John Pilley, an inmate at Gartree prison in Leicestershire who is serving a life sentence for kidnapping, is about to become Great Britain's first male prisoner to undergo a sex change operation, after which he will be transferred to a women's prison. The $19,000 procedure is being paid for by the government.

And following the release of a convicted rapist from prison, the British government recommended supplying the thirty-something ex-con with Viagra to treat the depression he has since suffered. Doctors treating him at a south London hospital said his main problem was the lack of a girlfriend.

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