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Topic Archive: Reducing Recidivism

Returning Citizen Success: Austin M.

12/12/24 9:28 AM
While CoreCivic celebrates every individual who has been released from our care and is now leading a successful life outside incarceration, we take time to highlight and share these special stories we hear from formerly incarcerated individuals, ...
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Legendary Rapper with Lived Experience Delivers Positive Message to Residents in Mississippi

12/5/24 9:11 AM
CoreCivic's Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, Mississippi, recently welcomed rapper Project Pat, who delivered a motivational message of inspiration and hope to residents. Project Pat, born Patrick Earl Houston, is the older ...
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Tech Founder Marcus Bullock Inspires Residents to Pursue Entrepreneurship, Business Success

11/22/24 7:26 AM
Marcus Bullock, tech founder and CEO of Flikshop, visited multiple CoreCivic facilities in 2024, with one stop at Lake City Correctional Facility in Lake City, Florida. Bullock not only showed up to these speaking events with positivity and zeal, ...
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From Service to Support: Inside the Veteran-Focused Initiatives at Lake Erie Correctional Institution

11/8/24 7:09 AM
The shift from military service to civilian life can be daunting, involving the loss of military support networks, the challenge of building new social connections and the need to adjust to civilian norms and expectations. Add in combat exposure and ...
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Tim Tebow Brings Inspiring Message to CoreCivic’s Trousdale Turner Correctional Center

11/1/24 7:12 AM
Tim Tebow—the former Southeastern Conference (SEC) quarterback who led the University of Florida to two National Championships before heading to the NFL as quarterback, a 2007 Heisman Trophy winner, and philanthropist today—recently visited ...
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Innovative Solutions: How CoreCivic Properties Leads the Way in Current and Future Impact

10/25/24 8:38 AM
At CoreCivic, innovation is at the forefront of meeting the needs of our government partners and the individuals in our care. While our partners rely on us to help solve current, specific challenges, they are also seeking a reliable partner who can ...
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CoreCivic Partners with TRACKtech to Provide a High-Tech Monitoring Solution

10/17/24 10:52 AM
Select CoreCivic Community facilities are now working with TRACKtech to provide justice-involved individuals high-tech monitoring systems that not only help enhance supervision, but also provide resources and assistance to those who recently ...
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Delivering Quality Care

10/3/24 8:14 AM
Across the United States, approximately eight percent of all incarcerated individuals are in the care of private providers. While CoreCivic plays a small role in the criminal justice system, it is a vital one: We provide high-quality facilities and ...
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Transforming Lives Through Wheelchair Restoration

9/26/24 12:15 PM
For more than 25 years, staff and residents at CoreCivic have been helping the ministry, Joni & Friends, restore mobility equipment, like wheelchairs, to support individuals around the globe through the ministry's Wheels for the World™ program.
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Virtual Reality Program Provides High-Tech Education for Residents in New Mexico

9/19/24 12:45 PM
CoreCivic's Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, New Mexico, is piloting innovative education tools that allow justice-involved individuals to not only receive hands-on vocational training, but also earn industry-recognized certificates. ...
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Education Success: Celebrating Recent Graduates at CoreCivic

9/13/24 7:52 AM
Hundreds of residents at CoreCivic facilities have recently graduated from various educational programs, earning High School Equivalency (HSE) diplomas, Industry-Recognized Certificates (IRC), and other reentry-success credentials. Since January ...
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Trauma-Informed Color Palette Transforms Spaces in CoreCivic Facilities

9/6/24 7:31 AM
Over the past few years, CoreCivic has implemented a "normalization" strategy that includes redesigning and revamping environments of CoreCivic facilities' real property without compromising the safety inherently required in correctional and ...
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Financial Peace University Equips Residents in Colorado with Budgeting Skills for Reentry

8/22/24 8:56 AM
Understanding and managing household finances can be difficult. This is especially true for incarcerated individuals, who may not have been exposed to budget management for some time or perhaps, ever at all. That's why CoreCivic's Bent County ...
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From Trauma to Transformation with Compassion Prison Project

8/15/24 8:55 AM
A history of childhood trauma is common among individuals who become involved in the criminal justice system. Recently, residents at CoreCivic's La Palma Correctional Center, Red Rock Correctional Center, and Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, ...
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Reentry Coaching Academy Provides Peer Training Program for Residents in Arizona

8/8/24 8:38 AM
Preparing for reentry can be a challenging and overwhelming task, which is why CoreCivic works to provide justice-involved individuals the tools and resources necessary to be successful upon their return to society. One of these resources is a pilot ...
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