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Layleen Polanco's Family To Receive $5.9 Million Settlement For Her Death On Rikers Island
Criminal justice advocates want solitary confinement to be entirely prohibited immediately.
By
Sydney Pereira
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De Blasio Moves Towards Ending Solitary Confinement More Than One Year After Layleen Polanco's Death
Polanco died on the ninth day she was in a restrictive housing unit—where she was held in solitary as a punitive measure.
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Sydney Pereira
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Report: "Confused" Jail Staff Failed To Regularly Check On Layleen Polanco In Solitary Unit Where She Died
Officers were "confused" about how often they were supposed to check on the 27-year-old transgender woman, found dead in her cell on Rikers last summer.
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Sydney Pereira
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No Criminality In Death Of Transgender Woman In Rikers Solitary Cell, Bronx DA Says
Layleen Cubilette-Polanco’s death a year ago after having epileptic seizures while in the jail’s solitary unit galvanized a movement calling attention to violence against Black and Latinx transgender people.
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Sophia Chang
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Medical Examiner Rules Layleen Polanco Died Of Epileptic Seizure While In Solitary Confinement On Rikers
"Layleen Polanco's passing further underscores the dangers of solitary confinement, which isolates already medically fragile people from observation and care."
By
Claire Lampen
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