Activists Demand Justice and Cash Bail Reform for Layleen Polanco a Year After Her Death in Solitary
Update, 6/13: New footage outside the Rikers Island jail cell in New York City where transgender woman Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco died last June reveals that guards waited 90 minutes before calling for help. Her family told NBC News that the footage shows that guards failed to provide her with the care she needed when she […]
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