Tobacco ban ends at state prisons
By Jerry Mitchell Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting Jan 1, 2021 Â (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis, File) This is a July 12, 2002 file photo of the entrance to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Miss. Rogelio Solis Mississippi officials are hoping that lifting the ban on smoking inside prison will help curb the huge contraband trade that some inmates estimate may run in the millions. âBy selling the same cigarettes that are allowed to free people, we are breaking the contraband tobacco trade, designating smoking areas outside...
Source: meridianstar.com