Tell Us What You Think: An Idaho Inmate Is Suing The State For Gender Reassignment Surgery

· May 11, 2019, 9:40 am

Transgender Inmate Surgery Appeal — In this Jan. 30, 2018 file photo, inmates walk across the grounds of the Idaho State Correctional Institution in Kuna, Idaho. Idaho transgender inmate Adree Edmo has spent most of her prison term at this men's prison facility.

The Mountain West News Bureau is following the case of a transgender inmate serving a nine-year sentence for sexual abuse of child under 16. This inmate is suing the state of Idaho for gender reassignment surgery, and the landmark case is now being considered by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The eventual ruling could affect access to treatment for transgender inmates across the country.

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