The $125 Weekly Commissary Limit and iCare Packages at Dutchess County Jail
Helping someone inside gets confusing fast—especially when spending limits and delivery cutoffs don't match your schedule. Here's how the $125 weekly commissary cap works at Dutchess County Jail, how Fresh Favorite meals factor in, and what you need to know about iCare package timing.
At Dutchess County Jail, each incarcerated person gets one commissary order per week. That's the foundation for everything else. If you're planning to send support, think in weekly cycles - not multiple smaller purchases.
That weekly order has a hard cap: $125 total. Even if there's more money in the account, the order still has to stay within $125.
Food has its own ceiling within that $125. Food items can't add up to more than $95, so a cart full of snacks and drinks can hit the food cap before you reach the overall limit.
Hygiene items have a separate cap too. Out of the same $125 weekly allowance, hygiene can't exceed $30. Even if there's room left under the total, hygiene still has to stay under that $30 limit.
Fresh Favorite meals are another option at the facility, as long as there are funds available. The key detail: these meals count toward the weekly commissary order. That means they can reduce how much is left for other items that same week.
If you’re using iCare to send commissary items, plan around the delivery day: iCare packages are delivered every Thursday.
Timing matters. The deadline for that week's delivery is 10am Thursday. Miss it, and the package won't arrive until the following week.
Note: There is no delivery charge to have an iCare package sent to an incarcerated individual.
iCare ties directly into the weekly commissary limits. An incarcerated individual can only spend $125 per week and is only allowed one iCare package per week. So an iCare package counts as the one weekly commissary order and has to fit within the same $125 cap.
One approach families use: add money to the incarcerated individual's account, then use those funds to purchase an iCare package for them. This lets you support them while staying within the jail's weekly ordering rules.
Practical Planning Tips
- ✓ Place the iCare order by 10am Thursday if you want it delivered that same week.
Want to cover a full week of needs? Adding money to the account gives you flexibility to purchase an iCare package. Just remember: no matter how much money is available, the person inside can only spend up to $125 per week.
Heads up: Money deposited to an incarcerated individual’s account can take up to 24 hours to post to the commissary account, so don’t wait until the last minute.
Since deposits can take up to 24 hours to post, confirm the account balance before placing an order. That quick check can save you from a frustrating situation - funds that haven't posted yet, or an order that runs into weekly limits even though money is sitting in the account.
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