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Warden's Smoking Ban Violates BOP Rules
Loaded on June 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1999, page 22
The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that a warden's ban on smoking in a prison camp violated federal Bureau of Prison (BOP) rules requiring that warden's designate outdoor smoking areas. The warden of the BOP camp in Sheridan, Oregon banned smoking in the camp even though smoking ...
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