Mother Of Trans Woman Who Died At Rikers Sues NYC

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The mother of Layleen Cubilette-Polanco, a 27-year-old Afro-Latinx transgender woman who died in solitary confinement at Rikers Island June 7, is suing New York City for what advocates for Cubilette-Polanco say was a preventable death.

, meaning that if Polanco had been arrested after January 2020 instead of in April, she would not have been held in jail at all.complications with epilepsy

“People incarcerated at Rikers are routinely denied necessary medical care and proper supervision, including people who, like Layleen, have conditions presenting a high risk of death or serious bodily injury,”. It also includes that Layleen was hospitalized for “one or more of her medical conditions” for roughly eight days just weeks before she was found unresponsive in her cell. According to the lawsuit, Cubilette-Polanco had multiple seizures while in custody in the months before her death.

 

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