Breeding-ground

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Noun
  1. 1
    A place or region where animals go to breed.
  2. 2
    A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc. figuratively

    "Harris criticized the report's emphasis on enforcement, noting that, "Putting people in jail won't stop the virus from spreading." In fact, prisons are virtual breeding grounds for AIDS, due to lack of safer sex and safer drug use education, condoms and uncontaminated needles."

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"Harris criticized the report's emphasis on enforcement, noting that, "Putting people in jail won't stop the virus from spreading." In fact, prisons are virtual breeding grounds for AIDS, due to lack of safer sex and safer drug use education, condoms and uncontaminated needles."

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