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From Solidarity Watch: Judge Rules Procedures at Tamms Supermax Violate Constitution

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Judge Rules Procedures at Tamms Supermax Violate Constitution Jean Casella and James Ridgeway | July 21, 2010 A federal judge yesterday ruled that current procedures for sending prisoners to the Tamms Correctional Center in southern Illinois--and keeping them there indefinitely--is in violation of the 14th Amendment to U.S. Constitution, which guarantees due process of law. The judge ordered that significant changes be made at the notorious state supermax. George Pawlaczyk, whose award-winning coverage last year exposed abuses at Tamms, reports in the Belleville News-Democrat: A federal judge has ruled that even inmates termed the "worst of the worst" by state prison system officials have a constitutional right to a hearing before they are sent to what many consider the harshest prison in Illinois -- the solitary-only Tamms Correctional Center...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 22, 2010 (boomark / email).