Today, I’m sending a last food package to an incarcerated friend because NYSDOCCS is banning incarcerated people from receiving packages from home so private companies can then price gouge families. This exploitative policy will also severely limit access to nutritious food. 
In New York, incarcerated people & their families will now be charged ridiculous mark-ups to create profits for companies.
3 oz Salmon marked up 46%
$2.97 @ Walmart
$4.35 @ prison vendor
3 oz Salmon marked up 46%
$2.97 @ Walmart
$4.35 @ prison vendor
DOCCS has long claimed that drugs are being smuggled in via packages and visits but the evidence shows that the vast majority of drugs are smuggled in by corrections officers themselves. timesunion.com/7dayarchive/ar…
When COVID led to the banning of visits on Rikrers Island last year, the amount of drugs in the facility DOUBLED, and led to incarcerated people dying of overdoses. thecity.nyc/2022/2/9/22926…
Packages from home are literal lifelines for incarcerated people, giving them access to affordable, fresh, and nutritious foods. The package ban was halted by NY’s previous administration and should be halted again. Prison food is notoriously horrible. theappeal.org/prison-food-vi…
“I don’t get why they’re treating this population of people differently than the rest of the [NYers], like we don’t need every cent that we earn, every cent that we bring into our household,” says Indira Bowen, whose husband is incarcerated at Sing Sing.” nysfocus.com/2022/05/12/pri…
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