A recent report by NPR and the Marshall Project found Thomson federal prison has become one of the deadliest prisons in the U.S.
Some of Illinois's top lawmakers are calling for a federal investigation into Thomson federal prison in western Illinois.found it has become one of the deadliest prisons in the U.S., with five suspected homicides and two alleged suicides since 2019.
"If these reports prove accurate, they describe conduct that would almost certainly contravene numerous [U.S. Bureau of Prisons] policies, as well as infringing the civil rights of individuals in BOP custody and possibly violating federal criminal statutes," the lawmakers wrote in their letter to Horowitz.
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