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Smoke rose from the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall, Melbourne.

For these prisoners in Australia, taking away their cigarettes might have been the last straw

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Heavily armed police are at a prison on the outskirts of Melbourne following a major riot reportedly linked to a smoking ban in prisons. A ban is due to come into effect on Wednesday.

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