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Of all the causes to get behind, it’s not often we hear about activists fighting for prisoners’ rights. But that’s the purpose of The Sewing Rebellion’s + Tamms Year Ten event, taking place this Sunday.
This gathering is one of a handful taking place next week that aims to draw attention to the inhumane conditions at the Tamms C-MAX prison in southern Illinois, in which prisoners are kept in constant solitary confinement. Originally built to serve as one-year "shock treatment" for violent criminals, close to 100 of its inmates have been incarcerated there for 10 years. Prisoners are kept in small cement rooms for 23 hours a day with no group activity, no phone calls, no education or rehabilitation programs and no interaction with others. Members of the Tamms Year Ten coalition intend to drum up awareness of their cause before the legislative hearings in front of the House Prison Reform Committee of the Illinois General Assembly on April 28th, in which the effectiveness and legality of Tamms will be evaluated.
At the sewing event, activists will be stitching patches, banners and the like to be worn at the public action taking place before the hearings. Year Ten will also be holding a tradeshow next Thursday and Friday night to raise funds, as well as an educational seminar taught by former Tamms prisoners next Saturday. To learn more about Tamms and Year Ten, click here.
The Sewing Rebellion’s + Tamms Year Ten, 6932 N. Glenwood, Sunday, noon - 4:00 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Tamms Year Ten.
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You know, and people wonder why the recidivism rate is so high in the US. I'm not saying prisoners should be treated to a life of luxury, but you can't treat an inmate like this for ten or twenty years and then wonder why they get busted stealing a car, robbing a gas station, or selling crack on a street corner within six months of release. No doubt about it, the people that are sent to this facility are bad news; but they won't (in most cases) be locked up forever. The move towards this type of prison environment is becoming increasingly common, and I think we will feel the effects of that 15 to 20 years from now.
Heck ad-rock, were feeling the effects right now. 15 to 20 and were talking Tsunami
Ad: Great points, and I worry you are 100% right
I'm not one who wants to go soft on criminals, yet I realize if we as a society don't offer some help, or at least try to rehabiliate a few of these people, we, in the long run, will suffer--both through taxes to fund court cases and prison beds, and from having offenders repeat their crimes.
I realize many criminals are beyond rehabilitiation, but some can be reformed and made into productive members of society.
God help me, but the Spookster is 100% right as well.
It's my understanding that the scum in Tamms is considered to be too dangerous even for a maximum security prison.
These prisoners are the ones that have attacked other prisoners or guards in the past.
Let em rot!
Another misguided article on Leftcagoist. You should do some research about exactly WHY these prisoners are in Tamms.
Do some research about the need to protect the general prison population from injury. Also, the guys who are sent to Tamms are protected from getting into situations where they could be killed. And don't forget the need to protect prison staff. They deserve to go home safe to their families.
Do you think those guys are in Tamms for chewing too loudly in the prison mess hall?