According to CNN:
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who set up a tent outside his smoke-free state office to accommodate his taste for a good cigar, signed a bill Monday barring tobacco from state prisons. The measure amends the state’s penal code to bar tobacco products from prisons and youth correctional facilities. Violators are subject to a fine.
Got that. A fine.
I guess we couldn’t put them in jail for it. Of course, where are they going to get the money to pay a fine. If they don’t pay, what happens? Jail, I guess. Guess it isn’t a maximum security penalty either.
Hmmm, I’m a felon on death row. Smoke a cig. Go to minimum security because I couldn’t pay the fine.
Seems like our priorities are misplaced here.
