U.S. to house Guantanamo detainees in Illinois, officials say
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours 18 minutes agoThe federal government will buy the nearly empty Thomson Correctional Center, where it hopes to put up to 100 detainees. President Obama has directed the federal government to buy a nearly empty state prison in rural Illinois to house up to 100 detainees held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said late Monday.