A coalition of civil liberties groups, including the ACLU, is urging Congress not to buy the Thomson Correctional Center unless it outlaws indefinite detentions and military commissions.

The Obama administration plans to operate the Thomson (Ill.) Correctional Center as a federal prison even if it’s not successful at getting approval to move foreign detainees there from ...

THOMSON, Ill. — The federal government’s purchase of Thomson Correctional Center will have an economic impact that reaches far beyond the prison’s walls into the Quad-City region.

THOMSON, Ill — The Thomson Correctional Center is “at the top of the list” of facilities being considered to house detainees now being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley ...

A village in Carroll County, Thomson is 48 miles northwest of Moline. Federal Correctional Institution Thomson, a low-security federal prison, houses 1,901 inmates, according to the Bureau of ...

THOMSON, Ill. — Even though money for Thomson Correctional Center wasn’t included in the governor’s proposed budget, supporters will hold an informational rally Saturday in hopes of ...

THOMSON, Ill. — At the Thomson Correctional Center, small tables with stools sit in the visitors’ area. Desks are arranged in neat rows in the classrooms of the program area. Plastic-covered ...

A leaked memorandum posted to a Web site Friday says the Obama administration has chosen to move detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Thomson Correctional Center, but the administration ...

The long-stagnant Thomson Correctional Center is a “leading contender” to house prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Obama administration official said Saturday.

SPRINGFIELD - The collapse of part of a ceiling at Thomson Correctional Center could cost the state up to $1.5 million to fix. The drywall ceiling in a dormitory-style minimum-security wing of the ...

Thomson officials have already committed ... Cases of COVID-19 also have increased at the East Moline Correctional Center, 100 Hillcrest Road. The Illinois Department of Corrections reported ...