Officials to inspect Illinois jail for Guantánamo inmates
source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33971955/ns/us_news-security/
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Officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Defense were expected Monday at the Thomson Correctional Center, about 150 miles west of Chicago.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin say the potential sale could help create about 3,000 jobs in the economically depressed area.
But critics, including Republican members of Congress from Illinois, have been quick to condemn the prospect of the sale because of safety concerns.
Federal officials are considering Thomson along with a facility in Colorado and a site in Montana.
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Ihatethemall
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Well most of the employees that would be working there would be from Clinton Iowa. They wanted to open that prison a few years back. They wanted to close down Pontiac State Pen and open Thomson. They didnt because the city of Pontiac ILL would have suffered a HUGE tax lose from all the jobs the prison provides. The other concern was most of the jobs would go to people in Iowa. Clinton Iowa being very close and one of the larger cities in the area. I know, I lived within 10 miles of that prison. I still live within 35 or so miles of it.
On another note, what a great way for obama to pay back the democrats in ILL. All that federal money flooding into the state. The Chicago demcrats and their political machine rolls on. Elected thugs. Nothing more, nothing less.
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