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Prisoners at Tamms Supermax Prison Get Invited To Request A Photo of Anything in the World

A Prison’s Dilemma

Artists invited the inmates at Illinois’s Tamms supermax prison to request an image of anything in the world—and then they photographed it. See the results.

Isabel Wilkinson

Isabel Wilkinson

Published May 6 2013 10:43AM EDT

articles/2013/05/06/prisoners-at-tamms-supermax-prison-get-invited-to-request-a-photo-of-anything-in-the-world/130502-GAL-tamms-tease_qqqjxe — Laurie Jo Reynolds and Stephen Eisenman, via Creative Time Reports. Photo by Chris Murphy, 2012.,Laurie Jo Reynolds and Stephen Eisenman,via Creative Time Reports. Photo by Chris Murphy,2012.

This story is published in collaboration with Creative Time Reports.

Illinois's Tamms supermax prison, built in 1998, was a scary place. Prisoners were not allowed phone calls and were barred from visits or activities.

Isabel Wilkinson

Isabel Wilkinson

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