Rikers Island

Rikers Island is a 413-acre prison island in the East River, located in the Bronx, but accessible only from Queens via the Francis Buono Bridge. The island contains New York City's largest jail, operated by the New York City Department of Correction, with a budget of $860 million per year and a staff of 9,000. The complex has a maximum capacity of 15,000 detainees, but the average daily population is around 10,000, with a daytime population of up to 20,000. Rikers Island has a reputation for violence, abuse, and neglect, with a reported increase in assaults on staff and inmates, and has been ranked as one of the worst correctional facilities in the United States.learn more on wikipedia