yesterday, imf chief dominique strauss-kahn now takes up residere residence at new york s rikers island until his next court date. the rikers island prison complex sits on the east river between queens and the bronx and it is only access road is a three lane bridge. roughly half the size of central park, the complex is like a small town. it has schools for inmates, grocery stores, parks, medical facilities as well. it is $860 million operating budget serves 14,000 inmates and tv fans are likely to associate rikers with detectives on nbc s law & order franchise. but the prison also made notable appearances on the big screen in fimz li films like carlito s way. mark david chapman, the man who killed john lennon and plaxico burress of the giants have all done time on that island. that will do it for me today. i appreciate your time, we ll
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