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Subject: shipping to prisons
Category: Business and Money
Asked by: lisava-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 22 Dec 2004 17:49 PST
Expires: 21 Jan 2005 17:49 PST
Question ID: 446249
Is there a law or rule that determines who can send a package to an
inmate of a prison? If a company, just in the normal course of doing
business, tries to ship something to an inmate (let us say a relative
purchased a gift for an inmate and had it sent directly to him or
her), does the company have to get special permission from each prison
it ships to? Or perhaps each state prison system? Or from the federal
government? It seems that at least some individual prisons have lists
of approved shippers, and will not allow packages from others in. Is
that a common practice?

Any info would be appreciated.
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Subject: Re: shipping to prisons
Answered By: cynthia-ga on 26 Dec 2004 21:53 PST
 
lisava,

EACH PRISON has their own rules and regulations as to what is accepted
for prisoners.  Much of that depends on the security level of the
prison you are sending to.

Here's a page that lists items that are accepted at most prisons:

Gift Idwas for Prisoners
http://www.thepamperedprisoner.com/gift.htm

There is some good information at the link provided by brockdnoland:

Shipping to Prisons:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/468634/103-7799697-1773430

Keep in mind, some prisons won't accept ANY packages for prisoners. reference:

Read the section on mail.
http://www.co.orange.tx.us/Sheriff/secricescorr_copy(1).htm

Here's a directory of Prisons, nationwide, so you will have a place to
start if you wish to contact prisons before shipping items.

List of Prisons by State
http://www.corrections.com/links/viewlinks.asp?Cat=5
Click on the state to get a list of prisons in that state.

If you wish to scan them in a list, go here:

List of Prisons
http://www.ourgardenofcarmel.org/adoptaprison.html
(Prisons are not linked)

Families in New York State have this cool site to send only "approved
items" to inmates:

Prison Packages
http://www.prisonpackages.biz

New York also has a "Prisoner Assistance Center" that details on their
"Inmate Packages" page what is ok to send:

What you can send in a package:
http://www.prisonerassistance.org


If you want to research each state, a Google Search like this:

"Inmate packages"

...brings up 192 results, including many different states' regulations.

I hope this helps.  If I can be of further assistance, please don't
hesitate to ask via the "Request For Clarification" feature.

~~Cynthia

Search terms used at Google:
shipping prison packages
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Subject: Re: shipping to prisons
From: steph53-ga on 22 Dec 2004 18:01 PST
 
Hi...

I'm not a Researcher, but I have worked in prisons. One thing the
staff WILL do is open your letter or gift before giving it to the
prisoner. That's the law.

Steph53
Subject: Re: shipping to prisons
From: brockdnoland-ga on 26 Dec 2004 21:00 PST
 
since I could not signup to be a researcher....

Amazon has some good information:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/468634/104-5537215-6746342

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