Cuomo: Shut down, replace Rikers Island

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ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday backed calls to shut down the notorious Rikers Island jail complex and replace it with a more modern facility.

In an interview with NY1, Cuomo said the design of the major New York City complex -- a series of 10 jails that can hold up to 15,000 inmates -- is outdated and unsafe.

"We should close down Rikers and build a new state of the art jail that is just safer for the guards and for the inmates," Cuomo said.

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