Tamms Correctional Center

If Illinois does not close Tamms, the state will face the certainty of substantial long and short-term costs that taxpayers cannot afford.

Closing Tamms offers Illinois a unique opportunity to re-examine the use of solitary confinement in all of its prison facilities. We should not let voices of alarm about public safety deter state officials from looking at the use of solitary confinement.

For those of us who've seen Tamms at close range, it was a welcome surprise to learn that Governor Pat Quinn proposes shuttering the prison.

Quinn is smart to look to the state's prison system to save taxpayer money. But to have a real impact on the state's fiscal health, Illinois must look beyond closing prisons and work toward ending our over-reliance on incarceration.

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