'The reality is only where the women are housed, is where the products would potentially be'
About 173,000 women are incarcerated in local, state, youth, tribal, military or federal correctional facilities, nationwide, according to the Prison Policy Initiative
After 11 months, the bill had its first hearing on June 6, where it received feedback from legislators to help it progress forward. "But what I will say is that not every inmate and offender is as blessed as my mother was to have me as an adult and her mother and my sister to help in ways that we did," Humphrey said.
During Ray's incarceration at both Ohio Reformatory for Women and Dayton Correctional Institution from 2014 to 2018, pads were provided monthly, and tampons were only available through the commissary. "Some people would have the showers, some people would be mopping the halls," Ray said."And while we did our best, we were limited with what cleaning products we have."
"I like to do it little by little and bit by bit," Humphrey said."If you put too much in a thing, that sometimes can turn some of my colleagues off, whether it's important or not."
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