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ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
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CoreCivic, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “CoreCivic”) is the nation’s largest owner of partnership correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities and one of the largest prison operators in the United States. As of December 31, 2016, CoreCivic owned or controlled 49 correctional and detention facilities, owned or controlled 25 residential reentry facilities, and managed an additional 11 correctional and detention facilities owned by its government partners, with a total design capacity of approximately 89,700 beds in 20 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to providing fundamental residential services, CoreCivic’s facilities offer a variety of rehabilitation and educational programs, including basic education, faith-based services, life skills and employment training, and substance abuse treatment. These services are intended to help reduce recidivism and to prepare offenders for their successful reentry into society upon their release. CoreCivic also provides or makes available to offenders certain health care (including medical, dental, and mental health services), food services, and work and recreational programs. Over the past several years, the Company has successfully executed strategies to diversify its business and offer a broader range of solutions to government partners. To reflect this transformation, management announced in October 2016, its decision to rename and rebrand the Company from Corrections Corporation of America to CoreCivic. The decision to rename the Company was the result of an intense research, brand strategy, and creative process that began in mid-2015. While the Company was legally renamed in December 2016, related rebranding efforts are ongoing. Through three business offerings, CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Properties, and CoreCivic Community, the Company provides a broad range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through high-quality corrections and detention management, innovative and cost-saving government real estate solutions, and a growing network of residential reentry centers to help address America’s recidivism crisis. CoreCivic began operating as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes effective January 1, 2013. The Company provides correctional services and conducts other business activities through taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”). A TRS is a subsidiary of a REIT that is subject to applicable corporate income tax and certain qualification requirements. The Company’s use of TRSs enables CoreCivic to comply with REIT qualification requirements while providing correctional services at facilities it owns and at facilities owned by its government partners and to engage in certain other business operations. A TRS is not subject to the distribution requirements applicable to REITs so it may retain income generated by its operations for reinvestment.

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