Sheathing in Anger in California Prisons

Medical News Today is reporting there’s a huge brouhaha down in California about distributing condoms, dental dams and similar items to inmates in sunny-state prisons. Being the progressive folks that we are, we here Canada already provide protection to our inmates and so do various countries in Europe, South America as well as Vermont (not surprised) and Mississippi (pleasantly surprised).

Some right-wingers are bent out of shape over it because they worry it’ll encourage sexual acts, just like distributing condoms to teens does (don’t get me started on that business). Apparently these critics don’t know what it’s like to have hormones. Can they honestly believe that no protection will mean no sex? If it means anything at all, it’ll mean sex sans protection going down behind bars. And with many inmates arriving with various STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections), it’s not smart to deny them a way to prevent the spread.