KINDNESS AND HUMANITY PREVAILED
We would have to create a scroll to document the many individuals and organizations who have been part of the Tamms Year Ten campaign. We thank each of you for such exceptional generosity and teamwork...
View ArticleS is for “spreading the word of the draconian situations in Tamms with...
T aking the time to acknowledge your struggles A lways letting you all know that was truly care M aking this solitary confinement time not seem so hopeless M erciless cold dark and odious S preading...
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“The smell of diesel fumes was overpowering, its presence a turbulent mixture...
BEING IN TAMMS FELT like being underwater and drowing, not being able to breathe. Leaving that place was as if you suddenly come up for air. You’re gulping in air. You feel alive and real again. Every...
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“Fourteen years, eight months, and one day in that place”
FIRST OF ALL, I want to say thank you and everyone else that fought for us, without people like you’s, they would have kept me in Tamms until the day I died. To be honest with you, even after they...
View Article“moving the Mountain of the state with nothing but teaspoons and chopsticks...
TO MY BROTHERS AND sisters by another mother I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your tireless effort and indefatigable labor in moving the Mountain of the state with nothing but...
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“it wouldn’t last more than a year or two and how bad could a little down...
THANK YOU A MILLION times over. Now as we ride into the sunset, I’ll share what I believe is my scar from 12 years of loneliness. “Tamms the place to be” I remember when first getting there thinking it...
View ArticleNew Work Meeting Schedule
Join us for work meetings at 33 S. State Street, 7th floor, Sullivan Galleries. We normally meet twice a week from 5:00pm to 9:00pm, rotating Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Below is the current...
View Article“I have felt my mind trying to return to a new normal”
IT IS SO GREAT to be out of Tamms and to know I (and my fellows) will not return there, G-d willing. Thank you and all the others for your years of tireless work to dismantle that asylum. Each day that...
View ArticleValentine’s Day meeting to respond to letters
We decided to make our regular meeting time a Valentine’s Day event! Come read letters and write back to the men. Let’s give them a burst of our most redemptive and creative love. Thursday, February...
View ArticleTamms, Cold Storage and the Worst of the Worst
Tamms, Cold Storage and the Worst of the Worst[1] The Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has used the term homo sacer, derived from ancient Roman law, to describe groups or individuals judged so...
View ArticleSummer Work Meetings–FUN AND WORK
Summer work meetings are every Tuesday from 5:30 pm to 9:30pm at Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago! TY10 MOTTO: “Attending a meeting is not work. Only work is work.” But, at...
View ArticleFriend Darby Tillis in Tribune
Darby Tillis has always there whenever Tamms Year Ten called. He has always said YES and managed to made us feel good about whatever new scheme we have going. He even helped design and deliver the...
View ArticlePhoto Requests from Solitary heads to NYC
We have a new exhibit and public event about Photo Requests From Solitary — geared to help the campaign in New York to stop solitary confinement. If you are in New York City on September 22, come to...
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