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| Transgender inmate's lawsuit questions prison care |
| By usatoday.com- Kristine Guerra |
| Published: 01/13/2015 |
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Christa Allen wasn't your typical inmate. Back in 2002 — four years before she was sentenced to time in the Rockville Correctional Facility — Allen had undergone a male-to-female gender-reassignment surgery. Shortly after she entered Rockville, Allen explained her medical situation to prison officials and doctors. Specifically, she informed them that the doctor who had performed the surgery had prescribed her a female hormone as well as a vaginal stent. The stent was medically necessary, she said, to prevent closure and loss of tissue. Not using the stent, she told them, could result in medical complications that could require a second, costly surgery. Read More. |
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