Tamms supermax prison was built for temporary added punishment for prisoners already in the prison system. But 30% of the first prisoners placed there when it opened in 1998 are still there. All prisoners are kept in permanent solitary confinement, with no human touch, no communal activities, no phone calls, no programs. These conditions are known to cause mental deterioration and/or trigger psychiatric problems not previously present in prisoners. Attorney General Eric Holder has described these conditions at Guantanamo as too isolating for prisoner safety. Take a stand to help end human rights abuses in Illinois!

Come canvas with us in target districts. We will go door to door to get support for HB2633 (which establishes standards for who goes to Tamms and for how long) and to gather signatures on our petition.

WHERE/WHEN:
Sunday 4/26
Meet at Jewel Osco at 5320 S. Pulaski Rd. at 2:00 p.m.
(OR)
At 65 E. Wacker Place at 1:30 (we will have an 8 passenger van there to take some people to the south side)

Please RSVP!
Please spread the word.
For more information or to RSVP: 773-241-4155
If you have not signed the petition it's not too late! www.juliehamos.org/tamms