English Dictionary

Rikers Island

name

An island in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, New York that is home to New York City's main jail complex. / (by extension) The jail complex on the island.

Rikers Island is a correctional facility located in New York City.

意味（1）

An island in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, New York that is home to New York City's main jail complex.

Cause you might have been robbin', you might have been whylin' / But you won't be smilin' on Rikers Island

意味（2）

(by extension) The jail complex on the island.

Mayor de Blasio on Friday vowed to shutter Rikers Island within a decade and replace the violence-plagued correction complex with “at least a few new facilities” to lock up inmates elsewhere in the city.