ABC News reports that the New York prison system is no longer allowing anyone to send, or bring, inmates care packages. Instead, only items purchased through third-party vendors are allowed. So no home-cooked meals or homemade cookies are allowed in prisons anymore, only items purchased from a few select companies. “When I first started bringing him packages, he said he loved avocados. He hadn’t had them in about 20 years,” said Caroline Hansen, a single mother of two who works as a waitress in Long Island with a husband serving a life sentence. “What breaks my heart is, I take for granted having a banana with my yogurt. Imagine never being able to eat a banana?” she added, saying her husband’s prison cafeteria serves bananas once a month, at most. The new rule went into effect this month. Prisons in New York are also blocking most letters sent on paper. Instead, they are scanned by a computer, with prisoners getting copies. Authorities say a few letters were soaked in drugs. Wanda Bertram, a communications strategist at the Prison Policy Initiative, said prison food is a “nutritional nightmare,” and said some incarcerated people rely on care packages to keep a healthy diet. Read more about this story at the ABC News website.