California will soon become the first state to provide sex reassignment surgery for a transgendered prison inmate. But the state hopes to avoid paying for the surgery in a second case by granting that inmate parole -- just days before a scheduled court hearing this week. Capital Public Radio's Ben Adler reports.
California Will Pay For Transgendered Inmate's Sex Reassignment Surgery
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