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The Thurman Perry Foundation received a shout out in New York Magazine’s The Cut for our Girl Code initiative as the only program providing free organic period supplies to incarcerated women and girls around the nation.
“Thousands of women and girls are incarcerated in this country, yet only seven states have a clear policy to provide these products to those who need them, free of charge,” says Dr. Rita Jalali, who studies gender inequality and water and sanitation deprivation as the resident scholar of American University’s sociology department. “Just like soap and toilet paper, menstrual products should be free and easily accessible in prisons, homeless shelters, schools, workplaces, and public bathrooms.”
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Founded in memory of late U.S. Army Master Sergeant Thurman Perry Jr., The Thurman Perry foundation was created by his daughter, Gabrielle Perry, MPH, to support women and girls impacted by incarceration. We are a 501c(3) nonprofit organization. EIN 86-2519876.
