Holder: No Gitmo Detainees to Thomson
By: Blake Long
Updated: April 4, 2011
THOMSON - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says no Guantanamo Bay detainees will be transferred to Thomson Correctional Center.
Thomson is an empty high security prison in northwest Illinois.
The federal government is in negotiations with Illinois to buy the facility and turn it into a federal prison.
The move would create an estimated 1,100 jobs.
Holder told Illinois senator Dick Durbin a final deal is imminent.
Thomson is an empty high security prison in northwest Illinois.
The federal government is in negotiations with Illinois to buy the facility and turn it into a federal prison.
The move would create an estimated 1,100 jobs.
Holder told Illinois senator Dick Durbin a final deal is imminent.
