ZPS Commissioner Percy Chato said the prison authorities had no intention of distributing and supplying of condoms to inmates.
Mr Chato said this in an interview in Kitwe shortly after he launched the mobile hospital at Kamfinsa State Prisons.
He said permitting the distribution and supply of condoms would encourage sodomy, an act which was illegal in the country.
"We have an obligation to protect and promote the Republican Constitution. If we permit distribution of condoms it's like we are contradicting the provisions of the Constitution which prohibit homosexuality," Mr Chato said.
Mr Chato also said the prisons service was determined to prevent acts of homosexuality in prisons because it was a known fact that this was one of the ways inwhich HIV was transmitted.
He said five years ago, the service conducted a survey on the status of HIV/AIDS in prisons and it indicated that the prevalence rate stood at 27 per cent in all facilities which was very high.
Mr Chato said a significant number of prisoners were today aware of the vice and this had helped to reduce the prevalence rate.
"Most inmates are now aware about the danger of indulging in homosexuality and its consequences. So the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in most facilities across the country is now at a minimal level," he said.
