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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn has officially announced his proposal to close 14 major state facilities, including two prisons.

The targeted prisons are a maximum security institution in Dwight and the "supermax" prison in Tamms.

Also on the closure list are four mental institutions and two prisons for juveniles.

In his budget address Wednesday, Quinn said the need to lower state spending "gives us no choice."

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