The Prison Flow Project

Our very first report on menstrual products in US women's prisons is now out! Read more about how periods impact menstruation and make us all less safe.

2026 Compendium Snapshot Report Free to Bleed: Policies on Menstrual Products in US Women’s Prisons Below is the link to the inaugural report on the compendium of rules around the provision of menstrual products in prison. Prison…

When we create systems that disproportionately harm women and gender diverse individuals, we are also causing disproportionate harm to menstruators.

Are you ready for our first official report on the rules around menstrual product provision in prison? Coming THIS FRIDAY, September 4th.

People in immigration detention deserve menstrual products too! The more kinds of detainment we allow, the more menstruators will suffer, period.

U.S. GAO - Federal Custody: Bureau of Prisons and ICE Should Take Actions to Improve Access to Menstrual Products The Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are responsible for making menstrual products accessible to the individuals they...

Rest in Power to a woman who spent 60 years proving that no one else gets to define what a woman is capable of.

New publication alert! We've completed the updated, 2026 list of women's prison facilities in the US.
Check it out here:https://prisonflowproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Federal-and-State-Correctional-Facilities-Housing-Women-2026-3.pdf

Keep your eyes peeled for more info about how we plan to participate in Period Action Day this year! We have something special planned…🤐

Accountability mechanisms matter for all law enforcement reforms, whether it is ICE, police, or prison. Making laws demanding better treatment is just the first step!

ICE Abuses Show the Continued Need for Police Reform Across the United States, people are furious about the violence and unaccountability of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). At the beginning…

States Must Provide Women Who Survive Violence with Clemency One woman violently forced into assisting a murder seeks clemency in Michigan.

This month's blog post is up! Board member and researcher Regan Moss and collaborator and co-researcher Madeeha Anjum discuss how requiring people to purchase menstrual products in prison effectively makes them inaccessible.

Priced Out of Dignity: How Labor Injustice Creates Period Poverty in Carceral Settings Regan Moss, MPH (Columbia University), is a doctoral student at Tulane University where she is a doctoral leader with the Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health, a researcher with the Ma…