Steven Hayes, who was convicted of a deadly 2007 home invasion in Connecticut that was so brutal it gained international attention, is receiving hormone therapy in prison as part of a gender transition.

The inmate discussed the transition during a series of recent phone interviews with Joe Tomaso for the “15 Minutes With...” podcast, which were published in September and early October. Hayes is at the Greene state prison in Waynesburg, Pa., after being transferred in 2016 as part of an interstate agreement.

The 56-year-old Hayes is serving six life sentences for the killing of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters, Michaela and Hayley.

Image Steven J. Hayes in an undated photo. Credit... Connecticut State Police, via Associated Press

“There’s a lot of problems with the presentation as a female,” Hayes said on the podcast. “A lot of people accept it, but this facility here, you have a lot of racists and bigots on staff and they’re not happy with it. There’s two of us here that are feminine.”