Sending Books and Religious Materials to Someone at Gaston Correctional Center
Want to send reading material to someone at Gaston Correctional Center? The most common mistakes are using the wrong delivery method or mixing up what goes where. Here's how to get books, publications, and religious course materials through correctly.
For books, magazines, newspapers, and other publications, don't send them through TextBehind. Instead, order directly from the publisher or an online retailer and have them shipped to the facility's street address for the person in custody. Packages sent through TextBehind get returned. Double-check your checkout and shipping method before placing the order.
Tip: Keep the order simple and shipped by the seller in their normal packaging. Avoid adding extra items or “gift” add-ons that could complicate processing.
Religious correspondence courses follow different rules than regular mail. Don't include course materials or texts in letters sent through TextBehind. If you do, the letter gets returned. These materials require pre-approval and go through a separate process.
- Get the course materials pre-approved: Do this before anything is mailed. Unapproved religious correspondence course materials sent the wrong way can be returned.
- Send materials the way the approval instructions require: Do not tuck course texts into a regular letter sent through TextBehind.
- Allow time for mailroom inspection: Once approved materials arrive, the mailroom will search and inspect them.
- Expect chaplaincy handling after inspection: After inspection, the materials are given to the facility chaplain, religious coordinator, or designated staff.
- Watch for personal distribution to your loved one: Those staff members are responsible for prompt, personal distribution to the offender.
Note: Approved religious correspondence course materials don't go directly from the mailroom to the housing unit. After inspection, they're routed through the chaplain, religious coordinator, or designated staff for personal delivery.
The safest approach: have the publisher or retailer ship directly to the facility's street address for the incarcerated person. Don't use TextBehind for publications and books (those packages get returned). At checkout, pick a straightforward shipping option and keep the order focused on the publication itself.
Not sure if what you're sending counts as a package, publication, or religious course material? Call the facility and ask before you mail it. A quick check can save you time and prevent your shipment from bouncing back.
Publications need to go to the prison's street address. Before placing an order, verify the correct street address for Gaston Correctional Center using official facility information or by calling directly. Use that address at checkout so the retailer ships to the right place.
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