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Incarcerated Women Often Don’t Have Enough Period Products
Incarcerated women face insufficient menstrual product access, causing health risks and disrupting court trials, including one halted due to a defendant's heavy bleeding, court records show.
- In recent years, Yraida Faneite's trial was halted when a judge stopped court proceedings because her menstrual bleeding ran down her legs during a drug-related trial.
- Prison and jail rules often penalize excess pads or sharing and treat leaking or extra product requests as violations, while researchers and advocates say limited supplies and low-quality products harm incarcerated people.
- A new report from the Prison Policy Initiative documents that menstruation is often treated as a disciplinary matter by correctional staff and disciplinary systems, affecting parole and services access.
- In recent years, many states have improved menstrual product access in jails and prisons; the Ohio legislature last month passed a bill, Wisconsin lawmakers introduced one this month, and at least 24 states plus D.C. require free access, per the National Conference of State Legislatures.
- Access remains uneven because state correctional departments rely on a patchwork of laws and policies, and advocates and Miriam Vishniac, Prison Flow Project, call for enforcement to ensure consistent implementation by facilities and staff.
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Incarcerated women often don’t have enough period products
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