These Bureau of Prisons programs teach prisoners about life, giving back and obeying the rules. Dog training programs and pickleball provide life lessons for prisoners.

A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives would take on one of the biggest safety concerns in federal prisons.

THOMSON, IL, UNITED STATES, January 14, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- Thomson federal Prison took a bold step forward today with the launch of its Pawsitive Paws Dog Training Program, bringing three ...

For the past nearly 130 days, a federal minimum security prison in Thomson, Illinois, 150 miles west of Chicago, has been home to the once-powerful former dean of the Chicago City Council.

Burke was sentenced to two years in prison, and this past September he began serving his sentence at FCI Thomson, a low-security federal prison in western Illinois. He currently is expected to be ...

Dick Durbin sent a letter to the Office of Personal Management to approve a pay raise for employees at Thomson Prison ... swiftly to approve the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) recently ...

A Burlington man was sentenced Friday to 30 months, or two years and six months, in federal prison for possessing five firearms as a drug user, according to a media release.

Dave Leyden, the twin brother of Jan. 6 rioter Daniel Leyden, told the Tribune in a text message Monday evening that he was driving from Chicago to the downstate Thomson federal prison in ...