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            Island against giving condoms to inmates
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          Nov 30, 2006
          
        
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       Rhode
            Island prison officials oppose distributing condoms to
            inmates       despite a recommendation from a national AIDS
            advocacy group. The       National Minority AIDS Council
            suggests that jails give out condoms as a       way to slow
            the spread of HIV. Ellen Alexander, an assistant director at
            Rhode Island Department of Corrections, said sex is
            prohibited at the       Adult Correctional Institutions, the
            state's only prison. (AP)     

        
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