2006-08-05 18:33:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
It was owned by a dutch family Ryuken he sold it to the city in 1884 and has been used as a jail of one kind of another since then
2006-08-05 18:39:33 · answer #1 · answered by bsnana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rikers Island is just off New York and it is a remand centre not a prision. I don't know how long it has been is service but it is old.
2006-08-05 18:37:53 · answer #2 · answered by Kenneth H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the island is located in the borough of the Bronx, the only access to the facility is from Queens, over the unmarked 4,200-foot three-lane Rikers Island Bridge.
It was built in 1933
2006-08-05 18:38:38 · answer #3 · answered by Makawakawoo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New York State.
2006-08-05 18:36:29 · answer #4 · answered by Fat Stick up kid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋