Rikers Island Prison

Rikers Island, one of the country’s most notorious correctional facilities, is closing. The City Council approved plans on Thursday to close Rikers, a jail complex with nearly 10,000 beds, by 2026.

The Rikers complex, which sits in the East River near La Guardia Airport, will be replaced by four smaller jails, one each in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx.

Collectively, the jails will hold about 3,300 prisoners daily.