Virginia Halts Tampon Ban For Visitors To Prisons

RICHMOND, Va. (CBS Local) — Virginia has suspended a new policy that would have barred women who visit inmates at state prisons from wearing tampons or menstrual cups.
The abrupt reversal followed widespread criticism of a plan by the state’s Department of Corrections to ban tampons starting Oct. 6, as a way to prevent contraband – including drugs – from being smuggled into prisons.
“A number of concerns have been raised about the new procedure,” Virginia