If juveniles wear personal clothing to court and then return it to the institution for re-storage, the facility will want to decide whether or not to clean that clothing each time it is worn. Reportedly, some facilities allow minors families to have a role in providing clean clothing for court appearances. Security issues notwithstanding, the standards do not preclude this practice. Issue of Personal Care Items. The written policies and procedures called for by this regulation should include the process by which minors are made aware that personal care items are available on an as-needed basis.
Some facilities prefer to issue the items as admission as a matter of routine.
As noted in the guideline to Section 1410, Management of Communicable Diseases , there is reason to believe the sharing of razors and blades may be a significant route of transmission for some contagious diseases like AIDS and hepatitis. It is important that minors not share these devices unless they are carefully disinfected between use. Disposable razors cannot be effectively disinfected and must be disposed of after an individual's use. It is possible in special housing units where security is a special issue to devise a method to allow repeated use of a disposable razor by the same individual. This may take the form of a board or cabinet with numbered slots which correspond to individual minors or their respective rooms.