How to Order an Authorized Package for Someone at Schenectady County Jail
You can use this guide to choose an authorized package and stay within the facility’s item, quantity and clothing limits. The package must come by mail from a reputable store because personal package drop-off is not allowed.
Packages must be ordered from a reputable store and mailed into the facility. You cannot personally drop off a package.
After a package arrives, staff search it for contraband, repackage and label it, and transport it to the housing unit.
Processing should take no more than five days, although certain circumstances may make it take longer.
The facility limits packages to the authorized items and maximum quantities below. Check each product against its material, color, size and construction requirements before ordering.
- ✓ Up to 7 cotton underwear, with no silk or silk-like material
- ✓ Up to 7 white cotton T-shirts with no designs
- ✓ Up to 2 pairs of white long johns
- ✓ Up to 7 cotton bras with no underwire
- ✓ Up to 7 pairs of white socks
- ✓ Up to 2 white or light-gray sweatshirts with no hoods or zippers
- ✓ 1 pair of prescription eyeglasses with a soft eyeglass case
- ✓ 1 set of contact lenses with a contact-lens case
- ✓ 1 bottle of contact-lens solution
- ✓ Up to 2 non-white towels, each no larger than 24 by 48 inches
- ✓ Up to 2 non-white washcloths
- ✓ Up to 2 nightgowns or sleep shirts with no buttons or snaps
- ✓ 1 pair of white canvas sneakers
- ✓ 1 small religious medallion under 1 inch in diameter and worth no more than $50
- ✓ 1 book of worship
- ✓ Up to 6 newspapers, magazines or soft-covered books sent by the publisher or received through a subscription
All clothing must be free of silk and silk-like material. Garments cannot have buttons, snaps, zippers, pockets, or visible logos or designs. These general restrictions apply in addition to the item-specific color and construction limits above.
- ✓ Every clothing top, including T-shirts, sweatshirts and sleep shirts, has a crew neck
- ✓ No V-neck tops
- ✓ No tank tops
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