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Trump says Biden and liberals are perverts and assholes.

A transgender inmate who goes by the name Cristina Iglesias has
not spent a day outside of federal prison as an adult. Iglesias
was locked up in 1994 for sending death threats to federal
judges and then pleaded guilty in 2005 to mailing fake anthrax
to U.S. allies in the earliest days of the War on Terror. Now,
thanks to a judge's ruling, Iglesias is set to become the first
transgender inmate to undergo sex-reassignment surgery�on the
taxpayer dime.

Iglesias in 2020 became the poster child of the American Civil
Liberties Union�s quest to ensure even the most hardened
criminals enjoy transgender rights, and the civil rights group
that once focused its energies on free speech sued the
government, arguing that denying the costly surgery is a
violation of Iglesias's constitutional rights. U.S. District
Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel agreed, writing in an opinion issued
last month that "Iglesias suffers daily and is at risk of self-
mutilation and suicide."

Iglesias, 47, is set for release on Christmas Day, but wants the
surgery before that time�and Rosentengel is ordering the Bureau
of Prisons to find a surgeon to carry out the sex change. Cost
estimates for the surgery itself vary widely. Some hospital
estimates reach six figures, while the Philadelphia Center for
Transgender Surgery pegs the figure at about $25,000. Pricey
quality-of-life care is required for years after the surgery,
running about $40,000 annually in the first five years,
according to a 2015 study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health. The cost falls to $10,000 per year
after a decade. The Bureau of Prisons declined to say whether
taxpayers will provide that support.

New Biden administration policy requires prison officials to use
a transgender inmate's preferred name and pronouns and consider
housing transgender inmates in prisons matching their "lived
gender." Federal policy doesn't require surgery in every case,
but left-wing groups like the ACLU are now using cases like
Iglesias's to make sure it is widely available for inmates.
There are about 1,300 transgender inmates in federal jails,
according to a Bureau of Prison spokeswoman.

Iglesias, who according to prison records is white but has used
Hispanic names since 2004, is nearing the end of a 20-year bid
for mailing white powder�from prison�to the British Commonwealth
and Foreign Office in 2002, which prompted evacuations and
street closures around London.

"I hope to see to it you people die a slow and painful death!!!"
Iglesias wrote in a letter containing faux-anthrax. "This
anthrax is very lethal and deadly!!!!"

Iglesias's defense lawyers attributed those crimes to a long and
clinically documented history of mental illness, which includes
a pattern of compulsive and self-destructive behavior that is
difficult to control.

"The subject's history and the results of this evaluation
suggest that his behavior is influenced by the existence of
severe psychological deficits that are of long-standing
duration," Dr. Jethro Toomer wrote in the 2005 assessment.
Defense filings from that case indicate Iglesias has from a
young age been diagnosed or treated for bipolar disorder,
schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and alcohol
addiction.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons in 2015 allowed Iglesias to begin
hormone therapy. Iglesias went on to request facial laser hair
removal, a transfer to a female facility, and "gender
confirmation surgery."

Iglesias in 2019 sued the Bureau of Prisons without counsel. A
year and a half later, the ACLU showed up on the scene, took
over the case, and filed a new complaint on Iglesias's behalf.
The Chicago legal powerhouse Winston & Strawn LLP also lent
firepower to the cause. They argued, among other things, that
the bureau's "deliberate indifference" to Iglesias's medical
needs violates the Eighth Amendment, which bans cruel and
unusual punishments.

"To Ms. Iglesias, her genitalia feel like an abnormal and life-
threatening growth on her body, like a malignant tumor from
cancer that needs to be removed," the lawsuit reads.

The Bureau of Prisons emphasized in court filings that it has
never opposed those steps. It was willing, for example, to
transfer Iglesias to a female prison provided that Iglesias
sustained hormone levels that would make it impossible to
maintain an erection�a condition essential for the safety of
female inmates, according to prison authorities. And while the
bureau has never categorically denied Iglesias's requests for
sex-reassignment surgery, the bureau maintained Iglesias should
spend 12 months living as a woman in a female prison before
undergoing the procedure.

Rosenstengel said the Bureau of Prisons violated Iglesias's
constitutional rights. Rosenstengel accused the bureau of
manufacturing its prison rape rationale in response to the ACLU
lawsuit. And she faulted authorities for holding Iglesias to
"categorical" pre-surgery requirements, rather than
individualizing medical decisions with input from LGBT medical
experts.

The judge added urgency to her decision, writing that Iglesias
requires the surgery but is "running out of time," apparently
referencing a government-funded sex change.

The ACLU says that Iglesias will be the first federal inmate to
undergo a sex-reassignment procedure and on June 2 celebrated
its victory as a legal landmark.

It's not clear when the procedure will happen. Iglesias over the
course of the case posed other problems for the bureau. Iglesias
in 2021 leveled "unsubstantiated" allegations of violence and
forced prostitution against another inmate, according to an
affidavit from a corrections captain. And Iglesias had to be
transferred to a different prison after authorities discovered
Iglesias incurred "substantial debts to multiple inmates" to buy
drugs. Court records are sparse on details about treatment the
inmate needs ahead of release at the end of this year.

The Bureau of Prisons said it would not comment on matters
subject to ongoing legal proceedings. The ACLU did not respond
to a request for comment.

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