Jo Jo Pecora served 3 years of a 5 year bit in a Federal Pen on a converted horse farm in Lexington Kentucky.
My Dad and I went to visit him and we brought him a big box of "Goomba" Goodies and a box of his favorite cigars, Camacho.
We had no problem bringing it in. The guard took it for inspection then gave it to Joe when he came in the visitation room.
To your point: I told Joe that this maybe wasn't so bad. He told me that if he wanted to go out for a pizza he could do that. He said they took our most precious thing away from him, his freedom. That always stuck with me. So what they say is true: "If you're going to do a crime then be prepared to do the time!"