Proposal calls for using maximum - security prisons in the northern states . If it is , the governor and other officials said Sunday , it could provide up to 2,000 jobs and up to $ 1 billion in federal money to the area . 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 # ##land plan could make Chicago ` ` ' zero '' for terror plots , too .
Proposal calls for using maximum - security prisons in the northern states . 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 # ##land plan could make Chicago ` ` ' zero '' for terror plots , too .