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Illinois Prison to Get Gitmo Detainees Posted on 12/15/2009
The White House plans to announce Tuesday that the government will acquire an underutilized state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Gov. Quinn and Sen. Durbin Part of Announcement Administration officials as well as Sen. Richard Durbin, D-IL, and Gov. Pat Quinn, D-IL, will make an official announcement at the White House.
President Barack Obama directed the government to acquire Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, IL, near the Mississippi River about 150 miles from Chicago.
No More than 100 Detainees The facility would house federal inmates and no more than 100 detainees from Guantanamo Bay.
Closing Guantanamo is a top priority for President Obama.
Obama signed an executive order hours into his presidency directing that the process of closing the prison begin.
The President has said he wants terrorism suspects transferred to American soil so they can be tried for their suspected crimes.
Maimum Security Prision The Thomson Correctional Center was built by Illinois in 2001 as a state prison with the potential to house maximum security inmates.
