Tania Cameron of Kenora, Ont., says she will keep giving female inmates at the Kenora District Jail extra money so they can buy better-quality menstrual products at the canteen, until she can confirm that the jail has made them more accessible.
National groups, municipality back push to get proper menstrual products to Kenora District Jail inmates
Since Cameron raised these concerns, several national "menstrual equity" groups across Canada have sounded the alarm over the situation at the jail. Kenora's city council alsoA new policy to make sure menstrual products are delivered within 15 minutes of being requested by an inmate."It makes me feel really good," Cameron said of seeing this support.
Cameron says she doesn't understand why Kenora District Jail inmates don't have access to free tampon and pad dispensers, like the one shown here, in their washrooms. "They could say technically there's menstrual products in the facility, but I saw the shelves myself — they're just outside the cell block," Cameron said.
Last year, staff members visited the Sudbury Jail, Maplehurst Correctional Complex and Vanier Centre for Women and Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre.
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