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Condoms given to inmates in effort to reduce STDs
By uniondemocrat.com- Lacey Peterson
Published: 04/29/2016

Inmates at Sierra Conservation Center now have access to condoms as part of a statewide effort to reduce sexually transmitted diseases in prisons.

The program was rolled out at SCC last week. Several condom dispensers were installed in the various yards, said Lt. Robert Kelsey, SCC spokesman.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 966 in 2014 that required the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to come up with a plan to implement a program to provide condoms to inmates in state prisons.

While sexual activity among inmates is prohibited in California, it still happens, and the state wants to stem the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases.

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