(03/06/2013)
A private prison in Ohio has been making headlines in all the wrong ways since the state sold the facility in 2011.
(11/30/2011)
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction made changes in the ownership and operation of five prisons, saving the state an estimated $13 million annually and adding an additional 702 beds throughout Ohio’s prison system.
By Helen Christophi
(02/10/2011)
(02/10/2011)
One month after nominating a former Corrections Corp. of America warden for Correction's Commissioner, the state of Maine is now considering the privatization of its prison system.
(02/02/2011)
Newly-elected Gov. John Kasich’s long-time advisor and former congressional chief of staff Don Thibaut will lobby the administration on behalf of Corrections Corp. of America.
By Helen Christophi
(01/26/2011)
(01/26/2011)
Gov. Paul LePage has nominated Joseph Ponte to head Maine’s Department of Corrections. Ponte is currently a warden at Nevada Southern Detention Center, which is owned by Corrections Corp. of America.
(11/05/2010)
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation awarded GEO Group Inc. the contract for nearly 2,600 additional beds in out-of-state facilities and it's considering a new contract with CCA.
By Roibín Ó hÉochaidh
(12/07/2009)
(12/07/2009)
Prototypical design and precast housing help CCA’s largest planned facility go on line.
(12/03/2009)
Corrections Corporation of America announced the suspension of work on the new $143 million correctional facility in Trousdale County that would have created more than 2,000 new beds.
(12/01/2009)
Corrections Corporation of America president and chief operating officer Damon Hininger, the Background Check subject in the July/August issue, will succeed chairman John Ferguson as chief executive officer in October.
(12/01/2009)
Corrections Corporation of America will bring the recently completed Adams County Correctional Facility on line this year to house illegal-immigrant offenders for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.