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Illinois set to close Thomson prison. $237 million allocated to buy prison for Guantanamo prisoners

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Illinois set to close Thomson prison Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 The Obama administration announced December 15, 2009 it wants to buy the Thomson Correctional Center, which is 50 miles northeast of the Davenport. The Obama administration?s budget for fiscal year 2011 includes $237 million for the purchase, renovation and staffing of the Thomson Correctional Center. The state of Illinois intends to close the nearly vacant Thomson Correctional Center effective April 30, according to a letter sent to the union representing prison employees. ?This notice is part of the process the state must go through in order to close the prison, declare the property surplus and then to sell it to the federal government,? Januari Smith, a spokesperson for the state Department of Corrections, said in a statement Tuesday...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 17, 2010 (boomark / email).