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Jul 30, 2008 7:18 pm US/Pacific

Local Prison To Provide Condoms To Inmates

Reporting
Elyce Kirchner
VACAVILLE (CBS13) ― A local prison is planning to provide condoms to prisoners, even though intercourse between inmates is illegal and considered a major offense.

For the next year, inmates at California State Prison Solano will be getting condoms from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

"The rate of HIV in prison populations is five to seven times that of the general population, so we are putting a really high-risk population together," said Mary Sylla from the Center for Health Justice.

Soon, ten condom dispensers will be placed in this facility, chosen because it houses the lowest population of just over 1,000 inmates living here.

"I think it's wrong," said Michael Green, an inmate serving a sentence for murder. "If you get caught having sex, you're getting a write-up."

"It's like the state is condoning homosexuality in prison," said another inmate.

Sex between inmates still won't be tolerated, said associate warden Vimal Singh.

"If inmates are observed having sex they will still be going through the rules violation report," Singh said.

The program goes into effect on September 1.

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