Rikers Island

English Proper noun Rikers Island en An <<island>> in the <<riv/East River>> between <<bor/Queens>> and the <<bor/Bronx>>, <<s/New York>> that is home to <<city/New York City>>'s main jail complex. en Rikers Island Wanted: Dead or Alive Kool G Rap; DJ Polo 1990 Cause you might have been robbin', you might have been whylin' / But you won't be smilin' on Rikers Island en 2010 Seth Edgarde Hart Island Blackbird Books 9781610530019 I have pieced it together by now: The Iranians are operating a terrorist sleeper cell in the United States, one arm of which operates out of the prison on Rikers Island. en by extension The jail complex on the island. en 2017-03-31 Yoav Gonen; Rebecca Rosenberg; Golding New York City to close Rikers Island New York Post https://nypost.com/2017/03/31/de-blasio-to-announce-support-for-plan-to-close-rikers-island/ Mayor de Blasio on Friday vowed to shutter Rikers Island within a decade and replace the violence-plagued correction complex with “at least a few new facilities” to lock up inmates elsewhere in the city. https://web.archive.org/web/20250824120637/https://nypost.com/2017/03/31/de-blasio-to-announce-support-for-plan-to-close-rikers-island/ 24 August 2025 Derived terms en Rikers Further reading