The next day, Rose Iron Prison, Textile Workshop No. 1 in the ordinary area.
"...The more common disposable hygiene products on the market include this type of plug, made from better water-absorbent fabrics such as hemp or cotton, wrapped around a sanded wooden core. The better ones are made from horn or ivory cores. When you use it, you insert it in. The wrapper can be replaced, and the core can be reused multiple times," a convict in the ordinary area explained to Aiden while holding a physical sample. She had only recently been imprisoned and had run a workshop producing women's products before, "But many people aren't comfortable with inserting things there, so they often use cotton pads instead, which are multi-layered like this, with a layer of cotton fabric on the outside and a layer of coarser fabric underneath that absorbs well, with cotton and dried sphagnum in between. The diapers used for infants on the market now are like this, except they're filled with peat."
