Case goes before Federal Court this week
Jump to full article: CBC News (ca), 2009-10-13
Intro: A group of inmates is challenging a ban on smoking inside and on the property of federal prisons that was implemented in May 2008.
The case is scheduled to go before a Federal Court judge on Wednesday.
Dale Tremblay, who was a pack-a-day smoker before Corrections Canada banned smoking at the Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines institution, north of Montreal, says the ban is unfair.
"You were jonesing after your meals, you always had to do something to get your mind off it," said Tremblay, who was released in August after serving an eight-year sentence. . . .
While inmates at provincial jails in Quebec can still smoke outside the building, smoking is not permitted on the property of federal institutions.
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