Sex among inmates is forbidden in prisons, but the law does not always reflect reality. With AIDS on the rise and many prisoners in the high-risk group of intravenous drug users, the danger of an epidemic among convicts is real. The state of Vermont confronted the threat last month, when Governor Madeleine Kunin approved a policy of giving a condom to any prisoner who requested it.
New York City, where AIDS is a far more serious problem, last week decided to try a similar approach. Condoms will be made available to some 90 homosexual inmates who are housed in a special...
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