Some of the violent felons currently housed at the Tamms prison could be sent to facilities out of state if Governor Pat Quinn closes the supermax prison in Southern Illinois.
The Lee newspapers report that the state has arrangements with more than two dozen other states to house each other’s inmates when safety or other considerations make it necessary.
At least nine inmates…including the so-called “I-57 killer” Henry Brisbon… could be moved to prisons outside Illinois.