Largest jail

Rikers Island is the main jail complex for New York City, USA, and comprises 10 jails holding petty criminals, offenders in transit and those unable to get bail, as well as others serving sentences of one year or less. It has a combined capacity of nearly 15,000 inmates. It is managed and run by 10,432 staff on a budget of US $1.08 billion. In the Financial Year 2012, it had an average daily inmate population of 12,287, with a high of 14,533 in 2003, while in 2001 the inmate admission total was 120,157; in 2011 it was down to 87,515. The average length of stay is 54 days. More serious criminals are generally held in prisons.