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Why Did Tamms Prison Close?

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Why Did Tamms Prison Close?

Tamms Correctional Facility was Illinois' only supermax prison

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A super-maximum security (supermax) or administrative maximum (ADX) prison is a "control-unit" prison, or a unit within prisons, which represents the most secure levels of custody in the prison systems of certain countries.
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and was shut down by Governor Pat Quinn in 2012. Quinn cited the budget as his reason for closing down Tamms; however, the facility closed amid concerns over its treatment of inmates and backlash from Amnesty International and other human rights groups.

Why was Tamms Correctional Center closed?

As previously reported in PLN, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) closed the Tamms Correctional Center as part of a cost-cutting consolidation of state prisons pushed by then-Governor Pat Quinn in 2013.

Is Tamms prison still open?

Tamms served a role, no plans to reopen

At the time of that report, the Tamms prison had been closed about three years. It remains vacant to this day. “The future of Tamms is uncertain at this time, but there are currently no plans to sell or renovate the facility,” Hess said, nor to reopen it.

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