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Queerty (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Massachusetts Corrections Commissioner Harold Clarke sure is rude. And makes things too complicated. denied inmate Michelle Kosilek’s sex change operation. Kosilek, born Robert, has been living as a woman for fifteen years, but began taking hormones in 2006. Here you obviously she has a womanly air about her. Robert Kosilek strangled his wife with a wife. [...]
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
BOSTON—A federal judge who will decide whether a convicted murderer can have a sex-change operation wants to hear from the head of the state's prison system.more stories like thisDepartment of Correction Commissioner Harold Clarke is slated to testify Monday in federal court in the case of Michelle Kosilek, who claims not allowing the surgery amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.Prison...
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... chief said.Harold Clarke, who took over the department in November, said allowing the surgery for Michelle Kosilek, who was born a man, could make her a target for assault by other inmates. He said prison officials also have concerns that Kosilek — who is serving a life sentence without parole — could try to escape if she is taken out of state for the surgery.Clarke outlined...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
A month after telling reporters he would reexamine Michelle Kosilek's federal lawsuit seeking the operation, Harold W. Clarke, head of the Department of Correction, has adopted a position similar to that of his predecessor, Kathleen Dennehy. He succeeded her in November.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Harold Clarke, who took over the department in November, said allowing the surgery for Michelle Kosilek could make her a target for assault by other inmates. He said prison officials also have concerns that Kosilek - who is serving a life sentence without parole - could try to escape if she is taken out of state for the surgery.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Harold Clarke, who took over the department in November, said allowing the surgery for Michelle Kosilek could make her a target for assault by other inmates. He said prison officials also have concerns that Kosilek — who is serving a life sentence without parole — could try to escape if she is taken out of state for the surgery.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Harold Clarke, who took over the department in November, said allowing the surgery for Michelle Kosilek could make her a target for assault by other inmates. He said prison officials also have concerns that Kosilek - who is serving a life sentence without parole - could try to escape if she is taken out of state for the surgery.
