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| Federal Officials Still Looking For New Jail |
| By mlive.com |
| Published: 09/15/2010 |
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STANDISH — Standish Maximum Security Prison is still in the running to become a federal facility, but a familiar foe in Illinois may have the competition locked up. Federal officials recently completed a required environmental impact study on the facility that beat out Standish prison last year to hold Guantanamo Bay terror detainees. Once a 30-day public comment period ends Oct. 1, federal officials could make an offer to purchase Thomson Correctional Center, a 1,600-cell prison located in northwestern Illinois. The BOP published the study last month. But that doesn’t mean Standish is out of the question, according to Richard Cohn, spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. After federal officials toured Standish last month, they said they would do the same environmental impact study and expected its completion in 12-18 months. Read More. |
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