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Illinois Department of Corrections

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Christopher Coleman Gets New Look; Murderer Shaves Head For Prison

    idoc.state.il.usMr. Clean or Christopher Coleman?​Three weeks into his life sentence for killing his wife and two sons, convicted murderer Christopher Coleman has a new hairdo. Gone is the short-cropped blond hair he wore during his recent trial and his arrest in May 2009 on charges of strangling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    The Deer Commander is Officially Off the Hook

    A screen capture of Jarrod Lee Hayn and his handiwork on stltoday.com ​In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a federal law outlawing depictions of animal cruelty, the U.S. Attorney's Office has dropped all charges against Jarrod Lee Hayn, the Illinois man who filmed himself running ... More >>

  • News

    August 29, 2001

    Blooper Max

    Another security breach surfaces at Illinois' superexpensive supermaximum prison

  • News

    May 10, 2000

    Nothing Left to Lose

    Faced with supertough restrictions, inmates at Tamms protest by refusing to eat

  • News

    February 16, 2000

    Cruel and Usual

    Tamms Correctional Center is one of the toughest, most expensive and least crowded prisons in the nation. But does it accomplish anything —- besides driving inmates insane?

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