Lauren Kuhlik is an Equal Justice Works fellow with the ACLU’s National Prison Project in Washington, D.C. Her work focuses on litigation and non-litigation advocacy on behalf of pregnant people who are incarcerated.
We must ensure that all people have equitable access to menstrual products—whether access is out of reach because of poverty, homelessness or incarceration.
The use of solitary confinement for incarcerated pregnant people is an indefensible and cruel practice. Unfortunately, it’s more common than you might think.