Tamms News

On June 8, Robert Foor filed a grievance with the Illinois Department of Corrections seeking a transfer out of Tamms Correctional Center and into a mental health prison, plus proper treatment and medication.

NEW DATE: The new date for the Rally is Wednesday July 8 at noon. This is will be a fantastic, kid-friendly event.

The state of Illinois created a new way for you to turn in people who park illegally in parking spaces reserved for the disabled.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Newell of Tamms will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house June 21 at First Baptist Church in Ullin, Ill.

Yesterday Judge Gary Kamp sentenced 23-year-old Brandon Tyrel Jeffers of Tamms, Illinois to 30 days in jail for shoving and threatening an officer.

President Obama maintains that closing the detainee detention center at Guantanamo Bay and transferring the terrorists to a supermax prison in the U.S. will clean up America's image in the world.

Artist Jesse Graves is partnering with the Tamms Year Ten coalition to publicize state-sanctioned torture at the Tamms supermax prison in southern Illinois.

Tamms Correctional Center's first warden made no apologies for christening the tough southwest Illinois prison a home for a 'very unhappy inmate population.' Critics wasted no time dubbing it an inhumane endeavor.

Tamms Correctional Center's first warden made no apologies for christening the tough southwest Illinois prison a home for a "very unhappy inmate population." Critics wasted no time dubbing it an inhumane endeavor.

THE LOCKUP: Opened in 1998, the super maximum-security Tamms Correctional Center in southern Illinois has more than 240 inmates deemed too violent or disruptive for other state prisons.

Inmate John Spires watches a TV program during a group therapy session, February 13, 2009.

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Please join us for canvassing in target districts this weekend in connection with passing HB2633 in the Illinois house.

A three-car collision on U.S. Highway 51 near Arnold's Market sent six people to the hospital and caused police to redirect traffic Friday.

Illinois corrections officials say the harsh conditions at Tamms Correctional Center, a "super-max" prison in southern Illinois, are a suitable punishment for the most violent inmates in the state.

Reporting from Tamms, Ill. -- A few times a week, Joseph Dole stands in a back corner of the outdoor recreation area at Tamms Correctional Center, straining to catch a ray of sunlight.

Please do not miss this campaign-wide meeting. We will provide an update on the campaign and review our goals.

SOUTHERN, IL- Southwater, Inc. has issued a boil water order due to a water main break.