor	abuse of detainees → inadequate medical care → overcrowding → poor conditions → violence →
inception	1930s (as a jail complex) →
locatedIn	East River → New York City → between the boroughs of Queens and the Bronx →
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	borough of the Bronx (for administrative purposes) →
locatedInJurisdiction	State of New York →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter	Abraham Rycken (Riker) →
operatedBy	New York City Department of Correction →
ownedBy	City of New York →
partOf	New York City jail system →
plannedToBeReplacedBy	smaller borough-based jails in New York City →
subjectOf	civil rights investigations → media reports on jail violence → numerous lawsuits →
usedFor	housing detainees awaiting transfer to state prison → pre-trial detention → short-term post-conviction sentences →

Referenced by (53)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anna M. Kross Center ("Rikers Island jail complex") → Eric M. Taylor Center ("Rikers Island jail complex") → George R. Vierno Center ("Rikers Island jail complex") → James A. Thomas Center ("Rikers Island jail complex") → North Infirmary Command ("Rikers Island jail complex") → North Infirmary Command ("New York City Department of Correction Rikers Island facilities") → Rose M. Singer Center ("Rikers Island jail complex") → West Facility →	partOf
Anna M. Kross Center → George R. Vierno Center → James A. Thomas Center → Robert N. Davoren Center → Rose M. Singer Center → West Facility →	locatedIn
New York City Department of Correction → Rikers Island ("Otis Bantum Correctional Center") → Rikers Island ("George Motchan Detention Center (closed)") → Rikers Island ("New York City jail complex") →	hasFacility
Eric M. Taylor Center → James A. Thomas Center ("Rikers Island building") → West Facility →	category
LaGuardia Airport → North Brother Island → South Brother Island →	locatedNear
Rikers Island Bridge → Rikers Island Bridge →	connects
Eric M. Taylor Center → George R. Vierno Center →	island
Anna M. Kross Center → West Facility →	isOnIsland
Rikers Island Bridge → Rikers Island Bridge ("Rikers Island jail complex") →	isSoleVehicularAccessTo
New York City jail complex → North Infirmary Command →	locatedOn
Eric M. Taylor Center → North Infirmary Command →	location
Rikers Island Bridge ("Rikers Island jail complex") →	accesses
Queens →	connectedTo
Rikers Island Bridge →	connectsTo
Kalief Browder →	detainedAt
Anna M. Kross Center →	hasAddressLocality
Anna M. Kross Center →	hasCategory
East River →	hasIsland
New York City waterway islands →	hasMember
Queens →	hasPrimaryVehicularAccessTo
West Facility ("Rikers Island jail complexes") →	isOneOf
Robert N. Davoren Center ("Rikers Island jail complex") →	isPartOf
West Facility ("Rikers Island jail complex") →	isWithinComplex
Rikers Island Bridge →	namedAfter
Abraham Rycken →	placeOfActivity
Abraham Rycken →	residence
Rikers Island Bridge ("Rikers Island jail complex") →	servesFacility
Rose M. Singer Center ("Rikers Island, East Elmhurst, NY") →	streetAddress