was $18,068. About 8.8% of families and 17.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 25.2% of those age 65 or over. Government and infrastructure Tamms was the location of the former Tamms Correctional Center, a super-maximum correctional facility operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections which was closed in January 2013. The State of Illinois execution chamber was at Tamms. Prior to the January 11, 2003 commutation of death row sentences, male death row inmates were housed in Tamms, Menard, and Pontiac correctional centers. After that date, only Pontiac continued to host the male death row. The death penalty was abolished in Illinois in March 2011. Education The school district is the Egyptian School District. References Villages in Alexander County, Illinois 1883 establishments in Illinois