Tamms NewsLocal news for Tamms, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Lawmakers Fight To Limit Terms In Supermax Prison- May 30, 2008 A trio of House Democrats say they want to introduce legislation designed to restrict the time inmates can be held at the Tamms Correctional Center.http://www.topix.net/city/tamms-il/2008/05/lawmakers-fight-to-limit-terms-in-supermax-pris... Is this prison too tough- May 26, 2008 Reginald "Akkeem" Berry said he wasted away during eight years in Tamms Correctional Center at the southern tip of Illinois.http://www.topix.net/city/tamms-il/2008/05/is-this-prison-too-tough?fromrss=1 Probation revoked for Ill. man charged with drug offenses- May 18, 2008 "When someone is on probation for possession of a controlled substance, and they possess or sell a narcotic, I'd say that is probably the worst violation you could have" Circuit Judge Benjamin F. Lewis decided to revoke probation and impose a seven-year prison sentence on Wendell E. Woodson following a short hearing Friday morning at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in ... via Southeast Missourianhttp://www.topix.net/city/tamms-il/2008/05/probation-revoked-for-ill-man-charged-with-drug... |