Fifteen corrections officers at the Thomson federal prison were sent to local hospitals Wednesday, April 16, after they were exposed in the prison mail room to what is believed to be a dangerous drug, ...

According to Jon Zumkehr, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 4070, 17 officers at Federal Correctional Institution Thomson were taken to the hospital and a majority of ...

The exposure marks the eighth incident of staff hospitalization from drug exposure at the Thomson facility in the past 15 months.

THOMSON — Fifteen corrections officers at the Thomson federal prison were sent to local hospitals Wednesday, April 16, after they were exposed in the prison mail room to what is believed to be a ...

THOMSON, Ill. (KWQC/Gray News) - Seventeen officers were exposed to an “unknown substance” in the mail room at a federal prison in Thomson, Illinois, on Wednesday. According to Jon Zumkehr ...