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CCA Acquires Avalon Correctional Services

November 24, 2015 4190 Views Baptist Memorial Hospital, Eastern U.S., FCC prison call decision, GSA

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prisons operator, grew on Oct. 29 when it announced the purchase of Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Avalon Correctional Services Inc., a privately held company that provides residential reintegration programming to help residents return to their communities. After the purchase, CCA now touts itself as the largest domestic owner of community corrections beds.

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CCA Acquires Four Residential Re-Entry Facilities

September 2, 2015 2675 Views Eastern U.S., FCC prison call decision, food services, Gensler, GSA, Israeli Prison Service, University of Colorado, What Keeps me up at Night?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest owner of partnership correctional and detention facilities, announced on Aug. 31 that it has acquired four community corrections facilities for approximately $13.5 million. The facilities were previously owned and/or operated by a privately held owner of community corrections facilities and other government leased assets.

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CCA Loses Ohio Prison Contract

December 30, 2014 3834 Views Boeing South Carolina, Eastern U.S., Farm-to-school initiative, GSA, PUC, What Keeps me up at Night?, Wind Tunnel, Yale University

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) decided on Dec. 29 not to renew its contract with the 2,016-bed Northeast Ohio Correction Center, a privately-owned prison in Youngstown for low-level offenders.

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Vermont DOC Seeks Out-of-State Contractor

October 1, 2014 2318 Views Council of State Government, Eastern U.S., GSA, State Sen. Heath Mello, University of Kansas Medical Center

MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Department of Corrections is looking for a new out-of-state contractor to house about 500 inmates that Vermont does not have the capacity to hold.
The state currently has a four-year contract with Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), which will expire next July. CCA is currently housing the Vermonters in Kentucky and Arizona, which is not ideal because it puts a rather large distance between inmates and their families.

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CCA to Finance, Build Tennessee Prison

July 9, 2014 2817 Views Eastern U.S., FCC prison call decision, Green Building Alliance, GSA, prison telephone service providers, Stephen Rankin & Associates, What Keeps me up at Night?

TROUSDALE COUNTY, Tenn. — The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest owner of partnership correctional and detention facilities, has agreed to finance, design, build and operate a 2,552-bed correctional facility in Trousdale County, Tenn. According to a release issued by CCA, the facility will meet the responsibilities of a separate intergovernmental service agreement (IGSA) between Trousdale County and the State of Tennessee regarding correctional services.

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Idaho to End CCA Contract

January 15, 2014 2882 Views 1100 Architect, Abu Dhabi, Central U.S., GSA, Indu & Raj Soin Medical Center

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter asked the Idaho Board of Correction earlier this month to take over the operation of the 2,080-bed Idaho Correctional Center (ICC), the state’s largest prison. Gov. Otter is ending a $29 million contract with private contractor Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) after the facility has dealt with multiple lawsuits alleging violence, understaffing and contract fraud.

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Law Drafted for Public Operation of Idaho Prisons

September 11, 2013 2173 Views Abu Dhabi, AE7, Central U.S., GSA, Indu & Raj Soin Medical Center

BOISE, Idaho — Rep. John Gannon, D-Boise, drafted a proposal that would allow state agencies to bid on government work normally reserved for private companies. Specifically, this plan would allow the Idaho Department of Corrections to enter the running to take over operation of the Idaho Correctional Center (ICC). The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is currently in charge of running the prison.

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Joliet No Longer in Running for Private Immigrant Detention Center

June 5, 2013 2404 Views Baylor University, Dan Patrick, David Dunn, Eastern U.S., GSA, Health Care Risk Management, Texas Charter School Association

JOLIET, Ill. — The Corrections Corporation of American (CCA) announced Monday that it will no longer consider Joliet, Ill. as a potential host city for a new immigrant detention center. The Immigration and Enforcement Customs, which would contract CCA to operate the detention center, will continue its search for a Chicago-area site.

The decision comes at a time in which immigration reform is being debated upon and the local lawmakers expressed heavy opposition.

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Unique Private Prison Deal Leads to Backlash

March 6, 2013 2616 Views Eastern U.S., Green Building Alliance, GSA, security automation systems, Trespa

CONNEAUT, Ohio — A private prison in Ohio has been making headlines in all the wrong ways since the state sold the facility in 2011. Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid the state $72.7 million for the Lake Erie Correctional Institution in an unprecedented move that the company’s representatives predicted would serve as a model for other states at the time. The private prison company sent correspondence to leaders in 48 other states, trying to encourage them to make similar deals.

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Ohio Shifts Prison Ownership, Operation Structure

November 30, 2011 2315 Views Dukane Precast, GSA, Maber architects, PodSolves, What Keeps me up at Night?

CONNEAUT, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) 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.