Will Schwarzenegger sign prison condom bill? [View All]

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Will Schwarzenegger sign prison condom bill?
Critics say distributing condoms will encourage sex between inmates

Updated: 12:25 a.m. CT Aug 26, 2006

SACRAMENTO - Public health agencies and nonprofits would begin distributing condoms to California prison inmates under a bill sent this week to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a measure modeled after similar programs in other states and cities.

Democrats who support the effort said making condoms available will help control the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

"Everyone knows that sex happens in prison, and short of solitary confinement for all ... inmates, the state is unable to prevent it," Assemblyman Paul Koretz, D-West Hollywood, said in a statement...........