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U.S. Said to Pick Illinois Prison to House "Detainees" from Guantanamo

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

U.S. Said to Pick Illinois Prison to House Detainees By CHARLIE SAVAGE Published: December 14, 2009 WASHINGTON ? The Obama administration is expected to announce on Tuesday that it has selected a prison in northwestern Illinois to house terrorism suspects now being held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in a major step toward shutting down that military detention facility. An administration official said President Obama had directed the federal government to proceed with acquiring the Thomson Correctional Center, a maximum-security prison in a rural village about 150 miles west of Chicago. Gov. Patrick J. Quinn of Illinois and the state?s senior senator, Richard J. Durbin, will be briefed about the plan at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. The officials, both Democrats, have been enthusiastic supporters of bringing Guantánamo prisoners to Thomson, arguing that it would bring jobs to an impoverished part of the state...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 15, 2009 (boomark / email).