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As of 2016, the company is the second largest private corrections company in the United States.<ref name="motherjonesthecorrections">{{cite news|title=The Corrections Corporation of America, by the Numbers|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/cca-corrections-corperation-america-private-prisons-company-profile/|access-date=October 31, 2017|work=Mother Jones|date=July–August 2016}}</ref> CoreCivic manages more than 65 state and federal correctional and detention facilities with a capacity of more than 90,000 beds in 19 states and the District of Columbia.<ref name="CCA-Hist">{{cite web|url=http://cca.com/about/cca-history/|title=CoreCivic: Better the Public Good|last=CoreCivic|website=cca.com|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref> | As of 2016, the company is the second largest private corrections company in the United States.<ref name="motherjonesthecorrections">{{cite news|title=The Corrections Corporation of America, by the Numbers|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/cca-corrections-corperation-america-private-prisons-company-profile/|access-date=October 31, 2017|work=Mother Jones|date=July–August 2016}}</ref> CoreCivic manages more than 65 state and federal correctional and detention facilities with a capacity of more than 90,000 beds in 19 states and the District of Columbia.<ref name="CCA-Hist">{{cite web|url=http://cca.com/about/cca-history/|title=CoreCivic: Better the Public Good|last=CoreCivic|website=cca.com|access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref> | ||
The company's revenue in 2012 exceeded $1.7 billion.<ref name="HoustonCDF" /> By 2015, its contracts with federal correctional and detention authorities generated up to 51% of its revenues. It operated 22 federal facilities with the capacity for 25,851 prisoners.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news | url=https://medium.com/@NoBorderNoWalls/help-wanted-social-justice-hero-5cefff745f13 | title=Help Wanted: Undercover Hero | work=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] | date=January 2, 2018}}</ref> By 2016, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) along with [[GEO Group]] were running "more than 170 prisons and detention centres". CCA's revenues in 2015 were $1.79bn.<ref name="theguardian_2016">{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/16/us-prisons-jail-private-healthcare-companies-profit |title=Welcome to Jail Inc: how private companies make money off US prisons |quote=In a bid to cut costs, more state prisons and county jails are adding healthcare to the growing list of services that are outsourced to for-profit companies |work= | The company's revenue in 2012 exceeded $1.7 billion.<ref name="HoustonCDF" /> By 2015, its contracts with federal correctional and detention authorities generated up to 51% of its revenues. It operated 22 federal facilities with the capacity for 25,851 prisoners.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news | url=https://medium.com/@NoBorderNoWalls/help-wanted-social-justice-hero-5cefff745f13 | title=Help Wanted: Undercover Hero | work=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] | date=January 2, 2018}}</ref> By 2016, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) along with [[GEO Group]] were running "more than 170 prisons and detention centres". CCA's revenues in 2015 were $1.79bn.<ref name="theguardian_2016">{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/16/us-prisons-jail-private-healthcare-companies-profit |title=Welcome to Jail Inc: how private companies make money off US prisons |quote=In a bid to cut costs, more state prisons and county jails are adding healthcare to the growing list of services that are outsourced to for-profit companies |work=The Guardian|author=Rupert Neate |location=Austin, Texas |date=June 16, 2016 |access-date=February 13, 2017}}</ref> | ||
CCA has been the subject of much controversy over the years, mostly related to apparent attempts to save money, such as hiring inadequate staff, extensive lobbying, and lack of proper cooperation with legal entities to avoid repercussions.<ref>Kerkham, Chris (February 14, 2012). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/private-prisons-buying-state-prisons_n_1272143.html "Private Prisons Buying State Prisons"], ''[[The Huffington Post]]''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref> CCA rebranded itself as CoreCivic amid the ongoing scrutiny of the private prison industry.<ref>{{cite news |last= Boucher|first=Dave|date=October 28, 2016|title=CCA changes name to CoreCivic amid ongoing scrutiny|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/10/28/cca-changes-name-amid-ongoing-scrutiny/92883274/|work=[[The Tennessean]]|access-date= October 27, 2017}}</ref> | CCA has been the subject of much controversy over the years, mostly related to apparent attempts to save money, such as hiring inadequate staff, extensive lobbying, and lack of proper cooperation with legal entities to avoid repercussions.<ref>Kerkham, Chris (February 14, 2012). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/private-prisons-buying-state-prisons_n_1272143.html "Private Prisons Buying State Prisons"], ''[[The Huffington Post]]''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref> CCA rebranded itself as CoreCivic amid the ongoing scrutiny of the private prison industry.<ref>{{cite news |last= Boucher|first=Dave|date=October 28, 2016|title=CCA changes name to CoreCivic amid ongoing scrutiny|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/10/28/cca-changes-name-amid-ongoing-scrutiny/92883274/|work=[[The Tennessean]]|access-date= October 27, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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===Eloy Detention Center=== | ===Eloy Detention Center=== | ||
The Eloy Detention Center of Arizona, owned and operated by CoreCivic, has had 15 detainee deaths from 2003 to July 2015, including five by [[suicide]]. Congressman [[Raúl Grijalva]], D-Ariz., said these events made it "the deadliest immigration detention center in the U.S."<ref name="jula"/> In late July 2015 he called for an independent investigation into the most recent suicide.<ref name="jula">[http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/investigations/2015/07/28/eloy-detention-center-immigrant-suicides/30760545/ Megan Jula and Daniel González, "Eloy Detention Center: Why so many suicides?"], ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'', July 29, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.</ref> By July 2016, a three-month measles outbreak affecting at least 22 victims was spread by unvaccinated employees. [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal County's]] health director presumed the outbreak likely originated with a migrant, but detainees had since received vaccinations. Convincing CoreCivic's workers to become vaccinated or verify proof of immunity was far more difficult, he said.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/08/arizona-measles-outbreak-immigration-detention-workers Arizona measles outbreak: immigration workers blamed for refusing vaccines], '' | The Eloy Detention Center of Arizona, owned and operated by CoreCivic, has had 15 detainee deaths from 2003 to July 2015, including five by [[suicide]]. Congressman [[Raúl Grijalva]], D-Ariz., said these events made it "the deadliest immigration detention center in the U.S."<ref name="jula"/> In late July 2015 he called for an independent investigation into the most recent suicide.<ref name="jula">[http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/investigations/2015/07/28/eloy-detention-center-immigrant-suicides/30760545/ Megan Jula and Daniel González, "Eloy Detention Center: Why so many suicides?"], ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'', July 29, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.</ref> By July 2016, a three-month measles outbreak affecting at least 22 victims was spread by unvaccinated employees. [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal County's]] health director presumed the outbreak likely originated with a migrant, but detainees had since received vaccinations. Convincing CoreCivic's workers to become vaccinated or verify proof of immunity was far more difficult, he said.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/08/arizona-measles-outbreak-immigration-detention-workers Arizona measles outbreak: immigration workers blamed for refusing vaccines], ''The Guardian'', July 8, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2019.</ref> | ||
===South Texas Family Residential Center=== | ===South Texas Family Residential Center=== | ||