Ethan Nadelmann Q & A with The Marshall Project: Why Smoking Bans in Prison Are Not The Answer

by Gary Kopycinski on July 2, 2015

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NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—July 2, 2015. Hundreds of inmates rioted in an Australian prison on June 30 in response to a cigarette smoking ban that was set to take hold at all 13 prisons in the state of Victoria. Tensions at the prison had reportedly been running high since earlier this month, when the facility stopped selling tobacco.