2005 Minnesota Statutes - 243.555 — Smoking by inmates prohibited.

     243.555 Smoking by inmates prohibited. 


    No inmate in a state correctional facility may possess or 
 use tobacco or a tobacco-related device.  For the purposes of 
 this section, "tobacco" and "tobacco-related device" have the 
 meanings given in section 609.685, subdivision 1.  This section 
 does not prohibit the possession or use of tobacco or a 
 tobacco-related device by an adult as a part of a traditional 
 Indian spiritual or cultural ceremony.  For purposes of this 
 section, an Indian is a person who is a member of an Indian 
 tribe as defined in section 260.755, subdivision 12. 


    HIST: 1996 c 408 art 8 s 5; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2