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Rikers Island

[ rahy-kerz ]

  1. an island off N Queens but administratively in the Bronx, New York City, in the East River: site of New York City penal facilities. 0.6 sq. mi. (1.6 sq. km).


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But for adolescent inmates, says U. S. Attorney Preet Bharara, “Rikers Island is broken.”

On his fight with Wise on Rikers Island in 1990; on his reunion with him in 2001.

Melonie Jackson, the older sister of a friend of Korey Wise, talked to him after he called the house from Rikers Island.

He later repeated his regret in a Rikers Island interview with the New York Daily News.

In the meantime, Greene would remain remanded on Rikers Island.

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