hi i was at eastern max the last few days, the visit was great. but i brought a pair of tims and they where returned. could anyone tell me the style that do't have metal shanks? the people at the timberland store sais they didn't have metal in them.

anothe question on the boot thing. the 50.00 limit, my friend works their and gets a discount. is that allowed???

the visiting room: well it looks like inmates won't be allowed near the vendig machines or bathrooms. they were tapeging it off getting ready to paint?????

i was thing of that areosmith song "love in an elevator" i guess to much loving at the vending machines!!!!!!!!!
stormie

Be careful buying boots all boots purchased on the street have metal shanks
Store salesman dont know what they are talking about
Timberland has one model of work boot without shanks but they are extremely expensive even with a discount they are more than $50 and many package room COs
know this and will not let them in even with a receipt for under $50 they may also hassle you for trying to get them in

The only place I know for boots that meet all NY requirements are from Bust The Move
catalogue they are great boots and they have a large variety
work boots chukkas hikers and more

TRICIAB

One more thing I forgot to mention about boots
all street boots including Timberland have hollow spaces in the heels
Eastern will not accept boots with hollow spaces
The Bust The Move boots do not have hollow spaces

TRICIAB

Boots, boots boots! my honey can't wear the issued ones, they mess his feet up bad, and he keeps trying to get a sneaker pass (he works in the kitchen) and he is now in the hole for the third time on account of this. He would so rather be working.

Mine has the same problem but he is able to wear the field boots sold by Bust The Move
TRICIAB

My man is at Riverview. I always take his Tims to the shoe maker and have the shank removed and all the metal tags and he gets them. If you send them up and then make changes to them, you'll get them back as being tampered with.

Thanks Tricia, I'll have to see if they have EEE width for his fat feet:)

you need to get a fake receipt saying its less than 50 - thats what i do. or i just bought a foot locker brand sweatshirt for 25 for my fianc eand it came up as "foot locker" on the receipt, and i gave it to the prison. they had no prob with it because they can't dispute that it's not the shoes...
as for timbs, you have to go to the shoemaker and have the metal shank taken out for like 15 bucks.

thank you all for the info.i'm going to try a differnt style and take them to the shoemake to check, than take them up

Having the shank removed solves that problem, howerver Eastern may still reject them for hollow heels I do know that Wende, Attica, and I heard Albion will
definetely reject footwear with hollow heels. All work boots purchased on the street have hollow heels, some boots like field boots and maybe hikkers may not have hollow heels,but its hit and miss.
Rberlins suggestion of a fake receipt may have worked howerver there is a thing called a negative visitors list,or something like that, if you are caught with a fake receipt you will be placed on this list. I do not know the consequences but it cant be good
TRICIAB