There are 5 article(s) tagged CoreCivic:

• August 2025

  • Tennessee town considers deal to turn closed prison into immigration detention facility

    Mason is within 10 miles of the BlueOval City campus, where Ford is manufacturing its new electric pickups and BlueOval SK batteries for the truck.

    By The Associated Press August 12, 2025

• December 2023

  • Tennessee prison officials grilled after another alarming audit

    The Tennessee Department of Correction “housed potential aggressors in the same cells as potential victims of sexual abuse” and officials weren’t disciplined after substantiated cases of sexual misconduct. 

    By Ian Round December 18, 2023

• November 2022

  • Tennessee private prison operator ramps up campaign spending

    CoreCivic gave $107,490 to Tennessee politicians and PACs from July to September, the majority going to incumbent Republicans. The company has stayed in business despite a high murder rate and accusations of underinvestment in safety.

    By Ian Round November 07, 2022

• July 2019

  • Governor says private prison operator will be held accountable for higher murder rate

    Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday he will hold the state’s private prison operator accountable amid a report the number of murders at CoreCivic-run facilities was twice that at Tennessee Department of Correction prisons.

    By Sam Stockard July 11, 2019

  • Murder rate higher in state’s privately run prisons, advocacy groups say

    Tennessee prisons operated by CoreCivic experienced twice as many inmate murders over a five-year period as state Department of Correction-run facilities, according to two advocacy groups.

    By Sam Stockard July 11, 2019