Access to Menstrual Products. – The sheriff or the administrator of the local confinement facility shall ensure that sufficient menstrual products are available at the local confinement facility for all female incarcerated persons who have an active menstrual cycle. Female incarcerated persons who menstruate shall be provided menstrual products as needed at no cost to the female incarcerated person. ?(2021-143, s. 3(a).)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.4

  • Incarcerated person: Any person incarcerated or detained in a local confinement facility who is accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for violations of criminal law or the terms and conditions of parole, probation, pretrial release, or a diversionary program. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • Local confinement facility: includes a county or city jail, a local lockup, a regional or district jail, a juvenile detention facility, a detention facility for adults operated by a local government, and any other facility operated by a local government for confinement of persons awaiting trial or serving sentences except that it shall not include a county satellite jail/work release unit governed by Part 3 of Article 10 of Chapter 153A of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
  • Menstrual products: Products that women use during their menstrual cycle. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-229.1
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