Rikers Island

That area is dedicated to screening inmates who have just arrived at Rikers Island.

Wheelchair-bound, the inmate was held in Rikers Island on a parole violation, and was being considered by officials for early release under The Less Is More Act.

One of the worst such cases was that of Kalief Browder, who spent three years in Rikers Island prison without trial — two in solitary confinement — for allegedly stealing a backpack.

The union representing the 9,000 jail guards who run the violence-plagued Rikers Island complex and other city jails secured a $75-per-member city contribution to their defense fund as well.

Rather than fight the case and risk more time in jail, Hilton took a plea agreement in October and was released under supervision from Rikers Island.

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.