NOTES ON PRISONER SUPPORT
Is there somebody in OPP you'd like to help out?
Books and magazines cannot be mailed or hand-delivered or even ordered from a third-party vendor; they can only be obtained by the inmate herself ordering from the book selection on the commissary list. I'll see what I can do about getting a copy of the commissary list, but in the meantime please join me in making uninformed and overwhelmingly negative assumptions about its contents.
I asked a couple jail employees if the prices on books and magazines are more or less in line with the prices of other commissary items (meaning hyperinflated) and was told yes. This means reading material would be pretty hard for somebody locked up to get ahold of first-hand when balanced against necessities like soap and tobacco.
Inmates can receive letters, however. If you were to lay hands on an electronic text of something, maybe some poems you like, maybe some shakespeare plays, maybe a novel, and broke it into chunks and printed it out, you could certainly send it along, in envelope installments, in 10- or 15-page increments. You cannot send blank envelopes, stamps, stamped envelopes, blank paper, or cards, however... nor can you send a literarily inclined inmate pens or other writing utensils. Stationary supplies may only be obtained via the commissary.
You will need the inmate's actual name, booking #, and location to send mail.
To put money in an inmate's commissary (very important), you can either mail the inmate a signed money order or donate over the web, though the latter does add a fee. Again, you will need the inmate's personal information. The webpay service is here, and for somebody in OPP the Pay Location Code would be 5500 and the Facility Code would be "MSY - Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff (LA)".
To avoid providing the sickening, parasitic war-criminal fucks who run these hideous systems any more $$fees$$ than necessary, I encourage those interested in helping somebody in OPP in these specific ways-- money and reading materials-- to get ahold of me. If you don't know me, or how to reach me, come to a meeting; we can discuss pooling our resources.
Jails are not justice
"Judges" are an illegitimate authority
The legal system is corrupt beyond saving
Books and magazines cannot be mailed or hand-delivered or even ordered from a third-party vendor; they can only be obtained by the inmate herself ordering from the book selection on the commissary list. I'll see what I can do about getting a copy of the commissary list, but in the meantime please join me in making uninformed and overwhelmingly negative assumptions about its contents.
I asked a couple jail employees if the prices on books and magazines are more or less in line with the prices of other commissary items (meaning hyperinflated) and was told yes. This means reading material would be pretty hard for somebody locked up to get ahold of first-hand when balanced against necessities like soap and tobacco.
Inmates can receive letters, however. If you were to lay hands on an electronic text of something, maybe some poems you like, maybe some shakespeare plays, maybe a novel, and broke it into chunks and printed it out, you could certainly send it along, in envelope installments, in 10- or 15-page increments. You cannot send blank envelopes, stamps, stamped envelopes, blank paper, or cards, however... nor can you send a literarily inclined inmate pens or other writing utensils. Stationary supplies may only be obtained via the commissary.
You will need the inmate's actual name, booking #, and location to send mail.
To put money in an inmate's commissary (very important), you can either mail the inmate a signed money order or donate over the web, though the latter does add a fee. Again, you will need the inmate's personal information. The webpay service is here, and for somebody in OPP the Pay Location Code would be 5500 and the Facility Code would be "MSY - Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff (LA)".
To avoid providing the sickening, parasitic war-criminal fucks who run these hideous systems any more $$fees$$ than necessary, I encourage those interested in helping somebody in OPP in these specific ways-- money and reading materials-- to get ahold of me. If you don't know me, or how to reach me, come to a meeting; we can discuss pooling our resources.
Jails are not justice
"Judges" are an illegitimate authority
The legal system is corrupt beyond saving
posted by D-Bloc at
6:23 PM
2 Comments:
Additionally there is some sort of kiosk at the new intake facility... 730 S. Dupre (Dupre and Gravier, across from the actual lockup)... where you can swipe a credit card, and give funds electronically that way, but it also imposes a fee.
the kiosk works; the "webpay" service is discontinued
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