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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Durbin tweets about new federal prison and why it is needed

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin and Congresswoman Cheri Bustos announced Monday that a warden has been hired to oversee the newly-renovated, now federally-run Thomson prison. More funding will be needed to get the prison - which has never been fully utilized since its construction - ready to accept prisoners. 

One Washington observer - @Jimmy Princeton - took note of the announcement and found irony in a Tweet Durbin sent out Monday and another he sent out in March 2014:

Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 09:07 AM |

Tags: Cheri Bustos, Dick Durbin, Illinois Review, prison, reopen, Thomson, warden

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