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Family of Layleen Polanco Settles Lawsuit Over Rikers Island Death for $5.9 Million
The family of a transgender woman with epilepsy who died in an isolated cell in New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex has settled its lawsuit with the city for $5.9 million, the family’s lawyer said. The settlement was reached Friday in the federal lawsuit over the June 7, 2019, death of Layleen Polanco. The terms of the settlement were not...
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17 DOC Officers Face Disciplinary Action for Death of Layleen Polanco at Rikers
New York City’s Department of Correction plans to discipline more than a dozen officers for their conduct related to the death of Layleen Polanco, who died at Rikers Island in 2019.
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New Video Reveals Layleen Polanco's Death at Rikers Was Preventable, Family Says
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 tried to wake her for approximately an hour and a half before calling for help.