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VENGIE Mendoza did not bat an eye when he said walls have eyes and ears—that in jail, no secret stays hidden.Mendoza, in a sitdown interview on a Wednesday afternoon, recalled the moment in 2018 when his cellmates discovered his HIV diagnosis , something he had only received himself.He was the first inmate to be diagnosed with HIV or a person living with HIV in Lapu-Lapu City Jail , a situation that could easily attract attention and stigma among inmates in closer quarters.
“They have the option not to be tested, but with our practices of giving them education, it will lessen the stigma of having HIV,”he said..A total of 192 PDLs among the nine facilities managed by BJMP 7 are PLHIVs.Of the number, the majority are in the Cebu City Jail Annex , at the Mandaue City Jail, and at the Talisay City Jail. Ylanan said these are also their three biggest facilities.The majority of PLHIVs in jail in the region are PWIDs, said Ylanan.
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