CoreCivic Enters Into New Management Contract at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility for the U.S. Marshals Service

NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE:CXW) (the Company) announced today that it has entered into a new contract under an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Tallahatchie County Correctional Authority, Tutwiler, Mississippi and the U.S. Marshals Service at CoreCivic's 2,672-bed Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, Mississippi.  The U.S. Marshals Service currently expects to house up to 1,350 prisoners under the new contract and may house additional prisoner populations at the facility, subject to availability.

The new management contract commenced on June 14, 2018, and has an initial term expiring June 30, 2020, with unlimited two-year extension options thereafter upon mutual agreement.  Taking into consideration an initial ramp period, we currently expect this new contract to contribute $0.02 to $0.04 of Funds From Operations per share in 2018, with a full year impact in 2019 of $0.06 to $0.10 per share. 

"The U.S. Marshals Service has experienced an increasing need for detention capacity as its average daily prisoner population has increased throughout the past year," said Damon Hininger, CoreCivic's President and Chief Executive Officer.  "Our Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility has the available capacity to accept detainee populations quickly due to our existing staff of experienced, well-trained corrections professionals.  We are pleased to provide the Marshals with immediate capacity to assist the agency as it carries out its critical public safety mission."

Mr. Hininger continued, "Also notable about this agreement is the progress we have made in entering into new contracts to replace capacity vacated by the state of California since its peak utilization in 2011.  California, which has been a valuable partner to the Company, has vacated approximately 7,000 beds in four company-owned facilities in the last six years.  Today's contract announcement highlights the attractiveness of our services and modern real estate portfolio as we have now secured new contracts with state and federal partners at all four of the facilities that have been vacated by California."

About CoreCivic

The Company is a diversified government solutions company with the scale and experience needed to solve tough government challenges in flexible cost-effective ways. We provide a broad range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through corrections and detention management, government real estate solutions, and a growing network of residential reentry centers to help address America’s recidivism crisis. We are a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) and the nation’s largest owner of partnership correctional, detention and residential reentry facilities. We also believe we are the largest private owner of real estate used by government agencies.  The Company has been a flexible and dependable partner for government for more than 30 years. Our employees are driven by a deep sense of service, high standards of professionalism and a responsibility to help government better the public good. Learn more at http://www.corecivic.com/.

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