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# 5 pads for 2 cellmates: Menstrual products still scarce in prison
- URL: https://werd.io/5-pads-for-2-cellmates-menstrual-products-still-scarce-in/
- Published: 2021-06-30T16:22:34.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-30T16:22:34.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"Unable to get more than an allotted number of pads, Bozelko began reusing them. The prison’s pads were thin, she said, thinner than the pads typically sold outside, and the adhesive barely stuck to her clothes. She once saw another woman’s pad fall to the ground because the glue was so weak, so Bozelko stepped on it, hiding the pad beneath her boot to save her from humiliation. She and her cellmate received five of these pads to share among themselves every week, and asking a guard for another pad often led to a rejected request and ridicule." Why are we so cruel?

\[[Link](https://19thnews.org/2021/06/5-pads-for-2-cellmates-period-inequity-remains-a-problem-in-prisons/)\]