Montana correctional facilities would provide free hygiene and mailing supplies

Local detention centers would provide free hygiene and mailing supplies. The requirement would cover people confined in local detention centers. Supplies would include personal hygiene products, writing materials, and postage stamps. Centers would make hygiene products readily available in appropriate amounts, including for people unable to reach shared areas. Centers would give people the policy at admission, list products available on request in any handbook, and post the policy in common notice areas, shared housing areas, and medical units. Supplies would be provided at admission and when requested.

The Montana Department of Corrections would set policies for providing free hygiene and mailing supplies. The policies would cover people under department supervision in facilities it operates or contracts with. Supplies would include personal hygiene products, writing materials, and postage stamps. Correctional facilities under state contracts would have to follow the department's supply policy. The policies would provide for free supplies when a person requests them.

The proposal would override Montana's laws on unfunded mandates for these requirements. The override would apply to this proposal and the state laws identified in Section 3.