Smoking banned in California prisons

[yesthattom]

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, signed a bill Monday barring tobacco from state prisons.
My question, and I’m being serious here, is what will replace cigarettes as currency in prisons? (I’m serious here! I really wonder about these things!)

Comments

Why would it change?

[dballing.livejournal.com]

Drugs have been illegal in prison since forever and that hasn't stopped them from being there.

Now the "value" of the currency will just go up (deflation) since there'll be a reduced supply of it.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

I imagine cigarrettes will become even more valuable currency, and prison guards will have more upheaval on their hands.

[cluebringer.livejournal.com]

Heh. It makes sense to me, as I doubt that even California is liberal enough to opt for 'smoking' and 'non-smoking' cell blocks.

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[likethewatch.livejournal.com]

My only experience here is having watched a season of Oz on DVD, but based on that experience, I'd say that cyan_blue is right, cigarettes will increase in value. Also other coins of the realm— sex and drugs— would rise in value.

I guess

[mrfantasy.livejournal.com]

they'll just have to use candy cigarettes.


Oh, crap, they don't make them anymore.

Perhaps condoms?