--- description: Chelsea Manning's Army Prison cannot give her the hormone therapy she requested title: Manning Could Be Moved to Civilian Prison image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8838e269b4e1150/69868f853bc999e06a1a37af/manning1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Military](/tag/military/) ## Military Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Manning Could Be Moved to Civilian Prison by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2014 4:19 PM CUT  An AP report says the Pentagon is thinking about moving transgender soldier Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison. An AP report says the Pentagon is thinking about moving transgender soldier Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison. by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2014 4:19 PM CUT The Pentagon [might be moving](http://time.com/98856/chelse-manning-civilian-prison-hormone-treatment/ "undefined") transgender convicted soldier Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison in order to facilitate her gender reassignment therapy. Manning, the Army private formerly known as Bradley who received a 35-year prison sentence after leaking government documents to WikiLeaks, has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, and wants to live out the rest of her life as a woman. Manning’s lawyer has since [issued a statement](http://time.com/99591/chelsea-manning-doesnt-want-move-to-civilian-prison/ "undefined") saying that Manning does not want to be moved to a civilian prison and calling the initial report of an impending transfer “a transparent attempt to pressure Chelsea into dropping her request for needed treatment under the artificial guise of concern for her medical needs.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/101119/chelsea-manning-bradley-wikileaks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/101119/chelsea-manning-bradley-wikileaks/"},"headline":"Manning Could Be Moved to Civilian Prison","datePublished":"2014-05-15T16:19:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:51:57.113Z","description":"Chelsea Manning's Army Prison cannot give her the hormone therapy she requested","url":"https://time.com/101119/chelsea-manning-bradley-wikileaks/","keywords":["Military","Crime","Pentagon","WikiLeaks","Chelsea Manning","Associated Press"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8838e269b4e1150/69868f853bc999e06a1a37af/manning1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8838e269b4e1150/69868f853bc999e06a1a37af/manning1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pentagon Moving Manning?","caption":"An AP report says the Pentagon is thinking about moving transgender soldier Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison.","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/military/","name":"Military"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/101119/chelsea-manning-bradley-wikileaks/","name":"Manning Could Be Moved to Civilian Prison"}}]}] ```