[Crunchified]

Good article, but I wonder why the photo of Thomson Correctional Center appears to show it to be an Illinois Department of Corrections prison rather than a federal prison?

[alwaysrunning]

I am assuming it's an old picture? fm Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Penitentiary,_Th...

"In October 2012, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) purchased Thomson Correctional Center from the State of Illinois for $165 million."

[tomjakubowski]

The federal government bought the prison from Illinois in 2012. Must be an old photo