What Really Happened to Layleen Polanco?
Polanco, a trans woman, died in solitary confinement at Rikers last year. Now, damning details about her death have emerged.
Horrifying details have come to light in the case of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco, an Afro-Latinx trans woman who died in solitary confinement in Rikers Island jail last June after suffering an epileptic seizure. She was 27 years old. More »