If the moneys come from one of those five prescribed sources in section 104.1 of the regulations. For example, if a family were to send in $500 to an offender, we would have no way of determining the source of the money other than it came from a family member, and that would just go into their savings account. So their room and board does not get applied against that $500 gift.
On October 26th, 2010. See this statement in context.