NewsDecember 21, 2012
Tamms, other Illinois prison closures begin
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A mass migration of some of Illinois' most dangerous criminals is underway as state officials began shutting down the Tamms Correctional Center and other prison facilities. More than two dozen inmates were being bused from the super-maximum-security prison in Southern Illinois to the Pontiac Correctional Center on Thursday with an aim on closing Tamms by Jan. 4, an Illinois Department of Corrections spokeswoman said Other facilities set to close next week include adult transitional centers in Decatur, Carbondale and Chicago. To read more about this go to www.thesouthern.com....
Kurt Erickson
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A mass migration of some of Illinois' most dangerous criminals is underway as state officials began shutting down the Tamms Correctional Center and other prison facilities.
More than two dozen inmates were being bused from the super-maximum-security prison in Southern Illinois to the Pontiac Correctional Center on Thursday with an aim on closing Tamms by Jan. 4, an Illinois Department of Corrections spokeswoman said.
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Other facilities set to close next week include adult transitional centers in Decatur, Carbondale and Chicago.
To read more about this go to www.thesouthern.com.
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