Who's Got the Rolling Papers?

Surprise! Who would have imagined that if the state banned tobacco in prison, someone would smuggle some in? Criminals engaged in a black market where a pack can fetch up to $125 -- unbelievable! "I've never seen anything like it, babbled Lt. Kenny Foonman of the Big Jail Center. Apparently, Kenny's led a sheltered life.

At another big jail, cigarettes triggered a brawl between 30 Latino and white inmates over control of tobacco sales. Not racism, but free enterprise. "It's almost becoming a better market than drugs," says an anti-gang officer at Pelican Bay, the biggest, baddest jail of all.

Unlike illegal drugs, which bring harsh penalties, punishment for inmates caught with tobacco range from just a written warning (in their "permanent record") to extra work duties.

That'll stop 'em.