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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Blake Foden

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Huge problems prison riots predicted as govt announces smoking ban | History Defined

Corrections Minister Mick Gentleman, who says inmates will not be made to go "cold turkey". Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

The ACT government has been warned to expect "huge problems", including violent riots, at the Alexander Maconochie Centre following the announcement it will ban smoking inside Canberra's jail.

"I don't believe this is going to go as smoothly as they may think," a person involved in the prison system told The Canberra Times after Corrections Minister Mick Gentleman revealed work on the ban had already begun.

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