Belleville, IL Trapped in Tamms special section, Belleville News-Democrat

Trapped in Tamms

There are more guards than inmates at the largely empty maximum security section at Tamms Correctional Center in Alexander County.

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Group wants judge in Tamms closure suit to hear from prisoners held for years in solitary

Attorneys for a non-profit legal group in Chicago have filed a motion in a downstate court case involving whether the supermax Tamms prison should close.
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Trapped in Tamms: Supermax prison confines inmates to cells 23 hours a day (8/5/09)

Faygie Fields' escape from years of solitary confinement on the toughest wing of Illinois' only state-run supermax prison began with food.
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Judge blocks prisoner transfer at Tamms until Aug. 31 hearing

A Southern Illinois judge has agreed to extend a halt of the transfer of inmates from the supermax Tamms Correctional Center until Aug. 31, according to a written statement issued today by the union representing prison guards that opposes closure of the lockup.
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Does solitary confinement at Tamms meet definition of torture? U.N. panel seeks probe

Despite uncertainty about whether the Tamms Correctional Center will continue to operate, a United Nations committee is expected to make a decision this week about whether to seek permission from the U.S. State Department to investigate solitary confinement at the supermax prison to see if it meets...