 President Barack Obama has promised to close the military-run
detention center in Cuba, and his administration is looking for
another plan to house detainees.
Sen. Dick Durbin has said the nearly empty Thomson Correctional
Center is apparently the leading candidate.
A joint Illinois legislative committee plans a public hearing on
Dec. 22 concerning the proposed sale.
Federal officials already have toured the facility and talked
with Illinois lawmakers.
Quinn supports selling the prison to jump-start the economy in
the rural Carroll County farming community where the prison is
located.
A number of Republican lawmakers have raised concerns about
bringing detainees to Illinois.
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