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Prison Prevention Access Project
ACT UP Austin has launched a major campaign to help Texas state prisoners gain access to condoms. Texas has the third largest HIV+ population among state prison systems in the nation, and four times as many Texas prisoners die from AIDS than from lethal injection. In light of the recent CDC report which clearly documented HIV transmission within a state prison, ACT UP Austin is sending a letter to the State Sunset Commission charged with reviewing Texas Department of Criminal Justice policies this year to lift its current restriction on condom access. ACT UP Austin is seeking local, state, and national organizational endorsers of the letter, click on the link below to read our letter. To find out how you can support this campaign, please email actup_austin@yahoo.com.
HIV Prevention in Prison Fact Sheet
ACT UP Austin’s letter to the State Sunset Commission
ACT UP Austin’s Letter to TDCJ
CDC Report on HIV Transmission in Prisons
If you would like to write a letter to the Sunset Commission regarding this issue, click here for a sample letter and several talking points.
Click HERE to send the Sunset Commission feedback about this issue.
(Click on the above graphic for pictures and media coverage of this action)
Check out what some Texas Correctional Officer’s are saying about this issue: (They definitely aren’t denying sex in prison)
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Tell Politicians to Support Condoms in Prison!!!! ACT UP Austin’s year-long campaign to get condoms in to Texas prisons has resulted in the drafting of HB 1068 by Representative Garnett Coleman.
HB 1068 would: · Give inmates the tools to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. · Allow nonprofits to distribute condoms to inmates at no cost to the State of Texas. · Provide for the anonymous disposal of condoms to protect prisoner’s anonymity and privacy. · Guarantee that no inmate will receive disciplinary action for possession of condoms. · Currently, HB 1068 is waiting for a vote in the Corrections Committee. TELL THE CORRECTIONS COMMITTEE YOU SUPPORT HB 1068 BY CALLING, FAXING, and WRITING members of the Corrections Committee:
· Jerry Madden: (512) 463-0544, (512) 463-9974 Fax · Scott Hochberg: (512)-463-0492, (512)-463-5896 Fax · Jim McReynolds: (512) 463-0490, (512) 463-9059 Fax · Jim Dunnam: (512) 463-0508, (512) 463-5934 Fax · Pat Haggerty: (512) 463-0728 (512) 463-0397 Fax · Delwin Jones: (512) 463-0542 (512) 463-0671 Fax · Rene Oliveira: (512) 463-0640 (512) 463-8186 Fax
All Members of the Texas House have the same Address:
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