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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bruce Schreiner

Kentucky attorney general finds no requirement to use tax dollars to pay for inmate gender surgeries

Opioid Lawsuit Kentucky - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Kentucky is under no legal requirement to use taxpayer money to cover the costs of gender-affirming surgeries for people incarcerated in state prisons, Attorney General Russell Coleman said Thursday.

The state's corrections department requested the opinion from the state's Republican attorney general as the agency amends its administrative regulations regarding medical care for people in prison.

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