Meaning of Rikers Island | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An island in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, New York that is home to New York City's main jail complex.
2. The jail complex on the island.
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Examples

“Cause you might have been robbin', you might have been whylin' / But you won't be smilin' on Rikers Island”

“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.”

“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.”

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