1. (a) Family and friends, who are on the inmate’s approved visiting list, may purchase approved items for inmates under this section. The facility may disapprove and decline to accept any purchase which does not meet this section.
2. (b) Only those items listed on the current Approved Master Commissary List may be purchased from approved vendors. Copies of the list are provided to the inmates. Publications may be purchased by means of this procedure, but shall be subject to § 93.2 (relating to inmate correspondence).
3. (c) Purchases shall be approved prior to the time the item is received by the facility.
4. (d) Only those items shipped directly from the vendor to the facility will be accepted.
5. (e) Unauthorized or disapproved items will be returned to the sender at the expense of the inmate.

Authority

The provisions of this § 93.4 amended under section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 186).

Source

The provisions of this § 93.4 adopted August 14, 1971, effective August 15, 1971, 1 Pa.B. 1655; amended January 14, 1972, effective January 1, 1972, 2 Pa.B. 60; amended February 17, 1984, effective February 18, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 534; amended December 21, 2001, effective December 22, 2001, 31 Pa.B. 6932. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (247989) and (261595).