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Prison Fellowship Academy Ignites Hope at Rikers Island

Earlier this week, Insider took you behind the walls on Rikers Island to December's Prison Fellowship Academy™y graduation.

Rikers Island is the main jail complex for New York City. On average the daily population is 10,000, making Rikers one of the world's largest correctional institutions.

By Emily Harris Greene
January 25, 2017
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