He was eventually sent to the Stateville Correctional Center, a maximum-security facility in Joliet.

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Peterson was incarcerated in the maximum security Pontiac Correctional Center after a short stay at Stateville Correctional Center.

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The Illinois Department of Corrections announced Thursday the 59-year-old Peterson was transferred to Menard Correctional Center in southern Illinois.

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Inmates across the state can apply, and those accepted are transferred to the Cleveland Correctional Center, which houses the program.

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Earlier this month, the Department of Justice initiated the purchase of the Thomson Correctional Center, a now-empty state prison facility located in Thomson, Illinois.

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Mr. Abu Ghaith is being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan, one of two federal facilities in New York City that house defendants awaiting trial.

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Recently, the BOP entered into a four-year management agreement with CCA on the McRae (Georgia) Correctional Center which will increase the number of inmates that facility holds from 1, 524 to 2, 275.

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Given the need to talk to Congress and get them onboard with the transfer of prisoners to the Thomson correctional center, you need to convert that prison from a maximum-security prison to a supermax.

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