Durbin to Host Delegation Briefing on Thomson Correctional Center

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that TODAY, December 2, he will host a briefing for members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation to discuss the Thomson Correctional Center in Carroll County, Illinois as a possible site for a new federal maximum security prison.

If the Thomson Correctional Center is purchased by the federal government, the seven-county area surrounding the facility is expected to experience an estimated increase in employment of between 3,100 and 3,800 jobs in the first four years of operation. The ongoing operation of the prison is estimated to generate about 2,800 jobs that will be filled by people residing in Illinois. In the same time period, these jobs generated by the facility will produce a cumulative total of between $793 million and $1.015 billion in local earnings.

Representatives of the Departments of Defense and Justice (Bureau of Prisons) along with State of Illinois officials including the Director of the Illinois State Police, Jonathon Monken, will also attend tomorrow’s meeting.

What: Briefing on Thomson Correctional Center

Who: U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)

Members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation

Director of the Illinois State Police, Jonathon Monken

Officials from the Defense Department and the Justice Department

When: Wednesday, December 2, 2009

1:30 – 2:30 PM ET

Where: Assistant Majority Leader’s Office

Capitol (S-321)

Washington, DC

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