Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 25.11.1998

Smoking/No Smoking Areas

In this document the Bureau of Prisons is proposing to revise its regulations on smoking in order to limit smoking in Bureau of Prisons facilities to visibly designated outdoor locations, unless an indoor area has been designated as a smoking area to be used exclusively for authorized religious activities. Previously, smoking areas at medical referral centers and minimum security institutions were ordinarily located outside of all buildings, and Wardens at other institutions could, but were not required to, identify certain indoor areas as designated smoking areas where the needs of effective operations so required (for example, for those who may be employed in, or restricted to, a nonsmoking area for an extended period of time). This amendment is intended to promote a clean air environment and to protect the health and safety of staff and inmates.