Tax payers paying for inmate sex changes

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Judge: Prisoner should get sex-change surgery


BOSTON (CNN) - A federal judge has ruled that a convicted murderer has the right to taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery while serving time in prison.

In 1993, Robert Kosilek was found guilty of strangling his wife to death and a judge sentenced him to a life sentence. While in prison, Kosilek legally changed his name to Michelle and has been living as a woman in an all-male prison ever since.

Kosilek claims to suffer from gender identity disorder, which is recognized as a form of mental illness by the American Psychiatric Association. In 2002, a judge ruled that Kosilek was entitled to treatment for the disorder, which included hormone therapy, but stopped short of ordering sex-reassignment surgery.

On Tuesday, however, US District Court Chief Judge Mark Wolf, a Ronald Reagan appointee, said that sex-reassignment surgery was the only way to treat Kosilek's "serious medical need." Kosilek has tried self-castration and also attempted to commit suicide twice because of the gender-identity disorder.

But prison officials say the gender-reassignment surgery would make Kosilek a target for sexual assault.

Judge Wolf says prison officials have to decide where to house Kosilek after the surgery.

[Tx Redneck]

We already pay people to exist, what more do they want?

Saved and Texan by the Grace of God, Redneck by choice.

[rusty shackleford]

"While in prison, Kosilek legally changed his name to Michelle and has been living as a woman in an all-male prison ever since."

"But prison officials say the gender-reassignment surgery would make Kosilek a target for sexual assault."

lol

[347Mike]

Does that mean he is transferred to a woman prison? lol

[white88]

That's a crock of shit, fuck him. It seems like prisoners get more and more rights/privileges at the tax payers expense.

[dee]

How should he/she have rights if in prison?

This question should be asked for any luxury asked for by prisoners they choose to commit the crime we should be able to choose how nice they have it while serving time.

[SouthernSVT]

The part about suicide seemed like a good idea to me.

[KBScobravert]

That's a crock of shit, fuck him. It seems like prisoners get more and more rights/privileges at the tax payers expense.

Exactly. If he wants it so bad give him a tuna can lid from the kitchen and let him do it himself.

[Vertnut]

A .50 shiv and a promise for early parole would probably do the trick.

[Jester]

Exactly. If he wants it so bad give him a tuna can lid from the kitchen and let him do it himself.

lmmfao! Gotdamn!

[white88]

Exactly. If he wants it so bad give him a tuna can lid from the kitchen and let him do it himself.

And a lighter to cauterize his ax wound.

[KBScobravert]

And a lighter to cauterize his ax wound.

Lighters are not allowed. Maybe he can make fire by shorting out his wall socket and setting the roll of TP on fire to make an "iron" out of part of the can lid. He needs to be careful and not slip on the blood and cut his throat in the process.

[Armedtrigger01]

If I was the DOC I would leave him in the all male prison maybe it would keep the riots down.

[Couver]

He will be the belle of the ball at the inmate christmas party. Another reason not to move to a communistwealth like Masachutes

[Forever_frost]

This is bullshit. He can't live as a man and he killed his wife? Walk him outside, put a wig on him and shoot him in the back of the head. Fuck that.