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No Thomson Prison Bidders; Feds Still Interested
CHICAGO (AP) -- No bidders stepped up to buy a western Illinois prison, but federal officials say they're still interested in the Thomson Correctional Center.

Federal officials didn't participate in Tuesday's auction of the prison. But they sent a letter explaining that they still one day want to buy Thomson and turn it into a federal prison.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons' letter to Gov. Pat Quinn says the government still needs to get the money to buy the prison. It was up for bid at just less than $220 million.

Quinn's office says they are committed to working with the federal government to complete a sale of the prison. The prison had never been fully opened and has been cleared out and declared surplus state property so it could be sold.

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