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Starting today, no products allowed on property
Jump to full article: McDowell News (Marion, NC), 2009-08-02
Author: Richelle Bailey | The McDowell News
Intro: The Marion Correction Institution (MCI), which consists of the minimum-custody facility on N.C. 226 South and the close-custody facility on Old Glenwood Road, are among 26 prisons in North Carolina that will go completely tobacco free today. The units are joined by six administrative offices.
No inmates, employees, visitors or vendors will be allowed to possess tobacco products of any kind on the grounds or inside the buildings.
It's the beginning of the Division of Prisons' phase-out of tobacco products on its properties statewide. Units in other counties will eventually go tobacco free by the end of the year.
"What we're trying to get people to see are the health benefits associated with this move," said Randy Teague, assistant superintendent of programs at MCI. "A lot of the inmates aren't happy about it, and, with the employees, it's a mixed bag."
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