Layleen Polanco had a fatal epileptic seizure while in isolation, an investigation found, spurring calls to end solitary confinement and close the jail complex.
Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. to Pay $5.9 Million in Death of Layleen Polanco at Rikers
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