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 doted only because they have recently passed legislation, and there are states in a variety of sections of the U.S. which do not mention menstrual products at all-such as the northeast, mid-Atlantic, southeast, and central plains.
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 | ||
Indiana | X | ||
Iowa | |||
Kansas | |||
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 | |||
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
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Wisconsin
Dotted
- California
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan
- Montana
- Nevada
- 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
- Kansas
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- Wyoming
Page last updated 2 Jun, 2023