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[New Zealand] NZ Report: Smoke-free prisons a success
New Zealand's ban on smoking in prisons has been a success, a report says, but some prisoners are so desperate they soak tea leaves in nicotine from their quitting patches and lighting them by fiddling with power sockets and light bulbs.
Oct 23, 2012
TV3 (nz)
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Oct 23, 2012 18:29
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[Mississippi] Billings favors tobacco rule repeal
When the Mississippi Department of Corrections announced last December that it would go tobacco free at all buildings, grounds and prisons operated by the agency; they did so knowing that the process would be daunting. . .. On Monday, Bolivar County Sup
Oct 18, 2012
Bolivar (MS) Commercial
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Oct 18, 2012 09:41
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[Australia] Prisoners prepare for smoking ban across the NT
Prisoners at the Darwin Correctional Centre have been told to set a date they will quit smoking before a total ban is introduced in July 2013.
Sep 28, 2012
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (au)
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Sep 29, 2012 16:51
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[Georgia] 'Only Tobacco' Lands Worker in Jail
Bartow County authorities arrested a man they say tried to sneak contraband to jail inmates in Cartersville.
Sep 14, 2012
Patch.org
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Sep 15, 2012 04:31
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[New Zealand] Lawyer defends smoking ban in prisons
Arthur Taylor says as most of the New Zealand population can smoke in their home if they choose to, inmates should also be allowed to
Aug 7, 2012
TV3 (nz)
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Aug 8, 2012 00:06
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[New Zealand] Arthur Taylor fights for cigarettes in jail
One of the country's highest-profile inmates has been at the High Court trying to get the rule that bans smoking in jails thrown out. Arthur Taylor, who is a non-smoker, claims the blanket prohibition breaches part of the Bill of Rights and it isn't rea
Aug 6, 2012
TV3 (nz)
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Aug 6, 2012 11:43
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[Australia] Ban smoking in prison: minister
PRISONERS face a total smoking ban under moves by new Corrective Services Minister Murray Cowper. The former police sergeant wants to adopt the New Zealand model in which inmates were offered two carrot sticks a day to quell tobacco cravings before jail
Jul 29, 2012
Perth (WA) Sunday Times (au)
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Jul 28, 2012 12:38
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[California] Calif prison guard sent to federal prison, forfeits $16K in cell phone, tobacco-smuggling case
A California correctional officer has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for taking bribes from inmates to smuggle tobacco and cellphones.
Jul 23, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Jul 24, 2012 13:51
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[UK] Prison bosses criticised for imposing smoking ban
A report released this week by the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) details how former governor Damian Evans, who left the prison in January, was ticked off after imposing a smoking ban on inmates in segregation. Prisoners being accommodated in the Ca
Jul 19, 2012
Watford Observer (uk)
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Jul 20, 2012 11:11
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[South Dakota] Inmates gain ally in fight to use tobacco in ceremonies
The U.S. Department of Justice is siding with Native American inmates who sued the state in 2009 after they were barred from smoking tobacco in religious ceremonies at the state penitentiary.
Jul 17, 2012
Sioux Falls (SD) Argus-Leader
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Jul 17, 2012 05:16