USA: Open Letter to Director, Illinois Department of Corrections

USA: Open Letter to Director, Illinois Department of Corrections

In this open letter Amnesty International again expresses its concern about Tamms maximum security facility (CMAX) and encloses a copy of a previously sent letter which contained a number of recommendations. The organization remains concerned by the prolonged and indefinite nature of the isolation endured by many prisoners and by continuing reports that prisoners with mental illness are held at Tamms and denied proper diagnosis or treatment.