FORT WORTH, Texas — A judge has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to schedule gender-affirmation surgery for a transgender woman who has experienced repeated delays in receiving treatment, including when she was housed at a Fort Worth women’s prison. On April 18, an Illinois judge ordered the BOP to provide a detailed timeline for gender-affirming surgery for Cristina Iglesias, including undertaking a nationwide search to identify a qualified surgeon. Iglesias was incarcerated at FMC Carswell, a women’s medical prison in Fort Worth, beginning in May 2021. She was transferred to a BOP residential r…
