What is the impact of smoking in prison cells?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Mercier v. Canada (Attorney General), 2009 FC 1071 (CanLII):
In addition, improving the health and well-being of inmates and officers could certainly justify removing the right or privilege of smoking inside the facilities, including cells: Boucher v. Canada (Attorney General), 2007 FC 893.
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