An inmate complained to the Ombudsman that Spring Creek Correctional Center reduced the number of weekly toilet paper rolls from two to one for each inmate housed in the segregation unit. As a result, he said, inmates are left without sufficient supplies to maintain their personal hygiene and have been threatening to use their socks or sheets. According to the facility’s standards supervisor, segregated inmates get toilet paper on an as needed basis, when requested. However, the standards supervisor also acknowledged that the facility had recently revised its segregation supply request form reducing the number of toilet paper rolls from 2 to 1, per week, per inmate, in an effort to control facility costs and to discourage inmates from misusing toilet paper. He also acknowledged that the supply request form stated that inmates could not request more toilet paper without using the form and could not request the item from floor rovers or control room officers at any time, despite his repeated assurances to the Ombudsman that inmates in segregation could obtain more toilet paper when requested. The Ombudsman suggested that the facility revise the supply form to comport to actual practice and cautioned the standards supervisor that other correctional facilities had been successfully sued for unreasonably limiting prisoners’ access to basic hygiene supplies, including toilet paper. The standards supervisor acknowledged this and indicated that he would address the concern with the segregation officers and superintendent. (J2017-0039)