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Condoms and comprehensive HIV education should be provided in prisons. Prisons are housing some of the most vulnerable populations and prisons are a great place to ensure that the inmates are educated. Also to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS, it is vital to provide condoms to inmates. Even though consensual sex is against the law in prison, it still happens, and making sure the inmate is protected is the a great preventative measure not only for that person and the entire prison population but also for the population of the world for when that person is released if released.

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This is a picture of prisoners protesting that Condoms Save Lives.

This is a link to the condom distribution program in New South Wales. The study found that it was feasible to distribute condoms to the prisoners (Dolan, Lowe, Sheaer, 2004).

Survey Questions asked to the inmates of New South Wales when conducting the research of installing the condom machine

Section 1: Location of condom vending machines.

Question: Where is the condom vending machine currently located in your wing?

Question: Do you think this is a good location for the vending machine?

Question: Is there a better location for the vending machine?

Question: Why do you think this would be a better location?

Question: Does the location of the vending machine make it difficult to get condoms if you wanted to?

Section 2: Use of condoms

Question: Do you think condoms should be available to those prisoners who want to use them','

Question: Have you ever got condoms from a vending machine in prison (or has someone got condoms from the vending machine for you)?

Question: Have you been given a difficult time by anyone for getting condoms from the machine','

Question: How often do you get condoms from the vending machine'.'

Question: What do you use the condoms and other things in the box for?

Section 3: Sex in prison

Question: Do you think that any sex be inmates happens in this prison?

Question: What kinds of sexual activity have you had in this prison?

Question: If you've had anal sex since condoms have been available in prison, how often did you or your partner use a condom for this type of sex?

Question: If you've had oral sex since condoms have been available in prison, how often did you or you partner use a condom?

Question: If you have used condoms in prison for sex, how do you usually dispose of the condom?

(Dolan, Lowe, & Sheaer 2004).

Condoms offered in New South Wales Prisons, Australia

There were 150 condom machines installed in 23 correctional facilities. There were 6,220 inmates in total in these facilities. The condoms that came out of the vending machine were in a box of one, with lubricant and a disposable bag. There was also a information sheet included. This was done in November 1997. There were approximately 24,571 condoms distributed a month (Dolan, Lowe, & Sheaer 2004).

#Australia #Condoms #Prison

This is a article about the end of segregation in Alabama prisons.

Costs, Continued.

The costs of treating a HIV and AIDS patient is greatly expensive as opposed to the 22 cents per condoms that were distributed from the condom machine in San Francisco (Sylla, 2010)

This shows the breakdown of HIV costs in a prison (Zaller & Rich, 2007)

This table shows the costs of taking care of a HIV positive prisoner (Zaller & Rich, 2007)

I feel like it's a tag. ... Just like you put a tag on cattles. ... It's branding me. ... It's like a zoo ... or a circus ... where people just pass by and ... look at you like you some kind of exotic animal.... One time a tour came through with some young kids. ... they stopped, and told the kids, that this is where we house our HIV/AIDS patients. ... I want to say something real bad, because it touched me. ... I am one of these people that he's talking about with this virus, you know, and it hurts. It really did. It hurt.

Prisoner’s Trail Testimony against Alabama Prison Segregation Laws

(Caboner, 2013)

This article talks about the segregation that takes place in South Carolina and Alabama with prisoners that have HIV and AIDS. These prisoners have to take a HIV test before they are admitted to the prison and then they are segregated depending on their status. The segregation includes housing, eating, and recreation. Not only is this evading human rights, but it could also cause for a increase in violence against these prisoners. The goal of this segregation is to not have HIV and AIDS spread to the other prisoners, but HIV and AIDS is not a contagious disease, there has to be a action in order to acquire the disease. By having condoms accessible in the prison, there is a form of prevention, while also not making it harder on the prisoner.

#HIV #AIDS #Prison #Segregation #Alabama #SouthCarolina

Costs

The costs of condoms is greatly lower then the cost of providing HIV and AIDS medications to inmates.

#Condoms

A new state law requires that condoms be made available to all prison inmates — even though state law also forbids sex between prisoners.

This article states that California has made it a law that state prisons MUST make condoms available to inmates. California is the second state in the USA to make it a law, Vermont also made it a law.

#California Condoms Prisons

This graph shows the results of the condom machine being installed in the San Francisco Prison (Sylla, 2010).

Condom Machine Findings

The MOST IMPORTANT finding of the condom machine being placed in the San Francisco prison, was that sexual activity DID NOT increase. This is important because a lot of times the impression is that if you give a inmate a condom it will promote sexual activity. (Sylla, 2010)

#condommachine #SanFrancisco

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