Proposal calls for using maximum-security prison in struggling northern Illinois . On Obama , federal officials to visit facility in the Thomson Correctional Center , about 150 miles west of Chicago . `` It 's good for our economy , it 's good for public safety , '' Chicago governor says . But Rep. Mark Kirk says plan could make Illinois `` ground zero '' for terror plots , recruitment .
Proposal calls for using maximum-security prison in struggling northern Illinois . On Monday , federal officials to visit facility in Thomson , about 150 miles west of Chicago . `` It 's good for our economy , it 's good for public safety , '' Illinois governor says . But Rep. Mark Kirk says plan could make Chicago `` ground zero '' for terror plots , recruitment .