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E-cigarette rules enforced at Prison

Would-be traders will be dealt with

Prisoners who try and use e-cigarettes as currency risk being segregated, as a trial into their use continues.

Isle of Man Prison's governor, Bob McColm, says staff are taking a strict approach to those breaking the rules.

A test period for e-cigs is currently well underway at the Jurby site.

Each of the devices has a unique index number, so those behind bars can't trade the vape devices.

Bob McColm insists anyone caught breaching the rules is being punished: 

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