Layleen Polanco, a trans woman, died in prison. Guards idly did nothing for 90 minutes before getting help, horrifying footage shows

Layleen Polanco, a trans woman, died in prison. Guards idly did nothing for 90 minutes before getting help, horrifying footage shows

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Officers swung open the iron doors of the cell of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco and called her name. They believed the Latinx trans woman was simply asleep while in solitary confinement. She was dead. Polanco, a member of one of the most storied groups in New York City’s drag ball scene, the House of Xtravaganza,...

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