“With tobacco products now banned by the federal Bureau of Prisons and the majority of state prison systems, the price of a single Marlboro inside now reaches twenty dollars. A policy intended to produce health benefits and reduce fire risk has created a cash cow for prison gangs like the Mexican Mafia and Aryan Brotherhood, and the guards willing to work with them. Everyone involved in bringing the tobacco in gets paid by PayPal or Western Union. ‘This one Sureño dude had shit on smash here. He literally made over $100,000 in a couple of years getting tobacco in like this. The homie came up. He was about his business,’ the prisoner says.”
With Cigarettes Banned In Most Prisons, Gangs Shift From Drugs To Smokes
- Post author:The Freedom Watch Staff
- Post published:July 11, 2013
- Post category:Network Archives
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