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    Mar 18, 2010 | Chicago Tribune

  1. Feds buying Thomson prison regardless of use

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    From the Tribune Washington bureau: Feds buying Thomson prison regardless of use The prison in rural Thomson, Ill., could hold detainees at Guantanamo Bay, but federal authorities want it regardless of that. By Christi Parsons, Washington Bureau...
    2. Jan 7, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. State panel vote paves way for sale of Thomson Correctional Center to federal government

    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.
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    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....

    Tags: Dick Durbin, Pat Quinn, National Government, Executive Branch, Local Elections

    3. Dec 9, 2008 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Blagojevich hires 208 guards with no prison to guard

    Associated Press SPRINGFIELD — Just weeks after Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced hundreds of layoffs because of state budget woes, his administration hired 208 prison guards who don't have a prison to guard. The Department of Corrections hired...

    Tags: Unemployment, Unions, Employers, Career and Workplace, Executive Branch

    4. Dec 15, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Illinois to take Gitmo detainees

    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to buy the near-empty state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., to house federal inmates and up to 100 detainees from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said late Monday.
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    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has directed the federal government to buy the near-empty state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., to house federal inmates and up to 100 detainees from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said...

    Tags: New York, Cuba, Dick Durbin, Pat Quinn, Washington (U.S. state)

    5. Nov 15, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Gitmo in heartland?

    THOMSON, Ill. -- President Barack Obama's idea of moving suspected terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a northwest Illinois prison may face its biggest opposition hundreds of miles away in Washington.
    Tribune reporters
    THOMSON, Ill. -- President Barack Obama's idea of moving suspected terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a northwest Illinois prison may face its biggest opposition hundreds of miles away in Washington. On Saturday, residents and leaders...

    Tags: Cuba, Dick Durbin, Pat Quinn, Executive Branch, Chicago

    6. Nov 14, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Illinois the next Gitmo?

    A near-empty prison in rural Illinois has emerged as "a leading option" to house suspected terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said Friday.
    Tribune newspapers
    A near-empty prison in rural Illinois has emerged as "a leading option" to house suspected terrorists currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said Friday. As they work to shutter the controversial detention center,...

    Tags: Pat Quinn, Executive Branch, Chicago, Washington (U.S. state), Government

    7. Nov 17, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Illinois Prison Could Host Military Trials Of Detainees

    In addition to housing foreign detainees, an Illinois state prison could become a site for military trials of those charged with acts of terrorism, an administration official acknowleged Monday.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
    In addition to housing foreign detainees, an Illinois state prison could become a site for military trials of those charged with acts of terrorism, an administration official acknowleged Monday. As the Obama administration works to identify a detention...

    Tags: New York, Chicago, Washington (U.S. state), Government, Julian Barnes

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