Inmates in Federal Prisons Receiving Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes, Transgender Treatments

Prison inmates are being provided with a wide range of transgender treatments funded potentially through U.S. taxpayer money, according to recently obtained documents from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). American prisons are offering inmates transgender care including voice training, laser hair removal devices, surgical procedures like breast and penis removal, and hormone therapies, according to a June 2023 guidance issued by the BOP that was published by the Heritage Foundation on Monday. The agency told media outlet Just the News that the cost of “medically necessary care” for prison inmates is covered by the bureau’s funds. Since the guidance states that “gender confirming surgery may be medically necessary” for certain inmates, BOP’s statement suggests that transgender treatments for prisoners could be provided by the agency’s funds....