Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin plan to go to the White House next week to discuss details of selling Thomson Correctional Center to the federal government for the use of imprisoning Gitmo detainees.
My sources within the IDOC tell me this is a done deal. Illinois will get the detainees. The State of Illinois needs the money, the region of Thomson needs the jobs and Gitmo needs to close. All three problems seemed to be solved by this. Except I don't think the move accomplishes anything at all.
Meanwhile, at a prison in Southern Illinois, an inmate is shot dead after a 7 hour hostage standoff in which he took a female employee hostage.
Fun times in Illinois.
*Update:
Just spoke to chief of operations of IDOC and it will be announced soon that Thomson will get some detainees.
**Update:
It hits the news. Welcome to the very non-corrupt Land of Lincoln.
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