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Guantanamo/Thompson IL: State panel vote paves way for sale of Thomson Correctional Center to federal government

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

State panel vote paves way for sale of Thomson Correctional Center to federal government By Monique Garcia Tribune reporter January 7, 2010 A panel of state lawmakers recommended closing a little-used prison in northwest Illinois on Wednesday, giving Gov. Pat Quinn political cover to sell the facility to the Obama administration to house terrorism suspects now held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The 7-4 vote by the state Commission on Governmental Forecasting and Accountability means the state can sell the Thomson Correctional Center to the federal government as soon as mid-April. Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., have promoted the plan as a way to bring federal money and jobs into an economically depressed part of the state, though Republicans argue the move has not been thought through and could make Illinois a terrorist target...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).