Thomson prison in northwest Illinois expected to be fully operational in 2017 | State/Region | thesouthern.com
THOMSON — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said a western Illinois federal prison will be fully operational starting late next year.
Durbin visited Thomson Administrative U.S. Penitentiary on Tuesday. He said progress is moving forward on the facility but that much work remains to be done.
As a federal maximum-security prison, Thomson is expected to house up to 2,800 federal inmates from around the country and create about 100 more jobs.
"I'm so happy to report that out of the 214 current employees at this facility, paid employees and salaried employees, with a payroll income of about $22 million a year, that over half of them are from the local area," said the senator.
THOMSON — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said a western Illinois federal prison will be fully operational starting late next year.
Durbin visited Thomson Administrative U.S. Penitentiary on Tuesday. He said progress is moving forward on the facility but that much work remains to be done.
As a federal maximum-security prison, Thomson is expected to house up to 2,800 federal inmates from around the country and create about 100 more jobs.
"I'm so happy to report that out of the 214 current employees at this facility, paid employees and salaried employees, with a payroll income of about $22 million a year, that over half of them are from the local area," said the senator.