Verkkoadvocates, friends and family members of incarcerated new yorkers rallied across the state to protest new package restrictions; They fear their loved. Verkkonew york had been one of the few states in the nation that still allowed families to send packages to inmates from home. The rule is already in effect in a. Verkkonew york prisons have banned personal packages, leaving families with few choices to get healthy food or personal items to incarcerated loved ones.