“California prisoners have unprotected sexual contact, forced or consensual, even if both are illegal, and this reality often leads to the spread of HIV and other diseases in prisons and in communities where felons are paroled.

Setting up a difficult conversation, one state lawmaker says it’s time to give inmates a way to practice safe sex behind bars to reduce an infection rate that experts say is much higher than that of the general population.

The proposal from Oakland Democratic Assemblyman Rob Bonta comes despite a law prohibiting any sex between inmates, which creates a conflict that concerns both supporters and opponents of the legislation.”* The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola (TYT University) break it down.

*Read more here from Don Thompson / AP / San Jose Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23618784/cut-std-rate-california-considers-condoms-prison