Despite closing Tamms DOC to spend $100 million more this year

Despite closing the super max prison at Tamms and other facilities around the state the Illinois Department of Corrections will spend more than $100 million more in the upcoming year.  Here’s the link to the story written by Kurt Erickson, in the Southern Illinoisan.

thesouthern.com/news/local/despite-prison-closures-little-savings-seen-corrections-to-still-spend/article_c3344ca4-aa3d-11e2-a411-0019bb2963f4.html