The Big Picture

This site breaks down whether states, D.C., and the federal government mention access to menstrual products for incarcerated women in laws, rules, and handbooks. The image to the left and the table and group lists below show which states have protected access in how many of these locations. Red states do not mention access in any of these locations. Pink states mention access in one of these locations. Yellow states mention access in two of these locations. Green is used only for places where access is mentioned in all three locations: law, handbooks, and rules.

Only three areas protect access to menstrual products for incarcerated women in all three places: Alabama, Colorado, and the federal government. A large number of states are pink 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.