[lowbridge]

Some liberal judge will overturn this as a violation of the prisoners rights.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

These inmates bugger each other, enslave each other, stab each other and beat on each other, and the DOJ is worried about SMOKING???

Prison B*tch Nanny State PING!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well that’s one way to evangelize the peace pipe I suppose

[dforest]

There is likely going to be some all out riots.

[22202NOVA]

What are they going to do? Put violators in jail?

This goes too far....and I’m not a smoker (in fact I think it’s a filthy habit).

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Gonna be some riots.

[gaijin]

I believe that they also recently ended racial segregation in prisons.

Nicotine-craving Black Panther bunking with Nicotine-craving Norteno:

That will do wonders for prison management, I’m sure.

[Clint N. Suhks]

WOW, the demrats are going to lose a major voting block!

[South40]

This is already law in the Peoples’ Republik of Kalifornistan’s “Smoke-Free Correctional Facilities”.

[Iron Munro]

The entire federal government has become daffy.

[grania]

What's next? A menu planned by Michelle?

I wonder what legal mind altering drugs prisoners will end up addicted to if they can't smoke.

[Rodamala]

That nails it... when the feds come after me, I will be certain to die shooting, with a Lucky clenched in my teeth.

[clintonh8r]

Gee...what will they suck on now?

[Straight Vermonter]

They did this in Vermont prisons in the 90s. The guards got rich.

[Terry L Smith]

How’s Bupkus gonna pay to keep bubba’s hands, and all else, off of his person, now???

[blueyon]

Can you say “Jail Break!”

[terycarl]

asinine idea...these characters are hard enough to control as it is and to deny a person who has smoked for years the opportunity (ex post facto) is cruel at best.They should adopt a policy that says that as of January 1, 2016, smoking will be prohibited and give prisoners the time to adjust. As far as staff is concerned, restricted smoking areas are O.K. but not a total ban...

[CivilWarBrewing]

Islam will continue to proliferate, however.

[mylife]

But smoking pole will be promoted.

[lee martell]

Good Luck with that one. For some of these men, an occasional puff is all they’ve got to drift away from the gloom and doom, even if just for five minutes. They are making generalized rules just like the EU did ‘over there’.