CoreCivic controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2025
California City detention-center conditions
After reopening a California prison as an immigration detention center, CoreCivic faced criticism over permits and alleged conditions including prolonged confinement, inadequate medication access, sanitation problems, and segregation. Approximately 100 detainees organized a hunger strike.
2025
Cibola County drug-smuggling investigation
The FBI investigated allegations that CoreCivic guards smuggled drugs at the New Mexico detention center. The facility has housed both immigration detainees and people in correctional custody.
2025
Alleged deportation based on false gang characterization
A CoreCivic employee was reported to have helped characterize a Venezuelan man as a member of Tren de Aragua, a characterization used by the Trump administration in deportation proceedings. The employee had previously been dismissed from a police department and was later fired by CoreCivic.
2024
Trousdale Turner civil-rights investigation
The Justice Department investigated allegations involving dangerous conditions, sexual abuse, murders, staff shortages, and high guard turnover at the Tennessee facility.
2021
Shareholder securities litigation settlement
CoreCivic agreed to pay $56 million to settle allegations that it inflated its stock price through misleading statements concerning safety, quality, costs, deaths, and the performance of its facilities.
2020
Court dismisses CoreCivic's case against Morgan Simon
Ruling
A court dismissed CoreCivic's case against Morgan Simon, who had described the company's practice as "family separation." According to the report, CoreCivic is appealing the verdict. The event concerns a legal action brought by CoreCivic against Simon in connection with her characterization of the company's practice, and the court's dismissal of that case. The report states that CoreCivic is pursuing an appeal of the dismissal.
Source excerpt
The court dismissed the case in a motion granted last month.
Owen told Newsweek CoreCivic is appealing the verdict
2020
Former detainee sues CoreCivic over alleged rape
Lawsuit filed
A former detainee sued CoreCivic, alleging that a guard raped her while she was held at a facility operated by the company and that the assault resulted in pregnancy. The article reports that the allegations were made in the lawsuit; it does not establish them as findings.
Source excerpt
The lawsuit alleges that around midnight, guards entered the cell and assaulted the three women. It states that one guard physically assaulted Doe until she stopped resisting, before raping her.
In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, May 27, in the Houston Division of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the woman—identified only as "Jane Doe"—alleges that she had been held under the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency for around three months in 2018.
A woman who was deported from the U.S. in 2018 is suing private detention company CoreCivic, alleging that she was raped by a guard on the night before her deportation, with the attack resulting in pregnancy.
2015
Idaho Correctional Center staffing investigation
The FBI investigated allegations that staffing records at the Idaho Correctional Center had been falsified and that the facility was understaffed. The agency declined federal prosecution, attributing any falsification to lower-level employees without intent to defraud the state.
2010
Military reemployment rights verdict
A federal jury found CCA liable for terminating a shift supervisor after deployment to Iraq and awarded approximately $53,000 in damages under the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act.
2002
Gender-discrimination employment settlement
Following a U.S. Department of Labor audit, CCA agreed to pay more than $152,000 in back wages to 96 Oklahoma women who were allegedly denied employment despite being equally or better qualified than male hires.