When do prisoners get to clip their fingernails and toenails?

I think you were asking if there is some special protocol. There was. They had to request to use the clippers. The clippers were attached to a long tube so that they couldn't easily be slipped into a pocket or smuggled back into a room. read more

In prison, inmates can purchase their own nail clippers. In the SHU (special or secure housing units), inmates have to ask. If you cannot reach your toes, medical does toe clips on an ‘as needed basis.’ (Toe clips are a premium service. read more

However, you'll definitely be getting variable answers because every person has a variable rate of growth of nails and hair depending on their diet and also their built. For heavily built people, definitely the weight of the nail clippings will be greater as compared to that of the average people. read more

Earlier in life, I could not have imagined that, at some point, I would clip my father’s toenails, my mother’s toenails, and my brother’s toenails. I am cured (pedi, in fact) of my naïve beliefs. read more