The Big Picture
This site breaks down whether states and the federal government mention access to menstrual products for incarcerated women in laws, policies, and handbooks. The image above and the table and group lists below show which states have protected access in how many of these locations. Blank states do not mention access in any of these locations. Dotted states mention access in one of these locations. Square-pattern states mention access in two of these locations. Black is used only for jurisdictions where access is mentioned in all three locations: law, policies, and handbooks.
Only four areas protect access to menstrual products for incarcerated women in all three places: Alabama, Colorado, New York, and the federal government. A large number of states are dotted only because they have recently passed legislation, and there are a few states which do not mention menstrual products at all.
| Area | Law | Policy | Handbook |
| Federal | X | X | X |
| Alabama | X | X | X |
| Alaska | X | X | |
| Arizona | X | X | |
| Arkansas | X | X | |
| California | X | ||
| Colorado | X | X | X |
| Connecticut | X | X | |
| Delaware | X | ||
| Florida | X | ||
| Georgia | X | ||
| Hawaii | X | ||
| Idaho | X | ||
| Illinois | X | X | |
| Indiana | X | ||
| Iowa | |||
| Kansas | X | ||
| Kentucky | X | X | |
| Louisiana | X | ||
| Maine | X | ||
| Maryland | X | X | |
| Massachusetts | |||
| Michigan | X | ||
| Minnesota | X | X | |
| Mississippi | X | X | |
| Missouri | X | X | |
| Montana | X | ||
| Nebraska | X | X | |
| Nevada | X | ||
| New Hampshire | X | ||
| New Jersey | X | ||
| New Mexico | X | X | |
| New York | X | X | X |
| North Carolina | X | ||
| North Dakota | X | ||
| Ohio | X | X | |
| Oklahoma | X | ||
| Oregon | X | ||
| Pennsylvania | X | ||
| Rhode Island | X | ||
| South Carolina | X | ||
| South Dakota | X | ||
| Tennessee | X | ||
| Texas | X | ||
| Utah | X | ||
| Vermont | X | ||
| Virginia | X | ||
| Washington | X | ||
| West Virginia | X | ||
| Wisconsin | X | X | |
| Wyoming |
Black
- Federal Government
- Alabama
- Colorado
- New York
Square-pattern
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Wisconsin
Dotted
- California
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan
- Montana
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Vermont
- Washington
- West Virginia
Blank
- Iowa
- Massachusetts
- Wyoming
Page last updated Jul 8, 2025