Rikers Island
Rikers Island is New York City’s largest jail facility. It houses over 15,000 inmates at one time. It is not used as a long-term hold facility for offenders, but rather it is used to house offenders awaiting trial and those serving sentences of one year or less. It is located in the East River between Queens and Brooklyn. The island which the facility sits on is also called Rikers Island is over 413 acres.
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