Category: Prison Cassette Tapes

Game Boy Games for Atascadero Hospital Patients

8 Track Shack is an approved vendor at the Atascadero State Hospital in California. On 10/30/15, we obtained confirmation that patients can resume ordering Game Boy games for existing systems already in their possession, but that we cannot ship any more Game Boy consoles. So, if your friend or family member in Atascadero already has the Game Boy console (the video game system device that is used to play the cartridges), they can order games for that system, but…. if they do not have a system, they will not be able to obtain one from 8 Track Shack (or any […]

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Portable Cassette Tape Players for Inmates in Prison

We regularly get questions from customers, a lot of them with family or friends in prison, inquiring about the availability of clear audio cassette tape players that can be used in prisons and correctional facilities. We do currently offer at least one model of brand new tape player with a see-through body and one model of brand new player with an opaque body. These players can be shipped to correctional facilities where permissible. If you are looking for a player and are not buying for an inmate, you can visit out Walkman page to view all our current inventory, including […]

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Can I Get This on Cassette Tape?

8 Track Shack sells cassette tapes to numerous inmates and residents at prisons, state hospitals, correctional facilities, etc. across the country. Apparently our Institutional Audio Cassette Tape Catalog does not do a good enough job of explaining what is available on cassette. Our cassette catalog has a special request form that inmates can use to inquire about titles that do not appear in the print catalog. We’re happy to try to find titles that we do no currently have in stock, that said, we have limited resources and time and many of the requests are for albums that were never […]

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8 Track Shack Gains Approved Vendor Status at Atascadero State Hospital

8 Track Shack has once again been selected by Atascadero State Hospital as an approved vendor of audio cassette tapes for 2015. Dozens of our Institutional Audio Cassette Catalog have been sent to the facility for residents to peruse. Each catalog has a number of order forms and special requests forms for titles that do not appear in the catalog. If you have a loved one residing at the Atascadero State Hospital in California who would like to receive their own catalog, you may order them here (orders placed for these catalogs come with a free tape voucher included).  Or […]

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2015 Institutional Audio Cassette Tape Catalogs Released

The 8 Track Shack 2015 Institutional Audio Cassette Tape Catalogs have been printed and shipped to all inmates and residents at correctional facilities and state hospitals that have requested them. If you have a loved one who is currently incarcerated and they would like to receive a catalog, you may send a request via email through our website with the inmate’s name, DIN # and address and we will make sure they get a catalog. This year’s catalog is much the same as last year’s edition, with the exception that the Special Request Form is actually in the catalog. This […]

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