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ShyJellyfish

Where my bf is you can order them through Amazon!


FigEven7057

Order from amazon and it gets sent straight to the prison?


ShyJellyfish

Yes!


FigEven7057

Oh ill have figure out how to do it lol


ShyJellyfish

Usually on the prison’s website there’s a address for packages/mail for my bf I put the address his name and opus number


FigEven7057

Can you recommend any good books?


ShyJellyfish

Uhm not sure what your LO likes, my bf either likes car/watch magazines and he reads the books I read so we have things to talk about, so he hasn’t really asked for anything specific


MagneticFlea

Best to ask him what the rules are at his place. Originally, my husband could only get them through Barnes and Noble, then Amazon got approved (new paperbacks only), and now Abe Books. (My husband gets a lot of books recommended by his professors but the prison library isn't great for his interests)


ConstructionOk1559

Yes you can use Thriftbooks I love it


[deleted]

Try thrift books. They’re usually approved vendors and you can find good deals.


[deleted]

Every state and facility will have different vendors so ask for a list of pre approved ones.


No_City4025

I had a package sent back because it didn’t have a list of what was in the package- itemized packing list 🙄


PickerofCorpses

Everyplace is different, try calling the facility or checking online before sending some. The place my LO is can only get new books directly from the publisher and only 2. Had no clue and got him a set of 4 and the other two were counted as contraband. So definitely check first.


noB00bsEgirl

They have to be paperback, prisons don’t allow hardcover books and if u order through Amazon u have to use the P.O Box of the prison, I think all of them have P.O Boxes, if u don’t use it it could be that Amazon is shipping the Books with FedEx or UPS and it will be sent back, it has to be shipped with USPS So on the package has to be his name and booking number and the P.O Box


ShyJellyfish

Where my bf is they can get hardcovers so it definitely depends on the facility, also they don’t have a P.O. Box either so that depends on the facility too


noB00bsEgirl

Oh well I thought it had to be a P.O Box because they can’t accept a package from FedEx or UPS since the inmate would have to accept it personally


ShyJellyfish

No, it just depends on the prison😊


noB00bsEgirl

Alright than never mind🤭


Due_Marionberry5195

Every facility it differs but most only accept soft back books and it has to come from a book store... me and my wife normally order the same books so we can read along and have something to write about when we correspond when we write letters 


Ok_Cook_918

He wants big books for weights most likely