Every prison I was at that had two man cells allowed the inmates to have a TV in the cells. Both the medium and the minimum had individual two man cells.

An inmate could purchase a TV on the canteen there in the prison.

I was never at a facility where one could be sent in and I doubt any prison would allow it because they would be worried about contraband; also they like inmates to spend there money at the canteen.

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Thanks again rewdiazepam my son is at centraila Do you know how much they run?

I found an old canteen list on prisontalk.

The TVs were $180 in 2006. I do not have an updated list.

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oh my that stinks its so high I have registered on prison talk and having a hard time finding my way around. as you can see iam not to good on computers. Thankyou again so much you are so helpfull

In CA you can order one from one of the catalogs. The TV's have clear cases so they can't hide anything. From what I understand, they have specials several
Times a year where you can get a TV for about $100 or less.

Hub wanted to get one, but more he thinks about it, he decided against one. Thinks he only wants a hot plate and radio. He spends a lot of time reading, so not interested inTV.

How do you get a catalog?My son also reads, Can the have only paperback or can the have hardcover?

What you guys have to pay for the tv???
There already in the prisons hear I gess that's one thing they got right.

If you are on the CDCR site of his prison, there is a link on the side where you can order a package from approved vendors. Those in reception can't receive packages, only mainline.
Inmates recieve the packages and a copy of the catalog.

And yes, they can only recieve paperback books. Of which they are only allowed a total of 10 books, so they share the books with other inmates to get around that rule.

I don't know about State or Federal but in county I was able to donate paperback books to the jail. I would go to book sales where they had fill a bag sales and get a bunch of books for $3-$5 and then take them in to the donation lady who would go through them and check for contraband. Since I donated them, the books would always be set out first on my husband's block and then be rotated from there.
It go to the point I was getting requests for certain types of books ...books like the Left Behind series were quite popular believe it or not

It's crazy what inmates will read or watch on TV.

The most popular books when I was in were the Louis L'amour westerns and the Patricia Cornwell books.

The pedophiles all liked to watch Nickelodean and, believe it or not, cartoons. Many of them were childlike.

The most popular TV program for the other inmates was Pamela Anderson's Bay Watch every afternoon. Of course, the big attraction was CineMax on late Friday night when they had the X-rated shows. That was always must see TV. ha ha

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Rew...were you in a federal prison? Everything I read was no personal TV's in cells at the federal level. Were you State?

No, I was in state prison.

In my state all the mediums except one had individual two man cells. The other one was open dorm. The mediums that had two man cells were allowed to have TVs.

In my state all the minimums except one was open dorms, a kind of bull pen arrangement where bunk beds were stacked in close proximity to each other. The other minimum, the one which had two man cells is where I was at in the last five years of my incarceration. The two man cells had a TV I purchased when I was at the medium but was allowed to bring it to the minimum when I went to lower security. I had a TV at both my stay at a medium and a minimum.

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Iam sorry what is the CDCR ?

CDCR is CA dept of Corrections & Rehabilitations (but really doesn't do any rehab).

However, I like some of the other explanations of what the acronym means above.