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More than a third of female prisoners have sexual encounters behind bars, an Australian study reveals.

The nation's first telephone survey of inmates reveals high rates of sexual acts in female prisons and surprisingly low rates in male institutions.

"We found that 36 per cent of women are having sex or sexual contact in prison, which really is quite a lot of sex," said lead researcher Dr Juliet Richters, a public health specialist at the University of New South Wales.

See full article in the | Brisbane Times