A controversial decision has come to light: the US Department of Justice has approved taxpayer money to fund a gender reassignment surgery for a prison inmate. This inmate, who was convicted of serious crimes, including mailing bomb threats to government buildings, is set to undergo surgery in the near future.

The case centers around a man named David Cassady, who is serving a life sentence in a Georgia state prison for crimes committed in the 1990s. These crimes include aggravated sodom...