Lawsuit asks state to pay for inmate's sex-change operation- What do you think?

[tantalizingfemme]

To answer the question of the OP, no, a sex change (in my opinion) is beyond the scope of what any DOC facility is expected to provide for an inmate.

Secondly, who would want a state funded physician/surgeon to provide said surgery? Think that an inmate is going to to have a say as to whom the doctor/surgeon will be who will perform this specialized surgery? Imagine the recovery period in a prison infirmary.... The system is not going to pay for doctor so and so in California who specializes in blah blah blah and then let the inmate stay for a period of recovery..... come on....

I worked as a transitional case manager for HIV Positive/AIDs-Defined inmates (male and female) getting ready to move back in to the community. The medical offices in the prisons covered all necessary medical needs to ensure the inmates health.....a lot of money in medications and doctors visits in and outside of the prison... however, anything beyond.... no.

Rape happens in both men's and women's prisons, it does not discriminate. If necessary, the inmate can be placed in solitary confinement for their own safety.

I recall having a conversation with a guard at a male prison who stated that they have had/have inmates with male genitalia and breasts. The inmate cannot be sent to the women's prison, but they have to watch for the safety of the inmate in the men's prison so that inmate doesn't get harrassed, abused, raped, etc... so they put the person in solitary for their own safety.

Appropriate? Not necessarily. Safe for the inmate? Absolutely.

It does not matter what "type" of crime was committed or the amount of prison time a person received; anything beyond basic needs for health care is just that... beyond the prison health care system.

TF