Posts Tagged ‘Tamms Closure’
Rep. Phelps’ comments on recent attacks in Illinois’ prisons
February 7, 2013 Dear Editor: Coincidently, it was almost exactly one year ago, that Governor Quinn unveiled his plan to close the Tamms Correctional Center, a move that put 300 Southern Illinoisans in the unemployment line. ...
Inmate-empty Tamms to close Friday, Jan. 4
The Tamms Correctional Center’s last day of operation is Jan. 4, 2013, Illinois Department of Corrections officials said Monday, noting that all inmates have been transferred to other facilities. After a lower-court injunctio...
Judge grants union request
By Isaac Smith Alexander County First Circuit Judge Charles C. Cavaness again sided with the unions Tuesday morning in Cairo when he granted the temporary restraining order the group had requested. Tuesday’s hearing was sched...
Tamms prison receives temporary ‘stay of execution’
Last week the employees at Tamms Correctional Center in Ullin received notice that a temporary delay in layoffs and closures would mean their employment status would remain “unchanged until further notice.” An Aug. 23 corre...
Forby and Phelps praise temporary end to prison transfers
Benton, IL – State Senator Gary Forby (D-Benton) and State Representative Brandon Phelps (D-Harrisburg) were pleased to see the governor’s office and the union representing prison workers agree to a temporary halt to inmate...
Lockdowns, shakedowns fuel further debates on Tamms closure
When a power outage at a minimum-security state prison in East Moline occurred recently, a Moline union leader claimed staff reductions and overcrowding led prisoners to “riot” when the lights went off. Whether what occurre...
Phelps Slams Governors Decision to Close Tamms Correctional Center
State Rep. Brandon Phelps (D-Harrisburg) released the following statement regarding Governor Pat Quinn’s planned August 31, 2012 closure of the Tamms Correctional Center and other Southern Illinois facilities: “I am disappo...
