No Smoking Prison Sparks Drop In Crime

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 28, 2009 @04:46AM from the smoke-'em-while-you-got-them dept.

Officials on The Isle of Man have learned that the best way to fight crime isn't to take away freedom, it's to take away cigarettes. There has been a 14% drop in crime since the island opened Europe's only completely no smoking prison in August 2008. "It's a standing joke now that when we nick someone we remind them that if they get sent down they'll have to come off the cigarettes — their faces are a picture. It's like they are more scared about giving up smoking than a criminal record and some time in the nick," said a police source.

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Re:Can't smoke in Illinois jails by Anonymous Coward · 2009-12-28 13:39 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Yep, it's horrible - I'd have enjoyed being drafted to fight the war in Iran that McCain would have started just before he keeled over and elevated Caribou Barbie to the presidency. And just think how much fun the "Goldman Sachs employees get to actually piss in the face of every American" law would have been!