Inmates in the Dickson County Jail are allowed to receive a package from

outside, as long as this package is delivered to the jail with 72 hours of

the inmates incarceration.  This package is limited to the following items:

Personal Hygiene                    Tobacco

Bar of Soap       (1 each)          Cigarettes        (5 packs)         OR

Deodorant         (1 each)          Cigars            (10 maximum)      OR

Shampoo           (1 bottle)        Chewing Tobacco   (3 cans/pks       OR

Comb or Brush     (1 each)          Dip               (3 cans)

Clothing Items                      Miscellaneous

Socks, white only       (3 pair)    Envelopes         (1 box)

T-shirts, white only    (3 each)    Postage Stamps    (1 book)

Underwear, white only   (3 each)    Writing Paper     (1 pack, loose leaf)

White thermal underwear (1 set)     Ink Pen/Pencil    (1 each)

Thongs/Sandals          (1 pair)    Books/Magazines   (2 each, paperback)

Tennis shoes            (1 pair)

Wash cloth, white       (1 each)

Bath towel, white       (1 each)

All packages and containers must be factory sealed with all seals intact.

Only items on this list will be accepted.  No other items will be allowed

into the facility.  Clothing items may be exchanged every three months.  Old

clothing must be sent out before new clothing be sent in.

All inmates in the Dickson County Jail have access to the commissary.  There

is no money allowed into the jail.  When an inmate is admitted to the jail,

any money they have is deposited into their commissary account.  Inmates can

receive money for their commissary from the outside, however, the money must

be in the form of a money order made out to the Dickson County Commissary

Custodian.  Cash or checks will not be accepted.  The Commissary Custodiam

must receive the money order at or prior to 1:00 p.m. each Monday to be able

to order on Tuesday.