{"id":1844,"date":"2022-11-01T04:36:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T04:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/absolutebailbonds.com\/locations\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2022-11-01T04:36:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T04:36:17","slug":"bringing-gifts-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/absolutebailbonds.com\/locations\/bringing-gifts-to-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Gifts to Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just because a loved one has been sent to prison, it doesn\u2019t mean you stop caring for them. When someone has been arrested many people feel that in addition to visits, the best way to let their loved one know that they\u2019re still important is by sending gifts and other surprises.
\nWhile it\u2019s easy to understand why you would want to send gifts<\/em> to your incarcerated loved one, you should know that it\u2019s not as simple as you may think. Prison security is always a concern, the people running California\u2019s prisons<\/em> are more concerned than ever before about the possibility of drugs and other contraband being introduced to the prison system. To prevent this from happening, people are not allowed to simply send packages to the prison. <\/p>\n

Packages, which are referred to as quarterly packages, can only come from approved vendors. The prison will not accept any package that has been mailed directly from a friend or family member. While this makes it a little harder for you to send gifts to your loved one<\/a>, it actually makes things a little easier on the prisoners. Before the California<\/em> prison system flat-out banned packages that weren\u2019t sent by approved vendors, anytime a prison received a package that contained something they weren\u2019t allowed to have, they had to arrange to have it returned to the sender, on the prisoner\u2019s dime.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t assume that just because packages all have to come from approved vendors that it doesn\u2019t mean you aren\u2019t able to send anything. It simply means you have to go through the vendor. The bad news is that the list of approved vendors isn\u2019t very long, and it doesn\u2019t look like Amazon<\/em> is on it. <\/p>\n

The 2022 list of approved prison vendors include:<\/strong><\/p>\n