Outlaw inmates to lose smokes

Oct 13, 2008
TBT Staff in cooperation with BNS

RIGA - A government committee has endorsed amendments that would block jail inmates who breached regulations from purchasing tobacco at the prison shop.

The amendments to Latvian penal code developed by Latvian Justice Ministry provide that the inmates may be punished for breaching the regulations of their sentence by prohibiting them from purchasing food products and tobacco products at the jail shop for a period of up to one month.

Prohibition to purchase tobacco and food is only one of the punishments applied for the offenders. The other punishments include prohibition of visiting rights and rights to make telephone calls.

The amendments developed by the Justice Ministry also provide for the release of the jail inmates on Friday or a day before holiday, if their jail term expires on Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday.

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