Correctional Corporation of America (CCA)

Correctional Corporation of America (CCA), now known as CoreCivic, is a private company that manages and operates prisons and detention centers for government agencies. Instead of government agencies running these facilities directly, CCA contracts with local, state, and federal authorities to provide incarceration services. The company earns revenue by housing inmates and detainees, offering correctional, detention, and rehabilitative services. As a for-profit entity, CCA's goal is to generate profit through the management of these facilities, which has prompted ongoing discussions about the privatization of the correctional system and its impacts on cost, accountability, and rehabilitation efforts.