He is currently incarcerated at SCI Camp Hill, PA, awaiting reclassification to a quot;Homequot; facility. Getting him a subscription should wait until he's transferred to whatever facility he is assigned to for the balance of his time to be served.
Inmates get magazines all the time...(I work at a magazine company)
Just send it, if he moves it will follow him, he may not get it right away but he will recieve it.
If your grandson is serving time, I doubt he's the kind of guy who reads Home and Garden. Sorry to break it to you, but he might not have said anything because he was being nice.
I don’t know how long your grandson will be there I can only assume longer than one year. If his stay is less than one year would it not be easier to send a locally purchased copy from your post office? I also assume you want to send more than one magazine to your grandson, most magazines can be sent as gifts that will be charged to your credit card! That can be renewed if need be! To wait for his permanent location is a good idea as the magizine subscription needs an address to send to that is not temporary! Your grandson should get his current address upon transfer. If you live close enough to your grandson you can always hand carry the monthly issue on visiting days and give it to him that way!
The address for inmates is as follows: SCI-Camp Hill P.O. Box 200 Camp Hill, PA 17001-4531 The PA state guidelines for incoming prison mail can be found here (PDF file). You will want to put his name on it, of course, along with any identification number he’s been assigned. Inmates and their correspondents have remarked, however, that it takes a very long time (a number of weeks) for mail to get in and out of Camp Hill. Since you only want to send one issue for now, it may be easiest to buy the issue and mail it in your own envelope, or buy it as a back issue from Home Garden and have them mail it - but that last one may be preferable if you can arrange it, because stuff sent from publishers (and not people who will sneak other stuff in with it) is looked upon more favorably. You could also try to have an individual book store mail one issue, if they are amenable. Generally, prisons are pretty OK with inmates getting mail, as long as it is decent - no pictures of naked people, or anything like that, which I can’t imagine would be a problem with Home Garden. Also, things like Soldier of Fortune would be prohibited. It may pay to call the mail room there and ask what Camp Hill’s specific regulations are; for example, if they have to come from the publisher. The general prison phone number there is (717)737-4531. I know in Michigan (where I live), mail is generally seen as a good thing, because it connects a prisoner to the outside world in a way that could be therapeutic. I also had no problems mailing a friend of mine who was incarcerated in North Carolina. However, rules vary, and it’s better to check and know than mail and hope. Here are some other good guidelines about the Camp Hill mailroom. Good luck!
