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What it’s like to have your period in prison

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  1. MimicSquid
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    Indignity after indignity after indignity. The lack of appropriate sanitary supplies coupled with the shaming of bodily functions by the other inmates and a lack of understanding or sympathy from...

    Indignity after indignity after indignity. The lack of appropriate sanitary supplies coupled with the shaming of bodily functions by the other inmates and a lack of understanding or sympathy from the guards is a terrible combination. There are so many things wrong with incarceration in the USA, but this is definitely one of them.

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    snake_case
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    I wonder what they do if you enter prison with an IUD? I feel like Id just keep that a secret unless it makes me sick. From what I read in theory they can stay in for forever, but I guess the...

    I wonder what they do if you enter prison with an IUD? I feel like Id just keep that a secret unless it makes me sick. From what I read in theory they can stay in for forever, but I guess the periods would come back when the hormones run out.

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      DefinitelyNotAFae
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      Having worked with people on parole at least in my state, there's no reason they'd remove it unless there was a problem or possibly if it hit its end of life. Prison medical care is not great either.

      Having worked with people on parole at least in my state, there's no reason they'd remove it unless there was a problem or possibly if it hit its end of life. Prison medical care is not great either.

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        snake_case
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        Right, I’m thinking they wouldn’t even know about it unless I told them.

        Right, I’m thinking they wouldn’t even know about it unless I told them.

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        1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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          You'd probably want them to know, because it's the sort of thing where a perforation or something could occur and you might need medical support. Prison time is generally a sentence over 2 years...

          You'd probably want them to know, because it's the sort of thing where a perforation or something could occur and you might need medical support. Prison time is generally a sentence over 2 years (serving at least 1 of those). But they do catalog medical info.

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