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ruksak · Aug 16, 2007, 01:47 pm

I smoke. If I was in jail, I would want to smoke. If I was in jail, I wouldn't want to be in jail. Point being, you don't get want you want in jail, only what you need. Your basic human necessities are guaranteed by law (food, water, shelter, health-care etc.). Last I checked smoking cigarettes does not apply as a necessity.

Here in Indy, not only can you not smoke in jail, you can't smoke in Wal-Mart. Or any other publicly accessible building. Or state/city owned building. This includes several feet from the entrance to any building open to the public. Smoking break-rooms inside our place of employment are now a thing of the past. To ALLOW prisoners to smoke would qualify as a "double-standard".

Aug 16, 2007, 01:47 pm	#13 (permalink) (top)
ruksak Natures 'D' Student Posts: 1,214	I smoke. If I was in jail, I would want to smoke. If I was in jail, I wouldn't want to be in jail. Point being, you don't get want you want in jail, only what you need. Your basic human necessities are guaranteed by law (food, water, shelter, health-care etc.). Last I checked smoking cigarettes does not apply as a necessity. Here in Indy, not only can you not smoke in jail, you can't smoke in Wal-Mart. Or any other publicly accessible building. Or state/city owned building. This includes several feet from the entrance to any building open to the public. Smoking break-rooms inside our place of employment are now a thing of the past. To ALLOW prisoners to smoke would qualify as a "double-standard".