An investigation is underway into conditions at a federal prison in Illinois following several inmate deaths.
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth requested the probe into the penitentiary at Thomson. Seven inmates have died there since 2019… five homicides and two suicides. And there have been multiple allegations of abuse at the prison.
While praising the Department of Justice investigation into Thomson, Durbin says more must be done… including appointing a new director for the federal Bureau of Prisons.
