Smoking may be banned in some brit prisons , if the inmates agree.

dave3974: Inmates could soon be banned from smoking inside prisons in England and Wales, the Ministry of Justice has said.

A pilot scheme which will monitor how prisoners react to the move is being planned by the Government but sites have not yet been chosen.

A spokesman for the MoJ said: "We are considering banning smoking across the prison estate and as part of this are looking at possible sites as early adopters."

The pilot scheme is expected to launch in the South West in the spring of next year and if successful the ban would be rolled out across all prisons within 12 months, The Times has reported.

But there are fears the ban could cause disruption in prisons, with around 80% of inmates in England and Wales believed to smoke, according to the NHS.

Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said it would be "very risky" to implement a blanket ban with no extra support for prisoners as they might prefer to smoke.
THIS IS A TRUE STORY ; is any other country so soft

Gods Insanity: If they're concern then they can have a programme in place to promote 'quitting' or dealing with the withdrawals. Personally I'd not give a rat's ass, if you're in prison then you're to be miserable.

dave3974: exactly

OCD_OCD: Sounds like the US. Let's ask the prisoners what they want. LOL

The US finally figured out that allowing inmates the ability to easily start fires was probably not a good idea.

Steve02: Take the cigarettes off it is just another privilege they can do with out, and save the hard working tax payers some money.