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This May 2010 photo released by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections shows a transgender inmate formerly known as Scott Konitzer and who now goes by Donna Dawn at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wis. The inmate wants to reject an agreement that would make her the first in Wisconsin to be given state-issued women's underwear in a male prison and instead continue her lawsuit seeking a taxpayer-funded sex change, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Transgender rights' advocates say she is trying to be the nation's first transgender inmate to obtain a court-ordered sex change. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Department of Corrections) |
Wis. inmate seeks to nix deal in sex-change case
MADISON, Wis.—A transgender inmate wants to reject an agreement that would make her the first Wisconsin prisoner given state-issued women's underwear in a male prison. Instead, she wants to continue her lawsuit seeking a sex change.
The settlement, obtained by The Associated Press under the open records law, would end years of litigation involving the inmate formerly known as Scott Konitzer.
An armed robber who now goes by Donna Dawn, Konitzer is trying to back out by saying she was coerced into accepting the deal.
Konitzer has asked a judge to allow her to continue the lawsuit in which advocates say she is trying to become the nation's first transgender inmate to obtain a court-ordered sex change.
Wisconsin officials say they will oppose any attempt to reopen the case.
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