In the hospital I was in it depended on your risk. If it wasn't high you were allowed pretty much anything (apart from the obvious like blades, pills, lighters, alcohol etc) - belts, shoelaces, things with cables like straighteners, earphones, shampoo, phone (as long as the camera was covered with tape but they were pretty relaxed about that rule). However if you were at a high risk or in the INA stuff was taken away from you. They didn't have mirrors or sinks in the INA bedrooms, it was all furniture you couldn't pick up and throw. I know one girl who was in there who was only allowed one activity at a time (like one book or pack of cards or art stuff). So it really does depend.
We weren't allowed TVs in our rooms because they thought if we did we'd spend all of our time in there. We had computers in the school but most sites were blocked &we were allowed laptops but there was no wireless connection so we couldn't get onto the internet.
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