Layleen Cubilette Polanco Xtravaganza

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Date: 6/7/2019
Location: Rikers Island, NY
Info: Layleen was found dead in a jail cell in the Rose M. Singer women's facility on Rikers Island on the afternoon of Friday 7th June. Layleen had been incarcerated for a month on a misdemeanour charge, and was due to be released on 13th June. At the time of her death she was being held in solitary confinement. Layleen was a member of the House of Xtravaganza, a preeminent group on the city’s ballroom scene.