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| Changes coming for super-max |
| By chicagotribune.com |
| Published: 09/21/2009 |
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The head of the state’s prison system unveiled a plan today to improve conditions for inmates at the state’s controversial super-max prison. Illinois Department of Corrections Director Michael P. Randle said while it’s clear there’s a need for the downstate Tamms Correctional Center, there is also a need to change the rules there. The facility has come under fire by human rights advocates who say restrictive conditions there are inhumane and comparable to the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The facility’s roughly 250 inmates are locked in cells alone at least 23 hours a day, and contact with the outside world is severely limited. The center is aimed at housing “the worst of the worst” including prisoners who assault staff or inmates at other state prisons. In a speech at the annual meeting of The John Howard Association, a prison reform group, Randle said changes will focus on rewarding positive behavior, increased mental health screening and additional reviews where inmates can refute their transfer to the facility. Read More. |
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