SPRINGFIELD — Some of Illinois’ most notorious criminals could be shipped to other states as part of Gov. Pat Quinn’s push to close prisons in Tamms and Dwight.

At Tamms Correctional Center in the far southern tip of Illinois, the state houses its most dangerous prisoners in uncomfortable conditions of monotony and isolation. Our state’s only “… ...

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TAMMS, Ill. (KFVS) - One person is in custody following a shooting in Tamms, Illinois. According to Alexander Co. Sheriff Tim Brown, they are investigating a shooting that happened Monday around 8 ...

SPRINGFIELD | Some of Illinois’ most notorious criminals could be shipped to other states as part of Gov. Pat Quinn’s push to close prisons in Tamms and Dwight.

TAMMS, IL (KFVS) - According to Tamms Village Police Chief Sam Davis at least three business burglaries are under investigation. The burglaries were reported Tuesday, March 12.

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Tamms is a village in Alexander County, Illinois, with a population of 658. The total cost of housing, food, child care, transportation, health care, taxes, and other necessities for a single ...

The extreme control Tamms exercises over its inmates comes at a substantial cost; in contrast to so much of Illinois's prison system, Tamms is usually only about half full.

TAMMS – The tiny community in deep Southern Illinois that waged a full-press fundraising campaign and courtship with the state to earn its first "supermax" prison was to become Illinois’s ...

TAMMS, Ill. -- The roughly 300 employees of Tamms Correctional Center got their pink slips last week, but Southern Illinois lawmakers are still fighting to make those disheartening pieces of paper ...