Moral concerns are stopping condom distribution in Zambia's prisons
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BBright spent two years in Zambia's Lusaka Central Prison for selling cannabis but fears he now faces a life sentence. |
"I did it because of hunger," says Bright softly.
"There's not much food in prison. Sex has become the way of payment."
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The wall prevents an inmate from going outside, but the disease has no boundary

Dr Chisela Chileshe Zambia Prisons Service medical director
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"Conditions were bad," he remembers. "We had nshima [maize meal] and beans two times a day. I never felt full."
One day, the cell "captain" gave Bright extra food, then asked him for sex.
"I
had never had sex with a man, but I did it. The first time it was
painful, but I joined a group of maybe 20 men who did that.
"Mainly they were people who were condemned, or who had been jailed for 25 years. They hadn't seen women for a long time."
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