I mean. They already aren't supposed to! When someone commits a felony and is a felon, they lose their civil rights for like ten years minimum. Then they have to go through a lengthy process to restore their civil rights.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that the people of Idaho must pay the cost of gender reassignment surgery for convicted child molester Mason Dean (Adree) Edmo as well as transfer Edmo to a women's prison. I'm not a smart man, but at least I'm not stupid enough to sit on the 9th Circuit.