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The Pentagon is working on a prison transfer for convicted WikiLeaks source Pvt. Chelsea Manning, who has requested hormone therapy. The plan would allow Manning to serve time in a civilian prison, where such therapy is available.

Manning's first name was Bradley when the soldier made headlines for sending a trove of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.


Shortly after being sentenced by a military court, Manning 

said she wanted to live as a woman while in prison

, citing an Army psychiatrist's earlier diagnosis of gender identity disorder.


The Associated Press describes the military's quandary:


Citing Pentagon sources, the news agency says U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel approved a plan to work out a transfer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which provides hormone therapy.  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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Manning's first name was Bradley when the soldier made headlines for sending a trove of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. Shortly after being sentenced by a military court, Manning said she wanted to live as a woman while in prison

Manning: Civilian prison for hormone therapy?

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