The state is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on feminine hygiene products for incarcerated women after a survey showed a good portion of the women behind bars were using homemade products.
In the past six years, U.S. state and federal prison systems historically focused on men have started paying more attention to the long-ignored hygiene needs of incarcerated women.
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While many local jails already offered feminine hygiene products for free, at some, cost was a barrier. State funding in the latest budget aimed to eliminate that.