Editing Alexander County, Illinois (section)

==Law enforcement==
The [[Tamms Correctional Center]], a now shuttered super-maximum correctional facility operated by the [[Illinois Department of Corrections]], was located in [[Tamms, Illinois|Tamms]],<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> as was the State of Illinois [[execution chamber]].<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] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821124533/http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/reports/other/Tamms%20CMAX%20Overview%20and%20Ten%20Point%20Plan.pdf |date=2010-08-21 }}." 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] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718225214/http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/news/doc_report/archive/doc_report_online_03_07_03.shtml |date=2011-07-18 }}." [[Illinois Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on September 1, 2010.</ref> On January 4, 2013, after years of controversy over inmate conditions, the prison officially closed, negatively impacting the county's economy.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tamms "Supermax" Prison, with its Inhumane and Ridiculously Expensive Solitary Confinement Practices, is Officially a Thing of the Past! |url=https://www.aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/tamms-supermax-prison-its-inhumane-and-ridiculously-expensive-solitary |access-date=October 29, 2018 |work=American Civil Liberties Union |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Ruch">{{Cite news |last=Ruch |first=Amber |title=Tamms closure impact on town months later |url=http://www.kfvs12.com/story/22588419/tamms-closure-impact-on-town-months-later |access-date=October 29, 2018 |work=KFVS12 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Moser |first=Whet |date=February 27, 2013 |title=Why Labor Is Fighting the Tamms Prison Closure |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/February-2013/Why-Labor-Is-Fighting-the-Tamms-Prison-Closure/ |access-date=October 29, 2018 |work=Chicago magazine |language=en}}</ref>

In late September 2009, press reports indicated that the Alexander County Sheriff's office had five of its seven squad cars repossessed as payments had not been made. The sheriff once had 29 deputies, but was reduced to just five at the time of the reports. The [[Illinois State Police]] have provided assistance to the county with additional patrols.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Dean |date=September 28, 2009 |title=Repo Man Visits an Illinois Police Dept. |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/repo-man-visits-an-illinois-police-dept/ |access-date=October 29, 2018 |work=CBS |language=en}}</ref>