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Ohio House approves law requiring free feminine hygiene products and daily showers for incarcerated women
Summary
The Ohio House unanimously passed House Bill 29, which requires state and local correctional facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products, one shower per day on request, and rules for distribution and disposal; the bill includes an emergency/contingency clause for declared emergencies.
The Ohio House on May 27 passed House Bill 29, requiring municipal, county and state correctional facilities to provide female inmates with free feminine hygiene products and to provide one shower per day upon request.
Sponsors and supporters said the measure responds to accounts from formerly incarcerated women who said they sometimes lacked sanitary supplies and access to showers. "This bill is about sanitation methods, but then…
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