Bergami was the warden of a medium-security federal prison in New Jersey when bureau officials asked him to run Thomson. He hired Denny Whitmore, another 30-year veteran of the federal prison ...

M onths after officials closed a violent federal prison unit in Illinois, a new report reveals more accounts of a pervasive culture of abuse inside and calls for an investigation of the officers ...

Thomson prison was built in 2001. But budget troubles kept it from fully opening and its 1,600 cells housed fewer than 200 inmates before the facility was closed in preparation for a sale in 2009.

Where is Thomson prison, the Illinois correctional center housing Ed Burke? Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke was lodged at a federal minimum security camp in Thomson, Illinois, a village of around 500 ...

Dire conditions at a unit in the Thomson federal penitentiary prompted “immediate” changes, and a temporary reduction of the prison’s population. By Glenn Thrush WASHINGTON — The Bureau of ...

According to AFGE Local Union 4070, which represents Thomson's prison workers, the employee was exposed on Monday, Sept. 2. The worker was given a dose of Narcan and hospitalized following the event.

Thomson federal prison still on lockdown following third alleged staff drug exposure in weeks. According to AFGE Local Union 4070, ... (FCI) Thomson in Thomson, Illinois, ...

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. — The prospect of Thomson Correctional Center being turned into a federal prison that would house some detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, earned the full support Saturday of ...

An inmate at the federal prison in Thomson, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the death of a fellow inmate. (kwqc) By KWQC Staff. Published: Oct. 19, 2022 at 6:06 ...

Working in a federal prison, even a minimum-security one, comes with unique challenges. Early this month, Thomson Penitentiary ended a 19-day lockdown to deal with security concerns over an ...

FCI Thomson is in Carroll County in northwestern Illinois. The prison is a low-security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp and houses 2,041 male ...