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Officials to inspect Ill jail for Gitmo inmates

THOMSON, Ill. (AP) — Federal officials are due to arrive in rural northwest Illinois to inspect a prison that could be bought by the federal government and used to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Defense are expected Monday at the Thomson Correctional Center. It's about 150 miles west of Chicago.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn...

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