[PistolPaknMama]

Then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani snubbed out the smoking ban plan in 1996, citing inmates' right to smoke.

Jailed citizens in New York have a "right to smoke" in a government-owned facility but free citizens don't have a right to smoke in privately-owned bars? The same government entity made both these rules?? Hmmmmm.

[SheLion]

Jailed citizens in New York have a "right to smoke" in a government-owned facility but free citizens don't have a right to smoke in privately-owned bars? The same government entity made both these rules?? Hmmmmm

There you go! Makes a whole lot of sense, doesn't it! ~barf

[blackdog]

Ban smoking in prisons and you will have to increase security/guard expenses ten-fold. The reality is that cigarettes, marijuana, heroin, downers, and alchohol make operating a prison easier, safer, and cheaper. Why do you think state run psychiatric institutions dish out so much thorazine?

Keep the PCP, crack, meth,and huffer stuff out of the jails for sure, but those substances that keep the peace are deliberately overlooked.