Someone closer to the case: Would Gov Siegelman get stamps if I mailed them to him?

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

I don't have enough posts to send private messages, so I am forced to post this here, but does someone closer to the case than I know what Gov Siegelman is allowed to get under present circumstances? i have tons of stamps I will not be using since I shifted to completely online communications and bill paying. If I sent my unused stamps, would Gov Siegelman receive them, or are communication tools banned?

Read that last sentence, and think about the utter bullshit that I even have to ask that question.

[windbreeze]

1. NO

a recent foray I had into incarceration, and sending writing materials, stamps, etc to an inmate(which I did, because I didn't have a clue)....they are NOT allowed, because the prisoners are expected to buy their own from the prison commissary. I believe you could send him a money order(which has to have his prison number on it) to buy these items with, but not the items themselves..wb

edited to add this: I have nothing to do with Siegelman's case, this was an experience I had....my kid who was a prison guard in our state, (which is not Alabama) said this is the way it works here..I would imagine the rules are pretty much the same in any prison..

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

2. wow, thank you

unf**king believable.

[kath]

4. Wow. What total F**king bullshit.

Land of the free and home of the brave, my ass.

[Pharlo]

3. Well then, time to amend the question to:

Could we get writing materials to Gov. Seigelman through his legal counsel if we had that address? And, if so, does anyone have the address of his legal representatives?

[jwirr]

5. This would be a good way to go. Almost everything that is allowed

is in the commissary. To be sure it gets to him go through his legal staff.

[kath]

6. Commissary prices are probably ridiculously high. How ridiculous

that people can't send basic, obviously non-dangerous items, such as writing paper and stamps.

[jwirr]

7. Bingo. The prison system in this country are out to make money any

way they can. That may account for why 1 out of every 100 people is in prison in the US.

[kath]

8. yeppers - the prison-industrial complex.

In the la-aaand of the fuh-reeeeeee, and the ho-ome o-oov the brave! (insert musical notes, stand and put hand over heart, and try not to barf)

[kath]

9. re commissary prices -- talk about the ultimate captive clientele! Probably way worse than airport

prices.