Judge: Inmate convicted of sexually abusing daughter has constitutional right to taxpayer-funded sex reassignment surgery Print this article
A federal judge ruled that a Wisconsin prison inmate who was convicted of sexually abusing their 10-year-old daughter has a right to receive a tax-payer funded sex reassignment surgery. The rights of transgender persons and sex reassignment surgery remain politically controversial, even outside the prison context,
wrote U.S. District Judge James Peterson. And some members of the public are outraged at any effort to improve the health and well being of inmates, Peterson continued. But the true public interest lies in alleviating needless suffering by those who are dependent on the government for their care.
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Federal judge orders Wisconsin to provide surgery to trans inmate
Judge James Peterson found that prison officials denial of surgery to Nicole Campbell violated her constitutional rights
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A federal judge has ordered the state of Wisconsin to provide a transgender inmate with gender confirmation surgery to treat her gender dysphoria.
Nicole Campbell, who is currently 13 years into a 34-year sentence at Racine Correctional Institute, a men’s prison, was diagnosed with gender dysphoria prior to being incarcerated.
She was permitted to receive hormone treatments, counseling, and even allowed to wear some women’s clothing as part of her treatment while in prison. But she was denied gender confirmation surgery after requesting it in 2013.
Wisconsin Inmate Wins Suit For Sex Reassignment Surgery
Judge says the public interest lies in alleviating needless suffering by those who are dependent on the government for their care. //end headline wrapper ?>Scales of
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A transgender inmate at the Racine Correctional Institution has won a federal case and will be allowed to undergo sexual reassignment surgery.
U.S. District Judge
Nicole Campbell’s Eighth Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution had been violated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections when she was denied the surgery.
The Eighth Amendment prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.
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