http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2003/11/07ky/wir-front-gender1107-5544.htmlInmate at women's prison is discovered to be a man
FRANKFORT, Ky. — You could call it a case of mistaken sexual identity.
An inmate at the Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women was moved to an isolation cell Monday after the prisoner said he is a man and a physical examination verified it.
Billie Jo Hawks, 43, of Battletown, had been admitted to the women's prison near Pewee Valley on Oct.22 and was housed in a dorm with female inmates. For eight months before that, Hawks was held in the women's section of the Meade County Detention Center on convictions of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and cultivating marijuana.
Lisa Lamb, spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections, said she was prohibited by federal law protecting the privacy of health information from disclosing details about the physical exam of Hawks on Monday
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All inmates are subject to a thorough strip search as part of the admission process to any state prison to ensure no contraband is brought into prison, Lamb said. As for how Hawks' organ went unnoticed earlier, Lamb said, "All we can say for now is that clearly procedures were not followed in the admission of this inmate
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