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Forwarded from Tamms Year Ten.

 

Reform Tamms Supermax

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CALL-IN to the GOVERNOR on THURSDAY, AUGUST 6


ASK the governor to go to bnd.com and read about the Illinois supermax.

 

DENY him permission to use our tax money for these misguided and inhumane policies.

 

DEMAND a complete overhaul of Tamms!

 

 

1. Seriously mentally ill prisoners should not be in the supermax.


2. There must be limits to long-term isolation.


3. There must be clear standards and procedures for transfers to the supermax.


4. Prisoners must be able to earn their way out..

 
Call Governor Quinn on Thursday, August 6
REFORM TAMMS SUPERMAX or CUT THE FUNDING!
NO MORE TAX MONEY FOR TORTURE AT TAMMS!

Springfield: 217-782-0244

Chicago: 312-814-2121


Make sure you leave your name and address or your call will not be counted. Forward this widely. Quinn needs to see that calls are coming from all over the state. 

SIGN PETITION: www.juliehamos.org/tamms

 

Tamms Year Tenwww.YearTen.org

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Backgroup Information

Investigative Series by George Pawlaczyk and Beth Hundsdorfer, Belleville News-Democrat, 8/2/09 and 8/3/09


Trapped in Tamms: Inmates in Illinois' only supermax prison face battle proving mistreatment
http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/865378.html

Trapped in Tamms: In Illinois' only supermax facility, inmates are in cells 23 hours a day
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/865377.html

EDITORIAL: Why Tamms matters to all
http://www.bnd.com/editorial/story/866411.html

Tamms inmate: Dangerous gang member, or a man who is mentally ill?
http://www.bnd.com/233/story/865355.html

A tale of two prisons: Tamms vs. Alcatraz
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/865454.html

Plaintiff's plight -- 'almost impossible for judicial system to untangle these things'
http://www.bnd.com/233/story/865365.html

View from the top: Fixing Tamms supermax (Interview with IDOC director Michael Randle)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/865544.html

 

 

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