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A warning before we start, there is a description of a sexual assault in this story.

It's early in the morning in July of 2018 and the day is already blistering hot.

I'm walking into the price-dannual unit. It's a medium security prison, a few hours west of Dallas.

I had to drive through miles of wind turbines and oil rigs before I arrived at the prison's grey cement entrance.

We got you sent up over here. Do you have any water?

Yes, ma'am. We'll get you some water. I'm about to kill you.

A big kind of bulky prison guard leaves me to the visiting room at this men's prison.

But I'm here to see Estreya, an undocumented trans woman who is serving a nine-year sentence for a non-violent crime.

Is Estreya convicted of fraud and theft of property related to a check-caching scheme in 2017?

She's always maintained that she was forced to cash those fraudulent checks by her abusive ex-boyfriend.

Oh my god, Estreya!

I'm so happy to see you.

We'll see you later.

This is my third time visiting Estreya, and this time she looks noticeably different.

She had to spend a year fighting in court in order to get her hormone treatment, and she's finally receiving it again.

It's a combination of testosterone blockers and estrogen injections.

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