Where is rikers located

Yet while the City's current inmate population is at its lowest rate since the s, overcrowding has been a persistent issue as Rikers is the destination for adults and adolescents with sentences less than one year. Above: A film of the landfill operation taking place on Riker's Island in The conditions caused by overcrowding at Rikers was a primary motivation behind the City's goal to close jail facilities on the island and ban incarceration there after Dec.

Difficulty with traveling to the island for work and visits was a contributing factor. The City's solution is a borough-based jail system, with one facility planned for each borough except for Staten Island. While the borough jail system plan has encountered some resistance, support for closing Rikers has been widespread following a City Council vote in October The proposed rezoning marks the first time the City Council has introduced a land use application.

Jointly backed by the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, the Department of Correction and the Speaker of the City Council, the application would officially designate Rikers as a public place. However, the proposal entails nothing further than transitioning Rikers to become public land and ending its use as a jail. Rikers Island current zoning is under C , which is typically used for heavy commercial uses and does not permit housing. Any future plans for development or construction would require a rezoning and a new public review process ULURP.

The intensive process consists of multiple stages, including:. In October , New York politicians voted to close the jail by It is possible Weinstein could be held at Rikers until it closes, though a number of factors will affect the length of his stay. Together, the two sex crimes of which the film producer was convicted carry a possible sentence of 29 years.

Sentencing is scheduled for 11 March. But Weinstein also faces charges in Los Angeles. It is not clear how prosecutors there will proceed. Weinstein was meant to go to Rikers, which sits in the East River between the Bronx and Queens, from the courtroom in lower Manhattan.

But he was rerouted on Monday night to a prison ward at Bellevue hospital. His lead attorney, Donna Rotunno , told reporters he was sent there because of chest pains, palpitations and high blood pressure. This article is more than 1 year old. But the conditions are more hellish and more nightmarish than ever before. Rikers Island is a acre complex located in the East River between the Bronx and Queens with a jail population of nearly 6, It also incarcerates a smaller population of convicted individuals serving short sentences.

Notoriously expensive, violent, and corrosive of detainee mental health, the complex is slated for closure by For now, however, Rikers remains in operation, and conditions at the jail are shocking. A 12th death was recorded last week, when a year-old who was jailed on a floating barge at the island complex was rushed to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

The cause of death is under investigation. On Monday, De Blasio made his first trip to the jail in four years. View this document on Scribd.