Family ‘demands answers’ in wake of transgender inmate’s death

DanHenson1/iStock(NEW YORK) — Family, friends and civil rights activists gathered for a justice rally in lower Manhattan, New York on Monday, demanding answers in the wake of a transgender woman’s death while in prison. Layleen Polanco, 27, was found dead in a solitary confinement cell on Rikers Island, the New York City correctional facility with …

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