Editing Tamms, Illinois (section)

==Government and infrastructure==
Tamms was the location of the former [[Tamms Correctional Center]], a super-maximum correctional facility operated by the [[Illinois Department of Corrections]] which was closed in January 2013.<ref>"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US1774457&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Tamms village, Illinois] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608213830/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US1774457&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=2011-06-08 }}." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/facilities/information.asp?instchoice=tam Tamms Correctional Center]." [[Illinois Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on September 1, 2010.</ref> The State of Illinois [[execution chamber]] was at Tamms.<ref>"[http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/reports/other/Tamms%20CMAX%20Overview%20and%20Ten%20Point%20Plan.pdf Tamms Closed Maximum Security Unit: Ten-Point Plan Brief]." Illinois Department of Corrections. 3 (9/51). September 3, 2009. Retrieved on September 1, 2010.</ref> Prior to the January 11, 2003 commutation of death row sentences, male death row inmates were housed in Tamms, [[Menard Correctional Center|Menard]], and [[Pontiac Correctional Center|Pontiac]] correctional centers. After that date, only Pontiac continued to host the male death row.<ref>"[http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/news/doc_report/archive/doc_report_online_03_07_03.shtml DOC Report Online]." [[Illinois Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on September 1, 2010.</ref> The death penalty was abolished in Illinois in March 2011.