A federal court judge on Tuesday ordered Massachusetts officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery for a transsexual prison inmate, after determining that it was the only adequate treatment for the inmate’s mental illness.
The state’s Department of Correction said Michelle Kosilek, previously known as Robert, who is serving a life sentence without parole for murdering his wife in 1990, has a gender identity disorder.
She attempted to castrate herself and tried to commit suicide twice while incarcerated in an all-male prison in Norfolk, according to a court order.
“We are very happy with the ruling, of course. We are still reviewing the opinion and we anticipate the Department of Corrections will follow Judge Wolf’s order and promptly arrange for Michelle Kosilek to receive her treatment,” Kosilek’s attorney Joseph Sulman said Tuesday.
Would it still be “cruel” if the murderer were forced to do his own sex change with a knife, and would it still be “unusual” if the same penalty applied to all murderers?
Personally I think prison should be a big metal building with an open interior and each prisoner should be issued a bowie knife.
Since we’re spitballin let’s play this out for the full effect. After the State/Fed (taxpayer $ theoretically) funded sex change & all the ahhmmmm re-assignment Bravo Sierra. He’ll petition the courts for a new shrink. Get a new assessment & claim it was a mistake. He will then want to go back to a man @ the state’s/Fed’s (our) expense.
Stop the Earth’s rotation just for a moment please. I want off this planet.
