[BansheeBill]

From the article:
Somebody might propose banning smoking in prisons, though jail is like Robert Frost's definition of home

I listen to the author's radio show and was surprised to read this as I thought he would be up to date on the policy on smoking in Mass Prisons. Smoking was banned in the Massachusetts prison system well over a year ago (it could be over 2 years, I can't quite remember, and by the way, there were no riots when the policy went into effect).

[metesky]

There were no riots because there's still smoking going on in the prisons, it's just that the price has gone through the roof.

Sympathetic (crooked) guards and top cons run the system, not wardens and politicians.

Here are just a few stories from around the country:

Smuggling Increases In Prison Where Smoking Banned

Scroll to:No Smoking in Prison Creates New Smuggling Problem

Archived Entry: Prisoners go on strike in Maryland

As Smokefree Prison Laws Increase Nationally, Some Problems Emerge

Google Search: Prison Smoking Ban

[Great Dane]

and by the way, there were no riots when the policy went into effect).

Of course not, like illegal drugs, the prisoners gets what they want including cigerettes, why bother rioting.