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August 15, 2006

Prison HIV: Activists in Texas Hold ‘Em to Account

August 15, 2006—Activists from ACT UP marched on the Texas Department of Correction yesterday to demand that the state, which has second highest number of inmates with full-blown AIDS and the third highest with HIV, start offering free condoms in jails. The DOC currently refuses to distribute condoms due to a “zero tolerance” policy towards sex in prisons.

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