Rikers Island Inmate Lookup

Posted By admin  On 17.08.21

Feb 07, 2021 Your first step to visiting someone in the NYC DOC - Rikers Island - North Infirmary Command (NIC) is to do an inmate search. With an inmate search, you can make sure they’re in this prison. In order to do a search, you do need to know the inmates last name and first name. From there, you will need to be put on the visitation list. To lookup details of inmate currently serving their sentence in NYC DOC – Rikers Island – Eric M. Taylor Center (EMFC) 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. 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. To lookup details of inmate currently serving their sentence in NYC DOC – Rikers Island – Eric M. Taylor Center (EMFC) facility managed by New York Department of Corrections, you need to visit the official New York DOC Inmate Lookup page here. Incarcerated Individual Locators. The following links allow the public to search for individuals incarcerated in county jails; New York City jails, which are overseen by the New York City Department of Correction, and state prisons, which are overseen by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) is a free, anonymous, computer assisted telephone service that provides offender custody information and notification of changes in offender custody status.

For more information about VINE, click on the link below: What is RI-VINE

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The VINE link referenced above is provided as an informational service only and does not constitute and should not be relied upon as an official record of the DOC. Every effort has been made to provide accurate information, however, the DOC makes no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the content and disclaims any and all responsibility, including but not limited to, any inaccuracies, context errors, or omissions. The DOC does not and cannot warrant the results that may be obtained by the use of this service or the contents therein. The user shall assume all risk and responsibility, and neither the user, nor any third parties acting on behalf of or with the consent of the user, may rely upon any information contained in this service. The DOC shall not be liable for damages associated with user reliance on information provided on this service.

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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.

How do you find Rikers inmates?

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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.

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3. David Berkowitz (Son of Sam): arrested in 1997 after a year long killing spree.

4. Mark David Chapman (assassinated John Lennon)

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5. Lil Wayne: served a year at Rikers being release in 2010. He was convicted of weapons charges.

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