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Hi Does anyone know which unit (male of female) a person who was born as a male yet has been surgically 'changed' to be a female and is now registered as a female would be placed in prison? Has anyone come across this kind of case as part of their work?
sjoe
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We didn't pay for reconstructive surgery, but at any given time we would have a half-dozen male-to-female inmates on Premarin and various other medications, as the courts had decided it was "cruel and unusual punishment" to stop such treatment-- forcing the person to halt his/her progress toward the desired gender identity.
Funny, though, in the 4 years I was there, I don't recall a single female-to-male in transition. Perhaps they were housed at a different jail? Perhaps they didn't get arrested so often? Don't know.