PREA applies to all federal, state, and local prisons, jails, police lockups, private facilities, and community settings such as residential facilities.
Eric Garner was not killed by police in New York City because he was black. He was killed by police in New York City for selling individual cigarettes to pedestrians in a city that has declared all-out war on smoking.
1 In the United States, each pack of cigarettes sold costs society an estimated $18.05. 2  100 million people died from tobacco-related diseases in the 20th century. 3  Without action taken, 1 billion people could die this century from tobacco-related diseases. 4  There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. In the United States, each pack of cigarettes sold costs society an estimated $18.05. 2  100 million people died from tobacco-related diseases in the 20th century. 3  Without action taken, 1 billion people could die this century from tobacco-related diseases. 4  There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke.