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Part 2 of series on Tamms: Trapped in Tamms: Inmates in Illinois' only supermax prison face battle proving mistreatment

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Monday, Aug. 03, 2009 Trapped in Tamms: Inmates in Illinois' only supermax prison face battle proving mistreatment BY BETH HUNDSDORFER AND GEORGE PAWLACZYK - News-Democrat Anthony Gay always fought back. Even in first grade he was quick with his fists, especially when kids mocked his temper or taunted him because he lived with foster parents. When he came home bloody and bruised, a big mutt he called Diamond comforted him. His aunt, Shirley Gay, who raised her nephew in a tough Rock Island neighborhood, said she always feared that someday Gay's anger would get him into serious trouble. However, there was nothing in his juvenile record to suggest that Gay would end up where he is today -- serving 99 years in solitary confinement at Illinois' supermax prison, the Tamms Correctional Center -- after an initial conviction for punching another youth and stealing his hat and a dollar bill...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 03, 2009 (boomark / email).