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| State inmate seeks treatment for gender-identity disorder |
| By .tulsaworld.com - Andrew Knittle |
| Published: 03/19/2013 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY - The state Department of Corrections provides cross-gender hormones to two of the nearly 25,000 inmates serving time in Oklahoma prisons. Department spokesman Jerry Massie said the state prison system will provide such hormones "when it's medically appropriate" but that such cases are rare. The department is being sued by an inmate who wants hormones, laser hair removal, counseling and eventually a sex-change operation as treatment for gender identity disorder. Ronny Darnell, a convicted rapist serving a lengthy sentence at James Crabtree Correctional Center, filed the lawsuit against the Corrections Department in 2012, claiming cruel and unusual punishment because the state agency won't treat the condition. Read More. |
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