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Canada bans smoking in prisons
 In order to ensure a healthy place Canada has banned smoking in federal prisons after a partial ban was largely ignored, the government says.
Think about this, now. You've got those unable to conform to the dictates of society. They've been jugged for various sorts of felonious behavior. Now you want to get them nice and healthy, with good, clean lungs, so they've got lotsa wind to outrun the coppers when they engage in further depredations?
I'd give them all the smokes they can handle, along with a 5000 calorie a day diet, heavy on the mashed potatoes, gravy, and cream pies, easy on the Brussels sprouts and broccoli. Add in a nice, easy, sedentary life that involves downloading all the pørn they can take and a big "closed for repairs" sign on the gym. That way they can come out of jug just as vicious as they want, but the wheezing, gasping lardasses won't be able to do anything about it. |
As a result of the ban, which took effect in all maximum-security prisons on Monday, inmates will be barred from smoking anywhere inside or outside prison property, including private visiting rooms and yards. "Since the partial ban was not working in order to ensure a safe, healthy, smoke-free environment, we decided to move towards the total ban," said Lynn Brunette, a spokeswoman for the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). The remaining medium- and minimum-security institutions will see the ban in place by the beginning of June, Reuters said. The ban applies to all guards and staff as well as prisoners. Last year, Canada's federal prison system handled almost 20,000 inmates, three-quarters of whom are smokers.
Posted by: Fred 2008-05-07 |
