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Prisoners getting hormone therapy
By journaltimes.com- Stephanie Jones
Published: 03/31/2014

STURTEVANT — Along with inmates receiving insulin and heart medication in the Racine Correctional Institution, a handful of inmates are now receiving gender hormone medications, due to a 2010 federal court case. The federal court case means some accommodations have had to be made at prisons for those inmates receiving hormone therapy, which masculinizes or feminizes the body. There are 18 inmates incarcerated in the Wisconsin Department of Corrections facilities receiving hormone treatment, according to Department of Corrections data the state provided in an email Friday.

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