Inmates released over 30 days ago will not be displayed. If you encounter a difficulty trying to pay bail online, please call 718-546-1500 Monday to Friday during business hours for more information. You are always able to travel to a DOC facility in person to pay bail 24/7 using cash, money order or cashier's check DOC facilities. Find the current location of an inmate in DOC custody, along with basic case information. Note: Not for inmates in police, state, or federal custody. The NYC DOC - Rikers Island - Rose M. Singer Center (RMSC) is only a temporary, short-term facility for inmates. If you know or believe someone you know is currently being housed in the NYC DOC - Rikers Island - Rose M. Singer Center (RMSC), you will need to contact the facility directly.
Recent Arrests and/or Pre-trial Inmates in Rikers Island - West Facility
Rikers Island inmates are under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Corrections. It truly is an island that sits in the East River between Queens and the mainland Bronx, adjacent to the runways of LaGuardia Airport. It serves as a jail facility for. To lookup details of inmate currently serving their sentence in NYC DOC – Rikers Island – Anna M. Kross Center (AMKC) facility managed by New York Department of Corrections, you need to visit the official New York DOC Inmate Lookup page here. Once the New York DOC search page is load, enter the inmate details like inmate’s first and last name, age, date of birth, sex/gender in the.
Rikers Inmate Search
If you are certain your inmate is in Rikers Island - West Facility, or at the very least in New York County County, go to this page to search for them.
If the Rikers Island - West Facility inmate search website is not currently online or up to date, call 212-266-1500 for assistance in locating your inmate.
The Rikers Island - West Facility is 'open' 24-hours-a-day. When you call, give the staff member the name of who you are looking for and a birthdate or age if you have it. That person will let you know if your inmate is there.
At minimum you will need a first and last name. If you can provide the middle name or initial that is even better. In a perfect world you will also have the inmate's birthdate, but if not, an estimated age will help.
If you are not sure what county jail the inmate is located in, it helps to at least know the geographic area. Knowing what state the inmate is in is good; knowing which county is even better.
In some cases, there will be more than one possibility. Use patience and check them all. Go here to get started on a search for any jail in the state of New York or go to this page to begin a search for all jails in the United States.
If your inmate has been charged but not yet convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony, he or she will most likely be held in New York County County within the county where the crime occurred. If you only have the city name, look up the city's police department, call and ask them if they keep inmates at a local jail or send them to the county jail. If they are sent to the New York County County Jail, either look them up here or call 212-266-1500 for assistance.
Recently convicted felons are sometimes held at New York County County Jail until transport to a New York State Prison is available. Inmates sentenced to less than one year incarceration or those convicted to serve time for misdemeanors will do their time in the New York County County Jail system.
If the Rikers Island - West Facility inmate search website is not currently online or up to date, call 212-266-1500 for assistance in locating your inmate.
The Rikers Island - West Facility is 'open' 24-hours-a-day. When you call, give the staff member the name of who you are looking for and a birthdate or age if you have it. That person will let you know if your inmate is there.
At minimum you will need a first and last name. If you can provide the middle name or initial that is even better. In a perfect world you will also have the inmate's birthdate, but if not, an estimated age will help.
If you are not sure what county jail the inmate is located in, it helps to at least know the geographic area. Knowing what state the inmate is in is good; knowing which county is even better.
In some cases, there will be more than one possibility. Use patience and check them all. Go here to get started on a search for any jail in the state of New York or go to this page to begin a search for all jails in the United States.
If your inmate has been charged but not yet convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony, he or she will most likely be held in New York County County within the county where the crime occurred. If you only have the city name, look up the city's police department, call and ask them if they keep inmates at a local jail or send them to the county jail. If they are sent to the New York County County Jail, either look them up here or call 212-266-1500 for assistance.
Recently convicted felons are sometimes held at New York County County Jail until transport to a New York State Prison is available. Inmates sentenced to less than one year incarceration or those convicted to serve time for misdemeanors will do their time in the New York County County Jail system.
The Island of the Rikers Island Inmates
Rikers Island inmates are under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Corrections.
It truly is an island that sits in the East River between Queens and the mainland Bronx, adjacent to the runways of LaGuardia Airport. It serves as a jail facility for New York City and there are 10 different jails on the island.
The island is named after Abraham Rycken, a Dutch settler who moved to Long Island in 1638 and whose descendants owned Rikers Island until 1884, when it was sold to the city for $180,000. It has been used as a jail ever since. The island was a bit over 87 acres when initially purchased. Since that tie, the island has been expanded by landfill to its currents size: 415 acres.
The island is named after Abraham Rycken, a Dutch settler who moved to Long Island in 1638 and whose descendants owned Rikers Island until 1884, when it was sold to the city for $180,000. It has been used as a jail ever since. The island was a bit over 87 acres when initially purchased. Since that tie, the island has been expanded by landfill to its currents size: 415 acres.
How do you find Rikers inmates?
To find an inmate, click to the Inmate Lookup Service page. Enter a name and click 'Search'. You will be brought to the next page which will give you:
- date of birth
- ID number
- facility where housed
- discharge date
- next court date
- bail and bond information
If you click the name, on the next page you may review:
- personal description
- photo, if available
- booking information
- charge information
- warrant information
Rikers Island Prisons
If you are looking for an address and description of the facilities on Rikers Island, go to these links:
- Facility Addresses
Useful Information for Families and Friends
Do you have questions about visitation, sending money, and how to get release information? Follow the links below for the answers to those and other questions:
- Visiting an Inmate
- How to Send Money
- How to Pick up Inmate Property
Famous Inmates held at Rikers
Here is a list of famous inmates once held at the prison:
1. Tupac Shakur: served part of an eight month sentence at Rikers.
2. Sid Vicious: spent 7 weeks at Rikers at the end of 1978. Upon being released he was celebrating at a party and was found dead the next morning from a drug overdose.
3. David Berkowitz (Son of Sam): arrested in 1997 after a year long killing spree.
4. Mark David Chapman (assassinated John Lennon)
5. Lil Wayne: served a year at Rikers being release in 2010. He was convicted of weapons charges.
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