Rough bibliography for Tamms article, with brief annotations for my usage
ILLINOIS SUPERMAX PAGE. Supermaxed - about Supermax and Maximum Security Prisons. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://www.supermaxed.com/Illinois-SM-Page.htm>. Links not source itself
Doster, Adam. "Tamms Year Ten Demands Trib Retraction." Progress Illinois. 8 July 2009. Web. 04 Dec. 2010. <http://progressillinois.com/2009/7/8/tamms-year-ten-tribune-protest>. Details of inmate Robert Foor's suicide and the harmful effects of supermax prisons on mental illnesses.
"EDITORIAL: Tamms Revisited." Editorial. Chicago Tribune 22 Nov. 2010. DailyMe.com. 22 Nov. 2010. Web. 04 Dec. 2010. <http://dailyme.com/story/2010112200001331/editorial-tamms-revisited.html>. Details some of the recent reforms and the changes of office that have impacted the reform process.
Fathi, David C. "Letter to Illinois Representative Julie Hamos on Reforming "Supermax" Confinement | Human Rights Watch." Human Rights Watch. 6 Apr. 2009. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/04/06/letter-illinois-representative-julie-hamos-reforming-supermax-confinement>.
Garcia, Monique. "Tamms Prison Conditions to Be Overhauled - Chicago Tribune." Featured Articles From The Chicago Tribune. 18 Sept. 2009. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-09-18/news/0909170840_1_super-max-prisons-super-maximum-security-prison-inmates>.
"Getting out of Tamms - Chicago Tribune." The Chicago Tribune. 13 May 2009. Web. 04 Dec. 2010. <http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-05-13/news/0905120411_1_inmates-prison-illinois-department>. featuring Gary Marx's comments after a visit to the prison
"Illinois Department of Corrections - Correctional Facilities." State of Illinois | Department of Corrections. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/facilities/information.asp?instchoice=tam>. "ILLINOIS OPENS "SUPERMAX" CONTROL UNIT PRISON IN TAMMS." (people/courses).umass.edu. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~kastor/ws-98/Illinois-Supermax.html>. Annecdotally relates the unreliable system by which a prisoner qualifies for transfer to Tamms, thru the case of a renounced gang member being sentanced there apparently for his gang involvement, with no opportunity to protest
"Inside the Tamms Super-Max Prison - Photo Gallery." Chicago Tribune: Chicago News, Sports, Weather and Traffic - Chicagotribune.com. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-090223-tamms-photogallery,0,1614579.photogallery>.
Manor, Robert. Monitoring Tour of Tamms Supermax Prison. Rep. John Howards Association of Illinois, Nov. 2010. Web. 7 Dec. 2010. <http://www.thejha.org/sites/default/files/Tamms%20Report.pdf>.
Marx, Gary. "A Look inside Illinois' Only Super-max Prison - Chicagotribune.com." Chicago Tribune: Chicago News, Sports, Weather and Traffic - Chicagotribune.com. 27 Feb. 2009. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-tamms-27feb27,0,1641824.story>.
Marx, Gary. "Homicide inside the Walls of Stateville - Chicagotribune.com." Chicago Tribune: Chicago News, Sports, Weather and Traffic - Chicagotribune.com. 9 June 2009. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-stateville-prison-murderjun09,0,7128937.story?page=1>. Inmate removed from Tamms kills cellmate Marx, Gary. "Tamms Correctional Center: Governor Wants Review of Super-max Prison - Chicago Tribune." Featured Articles From The Chicago Tribune. 13 May 2009. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-05-13/news/0905120477_1_illinois-department-prison-new-director>.
Nicolas_lampert. "Blog: TAMMS YEAR TEN Action at the Chicago Tribune." Rev. of Progress Illinois. Web log post. Just Seeds. 9 July 2009. Web. 04 Dec. 2010. <http://www.justseeds.org/blog/2009/07/tamms_year_ten_action_at_the_c.html>.
"HB2633 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY." Illinois General Assembly Home Page. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=76&GA=96&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=2633&GAID=10&LegID=45369&SpecSess=&Session=>. full text of the house bill to create prison reform law
Pawlaczyk, George, and Beth Hundsdorfer. "The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog: ILLINOIS EXCHANGE: Tamms Spending Questioned." The Real Cost of Prisons Project. Belleville News-Democrat, 1 Jan. 2010. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2010/01/illinois_exchan.html>.
"Tamms Revisited - Chicago Tribune." Featured Articles From The Chicago Tribune. 22 Nov. 2010. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-11-22/news/ct-edit-tamms-20101122_1_tamms-super-max-prison>.