At some point your boyfriend might ask you to bring cigarettes to the next visit so he can get them from you and keep them in his cell. He says everyone does it. If you have talked with former inmates, or your boyfriend has been locked up before, you know there is always a steady supply of tobacco in the jail. It seems harmless enough, right? Wrong. Here are the things that can happen if you get caught. Arrested: If you bring cigarettes to the jail and try to get them to your boyfriend, you can be arrested and charged with Introduction of Contraband to a Penal Facility. Jails have strict rules about any contraband, including cigarettes, cell phones, drugs and cash. Visits will be stopped: Once you are caught, you will be banned from visiting your boyfriend again. Even if you manage to talk them out of arresting you and charging you with a crime, they are not going to give you the chance to try this again. It’s hard enough not seeing him except once or twice a week, isn’t it? Don’t take the chance on getting your visits pulled for the duration of his jail time. He will be punished: Jail isn’t fair and it is not a democracy. You can tell the guards till you are blue in the face that he never asked you to do it, you thought of it on your own and he wasn’t aware of the plan – it doesn’t matter. Your boyfriend will most likely be locked down in administrative segregation just based on the fact that it was his girlfriend who attempted to get cigarettes into the jail. He can be charged: If you are even partially successful, or the two of you are caught trying to make the pass, he can be charged with Introduction of Contraband to a Penal Facility. In some states this is a felony, in others it is a misdemeanor. Regardless, the last thing he needs before going to court or trying to earn good time credits is a new charge. He can also lose any good time that he has built up. Final Thoughts: You love him. He is putting the pressure on. You need to remember that he is in a stressful situation and may not be thinking as clearly as he should be. It is up to you to be his voice of reason. Tell him you love him too much to risk not being able to visit and remind him that if he loves you he won’t ask again. Map of prisons that ban smoking Contraband in prisons video