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’Supermax’ era ends as last Tamms inmates leave

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A nearly 15-year experiment with the super maximum-security prison in Tamms has ended. Shuttering Tamms is part of Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to save money.

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One of the more contentious episodes in the history of Illinois prisons ended Friday as the last inmates in the "supermax" lockup in Tamms were moved out and Gov. Pat Quinn's administration prepares to shut it down. The final five inmates of the high-security home for the "worst of the worst" were shipped to the Pontiac Correctional Center.