Tamms Year Ten

Project Added: August 19, 2021
Project Point of Contact: [email protected]
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A sunset at a beach on a tropical island. A blue and yellow bird flies across the sky

Visions from Solitary: Prisoners’ Imaginations Made Real By Activists’ Photographs. Courtesy of Prison Photography.

Arts-and Intersections:

Public Welfare

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Location:

Chicago, Illinois

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Genre/Discipline:

Visual art

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County/Multi-County Region

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Project Website:

http://tammsyearten.org

OVERVIEW

Tamms Year Ten—a coalition of current and former inmates, families, artists, and others—was created to protest the policies at Tamms C-MAX prison and to call for an end to psychological torture. It initiated cultural, educational, and political events that called attention to abuses and led to the closing of the prison.

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