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Family settles lawsuit over death of trans woman in NYC jail

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FILE- In this March 12, 2015 file photo, numbered doors of enhanced supervision housing unit, also commonly known as solitary confinement, are shown at the Rikers Island jail complex n New York. On Friday, June 26, 2020, New York City officials announced that seventeen officers in the city's Department of Correction will face disciplinary action, including four immediate suspensions without pay, in connection with the June 2019 death of Layleen Polanco, a transgender woman who died while in solitary confinement at the facility. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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