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Rikers Island

Prison Profile for Rikers Island
Name: Rikers Island
Highest Security-level: maximum (Central Punitive Segregation Unit)
Population: 13,600 (as of 2002)
Capacity: 21,000
Facility Type: County Jail
City: Rikers Island, New York City
State/Province: New York
Country: United States
Opening Year: unknown
Death Row? No >
State's Execution Method: Lethal Injection
Homepage (DOC): official homepage
Famous Inmates: Guy Velella, Michael Kneitel, Troy Brown, Sonny "Newk" Rollins
Inmate Search: search inmates >
Gangs: Trinitarios (Patria), cited by user sources as "very frequent," numbering over 100    Neta Association (user report up to 50 members)    Latin Kings    Bloods    Crips    na_gang.html    Jamaican Posse    Dominicans Dont Play    MS-13    The Lost Boys    Albanian Boys Inc.    Vagabundos      


Drugs: (user reported)
  • marijuana
  • cocaine




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    MY NAME IS EMMANUEL AHMED BANDA,I AM REPRESENTING AFRICA.I AM A BIG FUN OF THE LATE TUPAC SHAKUR.I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE OF HIS DETENTION AT RIKAS AND HOW IT WAS FOR HIM INTERMS OF HOW OTHER INMATES TREATED HIM.IF POSSIBLE POST ALSO HIS PHOTOS WHILE DOING TIME IN THAT PEN. EMMANUEL

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