Tamms prison downstate closes

  

January 4, 2012 (TAMMS, Ill.) (WLS) -- The far southern Illinois high-security prison in Tamms will officially close Friday.

The final inmates were moved this past weekend.

In December, a judge sided with Governor Pat Quinn and waived an injunction from the union representing the prison guards.

Governor Quinn's administration has said the prison is too costly to operate.

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