8-Day Blog Post: Cycle 4 Chelsea Manning

CNN details the story of a convicted felon who would like to undergo hormone therapy whilst still attending an all male prison. The felon, Chelsea Manning, previously Bradley Manning, leaked files to WikiLeaks and is facing fifteen years in prison. However, in 2013, Bradley Manning asked for a sex change. The government is providing hormone therapy and she is to have the procedure in the near future, though it sparks the controversy of whether this inmate should be given the privilege of having a sex change. Lots of arguments surround this topic because Chelsea was sent to an all male prison, so government officials have been debating whether to take this case to the Supreme Court, have policies past regarding sex changes in prison, and whether it should be allowed for a felon to have such privileges.