THOMSON Correctional Center

[CMarie1881]

Ok so I have finally visited Thomson...my guy's brother is in the msu there.  It's actually pretty laid back, the c/o's don't even sit in the visiting room!  The visiting room is really tiny, I think maybe a total of 9 tables or so.  You have to call one week in advance to schedule a visit and I think the visiting hours are 10AM-6PM every day. Visits are 4 hours long even on weekends and holidays.  They are very child friendly there, and have a pretty decent selection of things for the kids to play with.  They are allowed 8 visits a month, only 2 can be weekend/holiday visits.  The vending machine cards are $5.00, and the prices in the vending machines are kind of expensive compared to where J is at.  But overall, it was pretty relaxed!

[ielene]

sound pretty good compared to Stateville. More visiting, longer hours and a place for kids to play. One of the hardest things about visiting Stateville is keeping my 2 year old granddaughter busy.

[dcal5150]

Do you know how many inmates are ther or when they will fill it?

[CMarie1881]

The max isn't open yet, just the minimum.  I think there are around 200 guys there now.

[merino2]

My husband is in thompson right now he got transferd to the minumim security prison with in the prison. They have it open right now for 200 men they said its like the lowest security place right now and its suposed to be a step before work release thats what we heard but i dont know!