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Thomson Prison

WTTW News | December 15, 2009, 7:00 pm

Some Guantanamo Bay detainees will be heading to Thomson Prison, in northwestern Illinois, under orders from the federal government. Rich Samuels was in Thomson today and shares how local residents were reacting to the news.

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