NEWS.com.au | Smoking to be banned in NSW prisons in 2015; Inmates, officers to be offered ... ABC Online The nearly 80 per cent of New South Wales inmates who currently smoke will be forced to quit when the state introduces a smoking ban in jails in August next year. About 8,000 inmates smoke and prison officers are also currently permitted to smoke at work. Smoking to be banned in NSW prisons NSW jails to be cigarette-free: Hazzard NSW to follow Queensland and NT in outlawing smoking in prisons |