(Chicago, IL) — The transfer of mentally ill prisoners from the Tamms Supermax prison, as one of the reforms advocated by State Rep. Julie Hamos (D-Evanston), could move Illinois out of the constitutional cross-hairs that the prison’s mental health policy has created.
Courts have ruled that the placement of seriously mentally ill prisoners in a Supermax [...]
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