As long as Rikers Island has been around, since the 1880s, it’s been a place for society’s unwanted. Heck, the place was once a home for pigs raised for slaughter. Not long after, the island was converted into a partial landfill, loaded with horse manure and garbage. The stench was so bad that while it repelled the neighbors in the boroughs, it attracted a sizable rat population.
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So, what did the city do? They released the hounds. And what did the dogs do? They attacked and ate some of the pigs. In the end, humans were brought to Rikers. And the rest is history – a lesson filled with plane crashes, famous inmates, and garbage. Lots and lots of garbage.