Have most prison systems banned smoking?

Question

This seems like a worthy cause which would improve the health to we as tax payers pay for.I think its outrageoues that many hard working people's tax dollars go to care for a convict who has broke the law & the taxpayer cant even afford to have insurance or go to the doctor.My solution is put tyhe convicts to work doing something productive such as cleaning off the roadsides,rasing their own food,and caring for the elderly & mentally ill instead of laying around watching tv raping other inmates,& going to their workouts to stay in shape.We only make crimnals worse than they were before they went to jail.We dont want to clean up crime bc lawyers make tons of money paid by the tax payer to take these peoples cases.

Answer 1

I am a Corrections Officer in a max prison for the last 19 years now and personally, I agree wholeheartedly with you. Under the new, progressive " Correction and Rehabiltation" rules of the liberals today, we are doing nothing more than giving criminals a free ride at a massive expense to the American taxpayer. Smoking is being slowly taken out of the penal system but not for health. Insurance rates are dropped by the underwriters when second hand smoke is removed from an environment. Recidivism is going through the roof and is nothing more than a turnstile for continuing criminal to keep coming back. I know I am not truly answering the specific question you pose, but it did open another thought pattern here. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

I don't know about "most", but California has banned smoking in ALL workplaces - which includes prisons.

On the other hand, the new workplace smoking ban that just took effect in England specifically excludes prisons - the guards said making all those thousands of cons quit smoking "cold turkey" would just lead to too many discipline problems for them.

Richard

Answer 3

Some have made cigarettes contraband because prisoners were bartering cigs like money. Others tried banning but then went back to the old system because the nicotine addiction caused more problems.

The tobacco companies must love prisons.

Answer 4

(Sarcasm) Who would want death row inmates to smoke, it could kill them (Sarcasm) Let them smoke 10 cartons a day, who cares, hopefully they get emphysema and are too ill to commit crimes when they get out.