Smoking in Prisons

Here is an article written by Garth George for the NZHerald highlighting the smoking ban in prisons that came into effect on 1st July, article found here

What many don't understand is that the reason for the ban is the double bunking issue. Judith Collins and her team want to double bunk our prison population, hence instead of one cell being a prisoners quarters she is instigating doubling up meaning two prisoners will now share a cell. This will provide more beds for our ever increasing prison population. The ban on smoking has nothing to do with the health of our prison population, with prisoners double bunking or doubling up if one non smoking prisoner shares a cell with a smoker under our present smoking laws he can sue for second hand smoke contamination. With much publicity surrounding this ban not many in the media have identified this.