This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project and NPR:
The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing a notorious high-security unit at Thomson penitentiary in Illinois, after frequent reports of violence and abuse.
An investigation last year by The Marshall Project and NPR found that Thomson had quickly become one of the deadliest federal prisons, with five suspected homicides and two suspected suicides since 2019. The report also exposed conditions that stoked violence, where volatile prisoners were locked down together in small cells for nearly 24 hours a day.This article was published in partnership with NPR.
A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson said in an email on Tuesday that they “recently identified significant concerns with respect to institutional culture and compliance with BOP policies” at Thomson, requiring “immediate corrective measures.” Officials would not comment on where the hundreds of people held in the Special Management Unit at Thomson were being transferred. Those housed in the general population and the minimum security camp will remain at the prison. Continue reading >>>
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