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Layleen Polanco

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Ballroom Family Re Layleen Polanco, Who’d Spent Week in Hospital While Jailed

June 14, 2019, 4:38 p.m.April 6, 2020, 4:56 p.m.
Layleen Polanco, the 27-year-old who died in solitary last week, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital for eight days just two weeks before her death.
Posted inRikers Island

Two Days After Death of Transgender Woman in Jail, Another Detainee Died

June 12, 2019, 7:31 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.
Jose Rivera, 54, had been in city jail custody for 33 days on a parole violation when he died Sunday. He never saw a lawyer.
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Questions Over Why Layleen Polanco Was Jailed Amid $500 Bail

June 11, 2019, 9:56 p.m.June 29, 2020, 3:12 p.m.
Lawmakers demand answers in case of the transgender woman, who died in solitary confinement on Rikers Island while held on misdemeanor charges.
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Woman Who Died at Rikers Island Was in Solitary

June 10, 2019, 6:43 p.m.June 29, 2020, 3:13 p.m.
Layleen Polanco, 27, was being punished in solitary confinement after being jailed on misdemeanor charges and held on $500 bail, sources said.

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