S. Illinois lawmakers hopeful about Tamms prison funding

Sunday, May 27, 2012

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 null and void.

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