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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 001-16109

CORECIVIC, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

MARYLAND | 62-1763875
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5501 VIRGINIA WAY BRENTWOOD, tennessee | 37027
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code)

REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (615) 263-3000

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

Title of each class |  | Trading Symbol(s) |  | Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share |  | CXW |  | New York Stock Exchange

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT: NONE

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company", and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer | ☒ |  | Accelerated filer | ☐
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ |  | Smaller reporting company | ☐
Emerging growth company | ☐ |  |  |

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b) ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The aggregate market value of the shares of the registrant's Common Stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $2,216,804,746 as of June 30, 2025 based on the closing price of such shares on the New York Stock Exchange on that day. The number of shares of the registrant's Common Stock outstanding on February 13, 2026 was 97,709,228.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

Portions of the registrant's definitive Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, currently scheduled to be held on May 14, 2026, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

CORECIVIC, INC.

FORM 10-K

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item No. |  | Page
| PART I |
1. | Business | 7
| Overview | 7
| Operating Procedures and Inmate and Resident Services for Correctional, Detention, and Residential Reentry Facilities | 9
| Business Development | 14
| 2025 Accomplishments | 18
| Facility Portfolio | 20
| Competitive Strengths | 28
| Human Capital | 34
| Government Regulation | 36
| Insurance | 37
| Competition | 38
1A. | Risk Factors | 38
1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 58
1C. | Cybersecurity | 58
2. | Properties | 61
3. | Legal Proceedings | 61
4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 61
| PART II |
5. | Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 62
| Market Price of and Distributions on Capital Stock | 62
| Dividend Policy | 62
| Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 62
6. | Reserved | 62
7. | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 63
| Overview | 63
| Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates | 67
| Results of Operations | 69
| Liquidity and Capital Resources | 82
| Inflation | 87
| Seasonality and Quarterly Results | 87
7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 88
8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 88
9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 88
9A. | Controls and Procedures | 88
9B. | Other Information | 91
9C. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections | 91
| PART III |
10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 92
11. | Executive Compensation | 92
12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 92
13. | Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions and Director Independence | 93
14. | Principal Accounting Fees and Services | 93
| PART IV |
15. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules | 94
16. | Form 10-K Summary | 97
| SIGNATURES | 98

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT RE GARDING

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This Annual Report on Form 10-K, or Annual Report, contains statements as to our beliefs and expectations of the outcome of future events that are forward-looking statements as defined within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this Annual Report, including statements regarding our future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans, and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "projects," "will," and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made in this Annual Report. These include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties associated with:

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changes in government policy, legislation and regulations that affect utilization of the private sector for corrections, detention, and residential reentry services, in general, or our business, in particular, including, but not limited to, the continued utilization of our correctional and detention facilities by the federal government as a consequence of presidential executive orders, changes in how the federal government, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, elects to use our detention capacity or otherwise procures alternative detention capacity, and the impact of any changes to immigration reform and sentencing laws (we do not, under longstanding policy, lobby for or against policies or legislation that would determine the basis for, or duration of, an individual's incarceration or detention);
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our ability to obtain and maintain correctional, detention, and residential reentry facility management contracts because of reasons including, but not limited to, sufficient governmental appropriations, contract compliance, negative publicity and effects of inmate disturbances;
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changes in the privatization of the corrections and detention industry, the acceptance of our services, the timing of the opening of new facilities and the commencement of new management contracts (including the extent and pace at which new contracts are utilized), as well as our ability to utilize available beds;
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our ability to successfully activate idle facilities in a timely manner in order to meet the growth in demand for our facilities and services from the federal government that has occurred as a result of changes in policies and actions of the current presidential administration, and to realize projected returns resulting therefrom;
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general economic and market conditions, including, but not limited to, the impact governmental budgets can have on our contract renewals and renegotiations, per diem rates, and occupancy;
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fluctuations in our operating results because of, among other things, changes in occupancy levels; competition; contract renegotiations or terminations; inflation and other increases in costs of operations, including a rise in labor costs; fluctuations in interest rates and risks of operations;
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government budget uncertainty, the impact of debt ceilings and the potential for government shutdowns and changing budget priorities;
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our ability to successfully identify and consummate future development and acquisition opportunities, integrate their operations, and realize projected returns resulting therefrom; and
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the availability of debt and equity financing on terms that are favorable to us, or at all.

Any or all of our forward-looking statements in this Annual Report may turn out to be inaccurate. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. Our statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks, uncertainties, and assumptions described in "Risk Factors" included elsewhere in this Annual Report and in other reports, documents, and other information we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, from time to time.

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In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this Annual Report may not occur and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. When you consider these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in this Annual Report, including in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," "Business" and "Risk Factors."

Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise, except as required by law. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this Annual Report.

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RISK FACTORS SUMMARY

Our business faces significant risks and uncertainties. If any of the following risks are realized, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. You should carefully review and consider the full discussion of our risk factors in "Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors" of this Annual Report. Set forth below is a summary list of the principal risk factors as of the date of the filing of this Annual Report.

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Resistance to privatization of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, and negative publicity regarding inmate disturbances or perceived poor operational performance, could result in our inability to obtain new contracts, the loss of existing contracts, or other unforeseen consequences.
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We are subject to fluctuations in occupancy levels, and a decrease in occupancy levels could negatively impact our business.
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We are dependent on government appropriations, and our results of operations may be negatively affected by governmental budgetary challenges or government shutdowns.
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Efforts to reduce the U.S. federal deficit could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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Competition may adversely affect the profitability of our business.
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We are subject to terminations, non-renewals, or competitive re-bids of our government contracts.
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Our ability to secure new contracts to develop and manage correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities depends on many factors outside our control.
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Expectations about continued growth in the utilization of detention beds by the federal government may not be realized, which could negatively impact our stock price.
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ICE, the federal executive agency under the direction of the Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, has recently expanded its methods for physical detention by utilizing non-traditional detention capacity and by obtaining ownership of non-traditional facilities, and such methods could have an adverse impact on our business.
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We may face community opposition to facility location, which may adversely affect our ability to obtain or timely activate new contracts.
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We may incur significant start-up and operating costs on new contracts before receiving related revenues, which may have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations and not be recouped.
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Government agencies may investigate and audit our contracts and operational performance, and if any deficiencies or improprieties are found, we may be required to cure those deficiencies or improprieties, refund revenues we have received, or forego anticipated revenues, and we may be subject to penalties and sanctions, including contract termination and prohibitions on our bidding in response to Requests for Proposals.
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Failure to comply with facility contracts or with unique and increased governmental regulation could result in material penalties or non-renewal or termination of noncompliant contracts or our other contracts to provide or manage correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities.
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The failure to comply with data privacy and security legal requirements could have an adverse impact on our business, reputation, financial position and results of operations.
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We depend on a limited number of governmental customers for a significant portion of our revenues.
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We are dependent upon our senior management and our ability to attract and retain sufficient qualified personnel.
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We are subject to various types of litigation.
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We are subject to necessary insurance costs.
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We may be adversely affected by inflation.
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We depend in part on the performance and capabilities of third parties with whom we have commercial relationships.
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Technological changes or negative changes in the level of acceptance of, or resistance to, the use of electronic monitoring products could cause our electronic monitoring products and other technology to become obsolete or require the redesign of our electronic monitoring products, which could have an adverse effect on our business.

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We depend on a limited number of third parties to manufacture and supply our electronic monitoring products. If our suppliers cannot provide the products or services we require in a timely manner and with such quality as we expect, our ability to market and sell our electronic monitoring products and services could be harmed.
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We may be subject to costly product liability claims from the use of our electronic monitoring products, which could damage our reputation, impair the marketability of our products and services and force us to pay costs and damages that may not be covered by adequate insurance.
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We are subject to risks associated with ownership of real estate.
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We may be adversely affected by an increase in costs or difficulty of obtaining adequate levels of surety credit on favorable terms.
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Interruption, delay or failure of the provision of our technology services or information systems, or the compromise of the security thereof, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
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We are implementing a new enterprise resource planning system, and challenges with the implementation of the system may impact our business and operations.
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We are subject to risks related to corporate responsibility.
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Our indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under our debt securities.
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Our Bank Credit Facility, indentures related to our senior notes, and other debt instruments have restrictive covenants that could limit our financial flexibility.
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Our indebtedness is secured by a substantial portion of our assets.
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Servicing our indebtedness will require a significant amount of cash or may require us to refinance our indebtedness before it matures. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control and there is no assurance that we will be able to refinance our debt on acceptable terms, or at all.
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We are required to repurchase all or a portion of our senior notes upon a change of control, and the debt under our Bank Credit Facility is subject to acceleration upon a change of control.
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Despite current indebtedness levels, we may still incur more debt.
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Our access to capital may be affected by general macroeconomic conditions.
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Activist resistance to the use of public-private partnerships for correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities could impact our ability to obtain financing to grow our business or to refinance existing indebtedness, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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An increase in interest rates increases the cost of our variable rate debt.
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The market price of our equity securities may vary substantially, which may limit our stockholders' ability to liquidate their investment.
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The number of shares of our common stock available for future sale could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
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Future offerings of debt or equity securities ranking senior to our common stock or incurrence of debt (including under our Bank Credit Facility) may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
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Our issuance of preferred stock could adversely affect holders of our common stock and discourage a takeover.
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Our charter and bylaws and Maryland law could make it difficult for a third party to acquire our company.
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As an owner and operator of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, we are subject to risks relating to acts of God, outbreaks of epidemic or pandemic disease, global climate change, terrorist activity and war.

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PART I.

ITEM 1. B US INESS.

Over view

We are a diversified government solutions company with the scale and experience needed to solve tough government challenges in flexible, cost-effective ways. Through three segments, CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties, we provide a broad range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through corrections and detention management, a network of residential reentry centers to help address America's recidivism crisis, and government real estate solutions. We have been a flexible and dependable partner for government for over 40 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.

We are the nation's largest owner of partnership correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities and one of the largest operators of such facilities in the United States. As of December 31, 2025, through our CoreCivic Safety segment, we operated 44 correctional and detention facilities, 40 of which we owned or controlled via a long-term lease, with a total design capacity of approximately 68,000 beds. Through our CoreCivic Community segment, we owned and operated 20 residential reentry centers, which we owned or controlled via a long-term lease, with a total design capacity of approximately 4,000 beds. In addition, through our CoreCivic Properties segment, we owned five properties, with a total design capacity of approximately 8,000 beds.

In addition to providing fundamental residential services, our correctional, detention, and residential reentry 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 individuals in our care for their successful reentry into society upon their release. We also provide or make available to individuals in our care certain health care (including medical, dental, and mental health services), food services, and work and recreational programs.

We are a Maryland corporation formed in 1983. Our principal executive offices are located at 5501 Virginia Way, Brentwood, Tennessee, 37027, and our telephone number at that location is (615) 263-3000. Our website address is www.corecivic.com. We make available on or through our website certain reports and amendments to those reports that we file with or furnish to the SEC in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Such reports include our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Current Reports on Form 8-K and our definitive proxy statement. We make this information available on our website free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file the information with, or furnish it to, the SEC. In addition, we routinely post on the “Investors” page of our website news releases, announcements and other statements about our business and results of operations, some of which may contain information that may be deemed material to investors. Therefore, we encourage investors to monitor the “Investors” page of our website and review the information we post on that page. Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference herein and is not part of this Annual Report. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at the following address: www.sec.gov.

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Our ongoing operations are organized into three principal business segments:

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CoreCivic Safety segment, consisting of 44 correctional and detention facilities that are owned or controlled via a long-term lease and managed by CoreCivic, as well as those correctional and detention facilities owned by third parties but managed by CoreCivic. CoreCivic Safety also includes the operating results of our subsidiary that provides transportation services to governmental agencies, TransCor America, LLC, or TransCor.
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CoreCivic Community segment, consisting of 20 residential reentry centers that are owned or controlled via a long-term lease and managed by CoreCivic. CoreCivic Community also includes the operating results of our electronic monitoring and case management services.
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CoreCivic Properties segment, consisting of five correctional real estate properties owned by CoreCivic held for lease to government agencies.

For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, our total segment net operating income, which we define as a facility's revenues (including interest income associated with finance leases) less operating expenses, was divided among our three business segments as follows:

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Segment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Safety |  |  | 91.7 | % |  |  | 91.1 | % |  |  | 84.7 | %
Community |  |  | 5.1 | % |  |  | 4.6 | % |  |  | 5.2 | %
Properties |  |  | 3.2 | % |  |  | 4.3 | % |  |  | 10.1 | %

Our customers primarily consist of federal, state, and local government agencies. Federal correctional and detention authorities primarily consist of ICE, the United States Marshals Service, or USMS, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or BOP. Payments by federal correctional, detention and residential reentry authorities represented 54%, 51%, and 52% of our total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

Our customer contracts for providing bed capacity and correctional, detention, and residential reentry services in our CoreCivic Safety and CoreCivic Community segments typically have terms of one to five years and contain multiple renewal options. Most of our facility contracts also contain clauses that allow the government agency to terminate the contract at any time without cause, and our facility contracts are generally subject to annual or bi-annual legislative appropriations of funds. Notwithstanding these termination clauses, the contract renewal rate for properties we owned or controlled via long-term lease in these segments was approximately 97% over the five years ended December 31, 2025. The lease agreements in our CoreCivic Properties segment typically have terms of five to twenty years including renewal options, and generally have more restrictive termination clauses.

In our CoreCivic Safety and CoreCivic Community segments, we are compensated for providing bed capacity and correctional, detention, and residential reentry services at a per diem rate based upon actual or minimum guaranteed occupancy levels. Occupancy rates for a particular facility are typically low when first opened or immediately following an expansion. However, beyond the start-up period, which typically ranges from 90 to 180 days, the occupancy rate tends to stabilize. The average compensated occupancy of our correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, based on rated capacity was as follows for 2025, 2024, and 2023:

|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
CoreCivic Safety facilities |  |  | 78 | % |  |  | 76 | % |  |  | 72 | %
CoreCivic Community facilities |  |  | 68 | % |  |  | 65 | % |  |  | 62 | %
Total |  |  | 77 | % |  |  | 75 | % |  |  | 72 | %

The average compensated occupancy of our CoreCivic Safety and CoreCivic Community facilities, excluding idled facilities, was 86%, 86%, and 82% for 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

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Operating Procedures a nd Inmate and Resident Services for Correctional, Detention, and Residential Reentry Facilities

Pursuant to the terms of our customer contracts, we are responsible for the overall operations of our facilities, including staff recruitment, general administration of the facilities, facility maintenance, security, and supervision of the individuals in our care. We are required by our customer contracts to maintain certain levels of insurance coverage for general liability, workers' compensation, vehicle liability, and property loss or damage. We also are required to indemnify our customers for claims and costs arising out of our operations and, in certain cases, to maintain performance bonds and other collateral requirements.

Reentry programs.

We believe a focus on inmate reentry provides great benefits for our communities – more people living healthy and productive lives and contributing to strong families and local economies. We have committed to evolving our model with an increased focus on reentry services, and we are working to equip the men and women in our care with the skills, services, support, and resources they need to be successful upon reentry into society.

We provide a wide range of evidence-based reentry programs and activities in our facilities. At most of the facilities we manage, individuals in our care have the opportunity to enhance their basic education from literacy through earning a high school equivalency certificate endorsed by their respective state. In some cases, we also provide opportunities for postsecondary educational achievements and chances to participate in college degree programs.

For the individuals in our care who are close to taking their GED/HiSET exam, we have invested in the equipment needed to use the GED/HiSET Academy software program, which is an offline software program providing over 200 hours of individualized lessons up to a 12 th grade level. The GED/HiSET Academy incorporates teaching best practices and provides an atmosphere to engage and motivate students to learn everything they need to know to pass the GED/HiSET exam. According to a 2022 study by Steven Sprick Schuster and Ben Stickle, "Are Schools in Prison Worth It? The Effects of and Economic Returns to Prison Education", prison education decreases the likelihood of recidivism by 14.8% and increases the likelihood of employment by 6.9%.

In addition, we offer a broad spectrum of career/technical education opportunities to help individuals learn marketable job skills. Our construction trade programs are certified by the National Center for Construction Education and Research, or NCCER. This progressive program has evolved into curricula for more than 70 craft and maintenance areas and a complete series of more than 70 assessments offered in over 6,000 NCCER-accredited training and assessment locations across the United States. Graduates of these programs enter the job market with certified skills that significantly enhance employability. At several of our facilities, we also offer other effective vocational programs, such as the Persevere and Pivot Tech software coding programs. The coding programs provide an opportunity to learn software coding and job readiness/employability skills specific to the technology field.

We are proud of the educational programs we offer and intend to maintain and continue to develop such programs. Examples of programs and new programming technology we deployed or expanded over the previous three years:

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In 2025, we completed a pilot study at our Lake City Correctional Facility in Lake City, Florida using the "Reel Resilience" program, a turnkey program that uses films, reflection, and practical exercises to help incarcerated individuals build resilience and prepare for reentry. The films are licensed and distributed by Swank Motion Pictures, Inc., an international, non-theatrical film distributor which distributes movies and TV shows beyond homes and theaters to non-theatrical markets, including correctional facilities. The Reel Resilience program consists of 12 weekly sessions with an assigned group of 45-60 participants. Pre- and post-tests were used to measure the amount of increase in resilience. We presented the outcomes of the pilot study at the 2025 summer conference of the American Correctional Association, or ACA, and are currently expanding the program across other of our facilities.

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In 2025, we completed the first phase of a pilot study at our Red Rock Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona using "The Dash", an assessment tool created by Dr. Kevin Wright, Director of the Center for Correctional Solutions and Associate Professor in the Arizona State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and a group of trained inmate participatory researchers. The assessment tool is designed to function as a roadmap for how people spend their time while incarcerated and as an assessment to identify improvement over time, focusing on the "better than arrival" mind-set. The assessment is peer delivered and promotes the "Six Dimensions of Wellness": emotional, occupational, physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual. We plan to complete the pilot study and expand the program to other facilities in 2026.
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In 2025, we implemented and piloted several additional programs to help prepare justice-involved individuals for life after release, including partnering with the Native American Fatherhood and Family Association, or NAFFA, to pilot a program at our Bent County Correctional Facility and our Crowley County Correctional Facility, both in Colorado. NAFFA is an Arizona-based non-profit organization that provides programs to strengthen families through four curricula: (1) Fatherhood Is Sacred® and Motherhood Is Sacred®, (2) Linking Generations by Strengthening Relationships®, (3) Addressing Family Violence & Abuse©, and (4) Suicide Prevention©. We plan to expand the program to other facilities in 2026.
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In 2024, we developed Go Further Discovery, a new resident learning management system, or LMS, which offers self-directed digital content in the areas of academics, continuing technical education, career preparation, entrepreneurship, behavior change, reentry, faith-based, inspirational, and self-help. LMS includes courses from content partners, as well as content developed internally by CoreCivic. In 2025, we added 103 new courses, 17 of which are from Lived Experience partners and 10 of which were developed by CoreCivic staff. Over 600 incarcerated persons used Go Further Discovery in 2025 and completed over 2,500 courses.
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In 2023, we partnered with Our Journey, a non-profit organization led by an individual who has lived experience as a justice-involved individual. Our Journey produces reentry booklets customized for each state. The booklets are written from the lived-experience perspective and use information gathered from focus groups and community networks to develop customized local information. We are partnering with Our Journey to produce these booklets for each state in which we have facilities. Booklets for the states of Georgia and Tennessee were completed in 2023 and 2024, respectively, and booklets for the states of Arizona and Colorado were completed in 2025, with more booklets planned for 2026.

For those with assessed substance abuse disorders, we offer cognitive behavioral evidence-based treatment programs with proven clinical outcomes, such as the Residential Drug Abuse Program. We offer both therapeutic community models and intensive outpatient programs. We also offer drug and alcohol use education/DWI programs at some of our facilities. Our goal in providing substance abuse treatment is to stimulate internal motivation for change and progress through the stages of change so that lasting behavioral change can occur. Our drug and alcohol education programs help participants understand their relationships with drugs and alcohol and the links between drug and alcohol use and crime, as well as equipping participants with information designed to help them make better choices that can lead to healthier relationships in their lives. According to a study by the Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, "An Assessment of Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in Florida's Prisons Using a Random Assignment Experimental Design" submitted to the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, in 2016, inmates who completed addiction treatment in prison have significantly lower recidivism levels regardless of the treatment model used.

Additional program offerings include our Victim Impact Programs, available at a number of our Safety and Community facilities, which seek to educate individuals in our care about the negative effects their criminal conduct can have on others. All of our facility chaplains facilitate diverse and inclusive opportunities for those in our care to engage in the practice of spirituality and to exercise individual religious freedom. In several facilities, we offer faith-based programs with an emphasis on character development, spiritual growth, and successful reentry. Beginning in 2024, we utilized "Finding the Good Life", a custom evidence-based inter-faith curriculum we developed with The Change Companies. The Change Companies helps organizations in behavioral health, corrections and addiction treatment bridge the gap between theory and practice.

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Our Reentry and Life Skills programs prepare individuals in our care for life after incarceration by teaching them how to successfully conduct a job search, how to manage their budget and financial matters, parenting skills, and relationship and family skills. Equally significant, we offer cognitive behavioral programs aimed at changing anti-social attitudes and behaviors in individuals in our care, with a focus on altering the level of criminal thinking. In 2017, we introduced a comprehensive reentry strategy we call "Go Further," a forward thinking, process approach to reentry. "Go Further" encompasses all facility reentry programs, adds a proprietary cognitive/behavioral curriculum, and encourages staff and individuals in our care to take a collaborative approach to assist in reentry preparation.

In 2021, we opened a "Go Further Release" program in the Denver, Colorado area. Go Further Release is a program we developed that provides stabilization services and reentry coaching to individuals being released from our facilities. The program provides "Reach-in" services during the justice-involved individual's last 90 days of incarceration which are designed to prepare individuals for release and make a connection with a reentry coach that will provide support to them after release. "Stabilization and Reentry Coaching" services are provided during an individual's first 90 days of release and an ongoing community support group is available as long as needed. All services are free of charge. In 2022, we received approval from the Georgia Department of Corrections, or GDOC, to implement a Go Further Release program to support our Coffee, Jenkins, and Wheeler facilities. We are providing this program through an engagement with Life Empowerment Enterprises, a local non-profit organization.

Across the country, our dedicated staff, along with the assistance of thousands of volunteers, work to provide guidance, direction, and post-incarceration services to the men and women in our care. We believe these critical reentry programs help fight the serious challenge of recidivism facing the United States.

Through our community corrections facilities, we provide an array of services to clients and residents who are serving their full sentence, the last portion of their sentence, waiting to be sentenced, or awaiting trial while supervised in a community environment. We offer housing and programs with a key focus on employment, job readiness, life skills and various substance abuse treatment programs, in order to help residents successfully reenter their communities and reduce the risk of recidivism.

For example, most of our community corrections facilities have community networking programs, like those at our Cheyenne Transitional Center in Wyoming, to help residents connect with community members and match them with jobs. Our staff takes an active role in going into the community and creating collaborative relationships with employers to assist residents when they first arrive at one of our facilities and provide support for a smoother transition in job seeking. Our programs in the state of Colorado partner with a financial institution to conduct classes with our residents on financial wellness, including the importance of having a savings account, the importance of, and how to establish, credit, and how to establish a bank account. At our CAI Ocean View facility in California, we offer our residents the ability to receive a "Certificate of Completion in Money Smarts and Transitional Skills". The classes are taught by our Employment Specialist and Program Facilitator at the Ocean View facility and are offered to all residents. The Ocean View facility has also partnered with the San Diego City College to offer residents classes in forklift operation, auto mechanics, and carpentry. We have also partnered with Coastline and Career Expansion, Inc. at our CAI Boston Avenue facility in California to provide a training program in workforce development, construction, utilities, energy and safety. Participants learn skills from basic industry awareness to Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, requirements in this five-week, on-site program. They also learn how to properly use hand and power tools, and how to safely handle construction materials. Upon completion, participants receive an industry-recognized certificate. In addition, we have several other programs at our CAI Boston Avenue facility including, among others, our Go Further program mentioned above, a Victim Impact Program, a Seeking Safety program, and most recently, a "Vehicles for Change Automotive Technician Training" program in San Diego, California. Vehicles for Change is a non-profit organization that provides automotive technician training to justice-involved individuals. Participants who successfully complete the program receive referrals to recognized auto industry employers and test preparation for the Automotive Service Excellence Certification.

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In addition to the programs mentioned above, our South Raleigh Reentry Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, has partnered with the North Carolina Works and Wake Local Reentry Council, or WLRC, to help residents gain culinary, heavy machinery operator and forklift certifications, as well as assistance with obtaining a Commercial Driver's License. WLRC is a collaborative of organizations working to help men and women transition back into the community after leaving incarceration. Further, in 2025, our Austin Transitional Center in Texas hosted a resource event alongside Reverse Re-Entry Services, a non-profit organization. The event connected residents to a local health clinic, rehabilitation services, housing, and introduced them to formerly incarcerated individuals who have successfully reintegrated into their communities. In some of our community corrections facilities, we offer housing and program services to parolees who have completed their sentence but lack a viable reentry plan. Through a focus on employment and skill development, we provide a means for these parolees to successfully reintegrate into their communities.

We also provide day-reporting and substance abuse treatment programs at some of our community corrections facilities. These programs, depending on the needs of the resident, can provide cognitive behavioral-based programs to assist in the resident's successful reentry into society, while holding the individual accountable while living in the community.

We also provide a number of non-residential correctional alternative services, including electronic monitoring and case management services, under our CoreCivic Community segment. Governmental customers use electronic monitoring products and services to monitor low risk offenders as a way to help reduce overcrowding in correctional facilities, as a monitoring and sanctioning tool, and to promote public safety by imposing restrictions on movement and serving as a deterrent for alcohol usage. Providing these non-residential services is a natural complement to our broad network of residential reentry facilities and can help keep individuals from returning to prison or being incarcerated in the first place.

Ultimately, the work we do is intended to give people the necessary skills to reintegrate with their communities permanently. We are proud of the teachers, counselors, case managers, chaplains, and other offender support service professionals who provide these services to the men and women entrusted to our care.

Advocacy.

Further underscoring our long-term commitment to reducing recidivism, since October 2017, we have maintained a nationwide initiative to advocate for a range of government policies that will help formerly incarcerated people successfully reenter society and stay out of prison. As part of this continued initiative, we apply government relations resources and expertise to advocate for the following policies:

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"Ban-the-Box" proposals to help improve former inmates' chances at getting a job;
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Reduced legal barriers to make it easier and less risky for companies to hire formerly incarcerated individuals;
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Increased funding for reentry programs in areas such as education, addiction treatment, faith-based offerings, victim impact and post-release employment; and
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Social impact bond pilot programs that tie contractor payments to positive outcomes.

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We have and will continue to publicly advocate at the federal and state levels for policies designed to help people succeed in their communities after being released from prison. Specifically, we previously pledged our support for Pell Grant Restoration, Voting Rights Restoration and Licensure Reform Policies. We maintain a partnership with Prison Fellowship, a leading advocate for criminal justice reform serving formerly incarcerated individuals and their family members. Through a network of programming and advocacy efforts, the organization seeks to effect positive change at every level of the criminal justice system. We have committed to a multi-year partnership in Prison Fellowship's First Chance Network, or FCN. Serving over 270,000 children annually, the FCN addresses persistent gaps in opportunity for children who have incarcerated parents and seeks to create a trajectory toward healthy life outcomes and prevent youth justice involvement.

Advocacy for Pell Grant Restoration is an extension of our longtime commitment to providing educational opportunities in our facilities, as research consistently shows that educational attainment can significantly reduce an incarcerated person's likelihood of recidivating. Currently, CoreCivic has working partnerships with fifteen colleges and institutions of higher learning nationwide to facilitate the provision of post-secondary educational opportunities in many of our facilities. We continue to pursue opportunities to expand this network and the facilities in which these services are offered.

Supporting policies that advance the expansion of reentry programs aligns closely with our ongoing efforts to assess and expand reentry-focused programming in our facilities. To that end, we actively engage subject matter experts and practitioners, including formerly incarcerated individuals who bring valuable, lived experiences that better inform innovations and enhancements to those programmatic offerings.

We believe that as successful as we may be with our work inside our facilities, individuals in our care still face embedded societal barriers and collateral consequences when they return to their communities. Supporting recidivism-reducing policies is one way we can bridge the gap and give the men and women entrusted to our care a better opportunity at never returning to prison.

Operating guidelines.

The ACA is an independent organization comprised of corrections professionals that establishes accreditation standards for correctional and detention facilities around the world. Outside agency standards, such as those established by the ACA, provide us with the industry's most widely accepted operational guidelines. ACA accredited facilities must be audited and re-accredited at least every three years. We have sought and received ACA accreditation for 33, or approximately 97%, of the eligible facilities we operated as of December 31, 2025, excluding those facilities in our CoreCivic Safety segment that were activated or acquired during 2025 and our CoreCivic Community segment facilities. During 2025, nine of the facilities we manage were newly accredited or re-accredited by the ACA with an average score of 99.7%, resulting in an average score of 99.6% across our CoreCivic Safety portfolio.

Beyond the standards provided by the ACA, our facilities are operated in accordance with a variety of company and partner-specific policies and procedures, as well as various contractual requirements. Many of these policies and procedures reflect the high standards generated by a number of sources, including the ACA, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, OSHA, government partner standards, as well as federal, state, and local government codes and regulations and longstanding correctional procedures.

In addition, our facilities are operated in compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA, standards. All confinement facilities covered under the PREA standards must be audited at least every three years to maintain compliance with PREA. We utilize United States Department of Justice, or DOJ, certified PREA auditors to help ensure that all facilities operate in compliance with applicable PREA regulations.

Our facilities operate under these established standards, policies, and procedures, and are subject to annual audits by our Quality Assurance Division, or QAD, which operates under, and reports directly to, our Office of General Counsel and acts independently from our Operations Division. Through the QAD, we have devoted significant resources to ensuring that our facilities meet outside agency and accrediting organization standards and guidelines.

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The QAD has achieved conformance with the Institute of Internal Auditors' International Professional Practices Framework®, Global Internal Audit Standards. The Global Internal Audit Standards guide the worldwide professional practice of internal auditing and serve as a basis for evaluating and elevating the quality of the internal audit function. The QAD employs a team of full-time auditors, who are subject matter experts from all major disciplines within correctional and detention operations. Annually, QAD auditors typically conduct unannounced on-site evaluations of each CoreCivic Safety facility we operate using specialized audit tools, often containing more than 1,200 audit indicators across all major operational areas. In most instances, these audit tools are tailored to facility and government partner specific requirements. In addition, audit teams provide guidance to facility staff on operational best practices and assist staff with addressing specific areas of need, such as meeting requirements of new partner contracts and providing detailed training on compliance requirements for new departmental managers.

The QAD management team coordinates overall operational auditing and compliance efforts across all correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities we manage. In conjunction with subject matter experts and other stakeholders having risk management responsibilities, the QAD management team develops performance measurement tools used in facility audits. The Policy, Procedure, and Corrective Action, or PPCA, management team provides governance of the corrective action plan process for any items of nonconformance identified through internal and external facility reviews. In addition, our QAD contracts with teams of ACA certified correctional auditors to evaluate compliance with ACA standards at accredited facilities. Similarly, the QAD routinely incorporates a review of facility compliance with key ACA standards and PREA regulations during annual audits of company facilities.

In addition to our own internal audit and contract compliance efforts, we are also subject to oversight by our government partners. As part of their standard monitoring and compliance programs, approximately 75% of our federal and state government partners typically conduct formal contract-compliance audits and inspections at least annually at CoreCivic Safety facilities. In addition to these annual audits of our facilities, many partners conduct additional area-specific operational audits and inspections on a more frequent basis, including monthly, quarterly, and semi-annually. Some of these audits and facility inspections by our partners are conducted on an unannounced basis. In 2025, our government partners conducted approximately 234 annual, semi-annual, quarterly, and monthly compliance audits and inspections at our CoreCivic Safety facilities. In addition, the majority of our federal and state government partners employ on-site contract monitors who monitor performance and contract compliance at our facilities on a full- or part-time basis. In 2025, 97% of the CoreCivic Safety facilities we manage had an assigned contract monitor.

Business D evelopment

We believe we own, or control via a long-term lease, approximately 57% of all privately owned prison beds in the United States, manage approximately 41% of all privately managed prison beds in the United States, and are currently the second largest private owner and provider of community corrections services in the nation. Under the direction of our partnership development department, we market our facilities and services to government agencies responsible for federal, state, and local correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities in the United States. With 71,884 beds in our Safety and Community segments and occupancy of 77% in 2025, including idle correctional and residential reentry facilities during the period they were idle, we have the capacity to grow earnings and cash flows without the need to deploy significant capital. At December 31, 2025, we also had one idle facility consisting of 2,400 beds in our Properties segment that could generate additional earnings and cash flow if we are able to enter into an agreement to utilize the facility. Under the direction of our innovation department, we also intend to continue to pursue new growth opportunities to meet the need to modernize outdated correctional infrastructure across the country and explore potential opportunities to expand the scope of residential and non-residential services we provide. We will also respond to customer demand and may develop or expand correctional and detention facilities when we believe potential long-term returns justify the capital deployment.

We execute cross-departmental efforts to market CoreCivic Safety solutions to government partners that seek corrections and detention management services, CoreCivic Community solutions to government partners seeking residential reentry services, and CoreCivic Properties solutions to customers that need correctional real estate and maintenance services. Our flexible business model enables our customers to utilize our real estate assets to suit their needs, which can result in facilities moving among our Safety, Community, and Properties segments.

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Business from our federal customers, including primarily ICE, the USMS, and the BOP, constituted 54%, 51%, and 52% of our total revenue during 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Business from our federal customers continues to be a significant component of our business, although the source of revenue is derived from many contracts at various types of properties (i.e., correctional, detention, and reentry). ICE (35%, 29%, and 30% during 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively) and the USMS (18%, 21%, and 21% during 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively) each accounted for 10% or more of our total revenue during the last three years.

Certain of our contracts with federal partners contain clauses that guarantee the federal partner access to a minimum bed capacity in exchange for a fixed monthly payment. However, these contracts also generally provide the government the ability to cancel the contract for non-appropriation of funds or for convenience. The solutions we provide to our federal customers continue to be a significant component of our business. We believe our ability to provide flexible solutions and fulfill emergent needs of our federal customers remains the most cost-effective solution and is very difficult and costly to replicate in the public sector.

Upon his inauguration on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued nine executive actions intended to secure the borders of the United States and remove illegal immigrants, prioritizing those with criminal histories. These initial orders included the declaration of a national emergency at the United States southern border. Also included in these executive actions was the issuance of an executive order titled "Protecting the American People Against Invasion" which calls on the federal government to faithfully execute the immigration laws of the United States, including the removal of aliens, particularly those who threaten the safety of the American people. This executive order calls on the Secretary of Homeland Security to “take all appropriate action and allocate all legally available resources or establish contracts to construct, operate, control, or use facilities to detain removable aliens” and “ensure the detention of aliens apprehended for violations of immigration law pending the outcome of their removal proceedings or their removal from the country, to the extent permitted by law.” Effectively, this executive order requires an increase in interior enforcement by ICE and directs the DHS to detain those arrested by ICE, pending their removal or adjudication.

In addition, on January 20, 2025, President Trump reversed an executive order issued on January 26, 2021 by then-President Biden that had directed the Attorney General to not renew DOJ, contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities. Two agencies of the DOJ, the BOP, and the USMS, utilize our services. The BOP houses inmates who have been convicted, and the USMS is generally responsible for detainees who are awaiting trial. We currently do not operate any prison contracts for the BOP. This executive order only applied to agencies that are part of the DOJ, which includes the BOP and USMS. ICE facilities were not covered by this executive order, as ICE is an agency of the DHS, not the DOJ. It is possible future administrations could issue executive orders restricting the use of private correctional and detention facilities by the federal government.

Further, on January 29, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Laken Riley Act, which had been passed by Congress with bipartisan support. The Laken Riley Act requires ICE to detain certain non-United States nationals who have been charged, arrested, or convicted of crimes including burglary, theft, assault of a law enforcement officer, as well as killing or injuring another person. We believe the Laken Riley Act has contributed to the increased demand for detention beds by ICE, as further described in this Annual Report.

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or OBBBA. OBBBA appropriates a total of $75 billion in mandatory funding to ICE for immigration enforcement activities and to increase detention capacity. Specifically, OBBBA appropriates $45 billion for single adult alien detention capacity and family residential center capacity. This funding is a significant increase in funding historically provided to ICE for border security and immigration detention. The funding will remain available through September 30, 2029, and is in addition to base annual appropriations during that time period. The additional funding is also being used by DHS to hire nearly 10,000 new ICE officers to implement the immigration enforcement initiatives.

Given the recent legislative and executive actions mentioned above, we believe the short-term growth opportunities of our business are particularly attractive as federal government agencies consider their emergent needs. ICE has begun to utilize additional bed capacity in our portfolio at facilities with existing contracts, we have signed new contracts to activate five previously idled facilities, and we have been in discussion with ICE to activate additional idle facilities. The number of people we care for under contracts with ICE has increased by approximately 5,900 individuals, or 58.2%, from the beginning of the year through December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, we had

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five idle correctional facilities containing approximately 7,000 beds that are operated with a core staffing complement to remain currently available and that are being actively marketed as solutions to the correctional or detention needs of potential customers.

Federal revenues from contracts at correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities that we operate increased 19.1% from $1,002.2 million during 2024 to $1,193.8 million during 2025. The increase in federal revenue was primarily a result of increased occupancy at certain facilities, particularly those where we have contracts with ICE, as further described below, and per diem increases. In addition, the increase in federal revenues in 2025 compared to 2024 was a result of the acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center effective July 1, 2025. The Farmville Detention Center provides transportation, care, and civil detention services for adult male non-citizens through an intergovernmental service agreement, or IGSA, with ICE, which expires in March 2029, and is expected to result in total annual incremental revenue of approximately $40.0 million. During 2025, we generated total revenue at this facility of $21.8 million. The increase in federal revenue was partially offset by the effect of the termination of funding of the IGSA associated with the Dilley Immigration Process Center, or the Dilley Facility, in August 2024, which was reactivated in 2025, as further described below, and the effect of one less day of operations due to a leap year in 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2025, revenue from ICE was $770.7 million compared to $564.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2024.

During the first quarter of 2025, we entered into contract modifications at our 2,016-bed Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown, Ohio, our 1,072-bed Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, Nevada, and our 1,600-bed Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing, Oklahoma to collectively add capacity for up to 784 ICE detainees. We subsequently entered into two additional modifications in the second half of 2025 to collectively add additional capacity at the Cimarron facility for up to nearly 300 ICE detainees.

On March 5, 2025, we announced that we had agreed under an amendment to an IGSA to resume operations and care for up to 2,400 individuals at the 2,400-bed Dilley Facility in Dilley, Texas. The amended IGSA expires in March 2030 and may be further extended through bilateral modification. We began receiving residents at this facility during April 2025. Activation of the Dilley Facility was completed in September 2025. Previously, after nearly ten years of operation, we received notification from ICE on June 10, 2024 of its intent to terminate funding of the IGSA for services at the Dilley Facility effective August 9, 2024. We did not operate the Dilley Facility from August 9, 2024 until the resumption of operations at the facility on March 5, 2025.

Effective March 7, 2025, we entered into a letter agreement with ICE to begin activation efforts at our 1,033-bed Midwest Regional Reception Center in Leavenworth, Kansas. The letter agreement authorized initial funding up to $5.0 million with maximum funding up to $22.6 million for a six-month period while we worked to negotiate and execute a longer-term contract. On September 29, 2025, we announced that we entered into a new contract with ICE effective September 7, 2025. The City of Leavenworth has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Special Use Permit, or SUP, is required to activate the facility, which has resulted in a delay in the intake process. We plan to continue vigorously defending this matter on the basis that an SUP is not applicable under existing statue, and we have filed an appeal in the state court of appeals. In December 2025, we filed an application for the SUP. However, we cannot provide assurance that our legal appeal will be successful, or that the SUP will be approved and therefore, cannot predict if or when we will be able to accept detainee populations. The new agreement, which expires September 6, 2027, provides for a fixed monthly payment plus an incremental per diem payment based on detainee populations, both of which commence once the temporary injunction currently prohibiting the intake of detainees is no longer enforceable. See Note 14 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report for further discussion of the pending litigation.

On April 1, 2025, we entered into a letter agreement with ICE to begin activation efforts at our 2,560-bed California City Immigration Processing Center, or the California City Facility, formerly known as the California City Correctional Center. The letter agreement authorized initial funding up to $10.0 million with maximum funding up to $31.2 million for a six-month period while we worked to negotiate and execute a long-term contract. We began receiving ICE detainees at our California City Facility during August 2025, under terms of the letter agreement. On September 29, 2025, we announced that we entered into a new two-year contract with ICE effective September 1, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, we cared for 1,436 individuals at the facility. We currently expect to reach stabilized occupancy at the facility in the first quarter of 2026. As previously mentioned herein, a non-governmental organization and a detainee have filed a lawsuit alleging that a business license must be obtained to operate the facility

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and seeks injunctive relief that would include operational interruption at the facility. The Company can provide no assurance that it will obtain a favorable ruling in this matter or predict when this matter will be resolved. See Note 14 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report for further discussion of the pending litigation.

On August 14, 2025, we announced that we had been awarded a new contract through an IGSA with ICE to resume operations at our previously idled 600-bed West Tennessee Detention Facility in Mason, Tennessee. The West Tennessee facility had been idle since September 2021. The IGSA expires in August 2030 and may be further extended through bilateral modification. We began receiving ICE detainees at the West Tennessee facility during September 2025 and we expect the facility to be fully activated by the end of the first quarter of 2026.

On October 1, 2025, we announced that we had been awarded a new contract through an IGSA between the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and ICE to resume operations at our previously idled 2,160-bed Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga, Oklahoma. The Diamondback facility had been idle since 2010. The new contract commenced on September 30, 2025, now expires in September 2029, and may be further extended through bilateral modification. We began receiving detainees in December 2025, with stabilized occupancy estimated to be reached in the second quarter of 2026.

State revenues from contracts at correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities that we operate constituted 37%, 40%, and 39% of our total revenue during 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, and increased 4.7% from $775.4 million during 2024 to $811.9 million during 2025. The state of Tennessee is our largest state customer, accounting for 9% and 10% of our total revenue during 2025 and 2024, respectively, with no other state customer generating 10% or more of our total revenue. State revenues increased from 2024 to 2025 as a result of per diem increases under a number of our state contracts, as certain states have recognized the need to provide additional funding to address increases in the wages of our employees. Most notably, state revenues increased $13.2 million due to higher utilization from the state of Montana resulting from two new management contracts executed during 2024 and 2025. In August 2024, we entered into a contract with the state of Montana which contributed to an increase in populations held at our Saguaro Correctional Facility. In addition, on January 16, 2025, we announced that we were awarded a new management contract with the state of Montana to care for additional inmates outside the state of Montana. During 2025, we cared for an average daily population of 214 Montana inmates at our Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Mississippi under this new contract. The increase in state revenues from 2024 to 2025 was also a result of higher utilization from other states under existing management contracts. State revenues also increased $14.3 million during 2025 compared to 2024 from the state of Georgia due to increases in average daily populations as well as the impact of per diem increases in 2025. The increase in state revenues in 2025 compared to 2024 was partially offset by the effect of one less day of operations due to a leap year in 2024.

While we believe the legislative and executive actions mentioned above will create long-term needs from our federal partners, we also believe the long-term growth opportunities of our business remain attractive as state and county government agencies consider the efficiency and offender programming opportunities we provide as flexible solutions to satisfy their needs. We have been in discussions with several state and county government agencies that have experienced challenges in staffing their public-sector facilities and are seeking solutions from the private sector. Further, several of our existing government partners, as well as prospective government partners, have been experiencing growth in offender populations and overcrowded conditions. Governments are continuing to assess their need for correctional space, and several are considering alternative correctional capacity for their aged or inefficient infrastructure, or are seeking cost savings by utilizing the private sector, which could result in increased future demand for the solutions we provide.

We believe that we can further develop our business by, among other things:

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Maintaining and expanding our existing customer relationships and filling existing capacity within our facilities, while maintaining an adequate inventory of available capacity that we believe provides us with flexibility and a competitive advantage when bidding for new management contracts;
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Enhancing the terms of our existing contracts and expanding the services we provide under those contracts;

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Pursuing additional opportunities to lease our facilities to government and other third-party operators in need of correctional, detention, and residential reentry capacity;
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Pursuing mission-critical real estate solutions for government agencies focused on corrections and detention real estate assets;
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Pursuing other asset acquisitions and business combinations through transactions with non-government third parties;
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Maintaining and expanding our focus on community corrections and reentry programming that align with the needs of our government partners;
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Exploring potential opportunities to expand the scope of non-residential correctional alternative solutions we provide to government agencies; and
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Establishing relationships with new customers that have either previously not outsourced their correctional facility management needs or have utilized other private enterprises.

We generally receive inquiries from or on behalf of government agencies that are considering outsourcing the ownership and/or management of certain facilities or that have already decided to contract with a private enterprise. When we receive such an inquiry, we determine whether there is an existing need for our correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities and/or services and whether the legal and political climate in which the inquiring party operates is conducive to serious consideration of outsourcing. Based on these findings, an initial cost analysis is conducted to further determine project feasibility.

Frequently, government agencies responsible for correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities and services procure space and services through solicitations or competitive procurements. As part of our process of responding to such requests, members of our management team meet with the appropriate personnel from the agency making the request to best determine the agency's needs. If the project fits within our strategy, we submit a written response. A typical solicitation or competitive procurement requires bidders to provide detailed information, including, but not limited to, the space and services to be provided by the bidder, its experience and qualifications, and the price at which the bidder is willing to provide the facility and services (which services may include the purchase, renovation, improvement or expansion of an existing facility or the planning, design and construction of a new facility). The requesting agency selects a provider believed to be able to provide the requested bed capacity, if needed, and most qualified to provide the requested services, and then negotiates the price and terms of the contract with that provider.

2025 Accomp lishments

In 2025, we were awarded new contracts, renewed several significant contracts, and completed numerous other transactions and milestones, including the following:

CoreCivic Safety, Community and Properties:

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Renewed 98% of our contracts that were up for renewal.
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Agreed under an amended IGSA to resume operations and care for up to 2,400 individuals at our 2,400-bed Dilley Facility in Dilley, Texas. Previously, after nearly ten years of operation, we received notification from ICE on June 10, 2024 of its intent to terminate funding of the IGSA for services at the Dilley Facility effective August 9, 2024. The amended IGSA expires in March 2030 and may be further extended through bilateral modification. We began receiving residents at this facility during April 2025. Activation of the Dilley Facility was completed in September 2025. Total annual revenue generated by the Dilley Facility, as fully activated, is expected to be approximately $180.0 million.

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Entered into a letter agreement with ICE to begin activation efforts at our 1,033-bed Midwest Regional Reception Center in Leavenworth, Kansas. On September 29, 2025, we announced that we entered into a new contract with ICE effective September 7, 2025. Total annual revenue once the facility is fully activated is expected to be approximately $60.0 million. However, as previously mentioned herein, the City of Leavenworth has filed a lawsuit alleging that a SUP is required to activate the facility, which has resulted in a delay in the intake process. We have filed an application for the SUP, but cannot provide assurance that the application will be approved and therefore cannot predict if or when we will be able to accept detainee populations.
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Entered into a letter agreement with ICE to begin activation efforts at our 2,560-bed California City Facility. We began receiving ICE detainees at our California City Facility during August 2025, under terms of the letter agreement. On September 29, 2025, we announced that we entered into a new two-year contract with ICE effective September 1, 2025. We currently expect to reach stabilized occupancy at the facility in the first quarter of 2026. Total annual revenue once the activation is complete is expected to be $130.0 million.
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Awarded a new contract through an IGSA with ICE to resume operations at our previously idled 600-bed West Tennessee Detention Facility in Mason, Tennessee. The West Tennessee facility had been idle since September 2021. The IGSA expires in August 2030 and may be further extended through bilateral modification. We began receiving ICE detainees at the West Tennessee facility during September 2025 and we expect the facility to be fully activated by the end of the first quarter of 2026. Total annual revenue once the facility is fully activated is anticipated to be approximately $30.0 million.
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Awarded a new contract through an IGSA between the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and ICE to resume operations at our previously idled 2,160-bed Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga, Oklahoma. The Diamondback facility had been idle since 2010. The new contract commenced on September 30, 2025, now expires in September 2029, and may be further extended through bilateral modification. We began receiving detainees in December 2025, with stabilized occupancy estimated to be reached in the second quarter of 2026. Total annual revenue once the facility reaches stabilized occupancy is expected to be approximately $100.0 million.
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Acquired the Farmville Detention Center, a 736-bed facility located in Farmville, Virginia. The Farmville Detention Center provides transportation, care, and civil detention services for adult male non-citizens through an IGSA with ICE, which expires in March 2029, and is expected to result in total annual incremental revenue of approximately $40.0 million.
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Entered into contract modifications at our 2,016-bed Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown, Ohio, our 1,072-bed Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, Nevada, and our 1,600-bed Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing, Oklahoma to collectively add capacity for up to 784 ICE detainees. We subsequently entered into two additional modifications in the second half of 2025 to collectively add additional capacity at the Cimarron facility for up to nearly 300 ICE detainees.
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Entered into a new management contract with the state of Montana to care for additional inmates outside the state of Montana, expanding the geographic range of our facilities that can serve the state of Montana. During 2025, we cared for an average daily population of 214 Montana inmates at our Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Mississippi under this new contract.

Corporate and Other:

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Repurchased a total of 11.2 million common shares at a total cost of $218.4 million, or $19.48 per share, under our share repurchase program, increasing the total number of shares repurchased under our share repurchase program to 25.7 million common shares at a total cost of $399.5 million, or $15.52 per share since the program was authorized by our Board of Directors in 2022.

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Entered into a First Amendment to our Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, or our Bank Credit Facility, to, among other things, increase the size of the accordion feature that provides for uncommitted incremental extensions of credit from the greater of $200.0 million or 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended to the greater of $300.0 million or 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four quarters most recently ended, and to exercise the accordion feature by expanding the capacity under our revolving credit facility from $275.0 million to $575.0 million.

Facility Portfolio

CoreCivic Safety and Community Facilities and Facility Management Contracts

Our correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities can generally be classified according to the level(s) of security at such facility. Minimum security facilities have open housing within an appropriately designed and patrolled institutional perimeter. Medium security facilities have either cells, rooms or dormitories, a secure perimeter, and some form of external patrol. Maximum security facilities have cells, a secure perimeter, and external patrol. Multi-security facilities have various areas encompassing minimum, medium or maximum security.

Our CoreCivic Safety and Community facilities can also be classified according to their primary function. The primary functional categories are:

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Correctional Facilities. Correctional facilities care for and provide contractually agreed upon programs and services primarily to sentenced adult prisoners, typically prisoners on whom a sentence in excess of one year has been imposed.
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Detention Facilities. Detention facilities care for and provide contractually agreed upon programs and services to (i) individuals being detained by ICE, (ii) individuals who are awaiting trial who have been charged with violations of federal criminal law (and are therefore in the custody of the USMS) or state criminal law, and (iii) prisoners who have been convicted of crimes and on whom a sentence of one year or less has been imposed. Detention facilities could also include residential facilities which provide space and residential services in an open and safe environment to individuals who have been detained by ICE and are awaiting the outcome of immigration hearings.
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Community Corrections. Community corrections/residential reentry facilities offer housing and programs to individuals in our care who are serving the last portion of their sentence or who have been assigned to the facility in lieu of a jail or prison sentence, with a key focus on employment, job readiness, and life skills.

As of December 31, 2025, through our CoreCivic Safety segment, we operated 44 correctional and detention facilities, 40 of which we owned or controlled via a long-term lease, and four of which we managed and were owned by our government partners. Through our CoreCivic Community segment, we also operated 20 residential reentry centers, which we owned or controlled via a long-term lease. The following table includes certain information regarding each facility as of December 31, 2025, including the primary customer contract, contract term and remaining renewal options, if any, related to such facility, or if the facility is available for customer contract (e.g., idled).

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Facility Name |  | Primary Customer |  | Design Capacity (A) |  |  | Security Level |  |  | Facility Type (B) |  | Term |  |  | Remaining Renewal Options (C) |
CoreCivic Safety Facilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Safety - Owned and Managed: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Central Arizona Florence Correctional Complex |  | USMS |  |  | 4,128 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Detention |  | Sep-28 |  |  |  | — |
Florence, Arizona |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Eloy Detention Center |  | ICE |  |  | 1,500 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Detention |  | Jun-28 |  |  | Indefinite |
Eloy, Arizona |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
La Palma Correctional Center |  | State of Arizona |  |  | 3,060 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Correctional |  | Apr-27 |  |  | (1) 5 year |
Eloy, Arizona |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Red Rock Correctional Center (D) |  | State of Arizona |  |  | 2,024 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | Jul-26 |  |  | (2) 5 year |
Eloy, Arizona |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Saguaro Correctional Facility |  | State of Hawaii |  |  | 1,896 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Correctional |  | Jul-26 |  |  |  | — |
Eloy, Arizona |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
California City Immigration Processing Center |  | ICE |  |  | 2,560 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Detention |  | Aug-27 |  |  |  | — |
California City, California |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Otay Mesa Detention Center |  | ICE |  |  | 1,994 |  |  | Minimum/ |  |  | Detention |  | Dec-29 |  |  | (1) 5 year |
San Diego, California |  |  |  |  |  |  | Medium |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bent County Correctional Facility |  | State of Colorado |  |  | 1,420 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-26 |  |  |  | — |
Las Animas, Colorado |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crowley County Correctional Facility |  | State of Colorado |  |  | 1,794 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-26 |  |  |  | — |
Olney Springs, Colorado |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Huerfano County Correctional Center |  | Idled 2010 |  |  | 752 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Walsenburg, Colorado |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Kit Carson Correctional Center |  | Idled 2016 |  |  | 1,488 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Burlington, Colorado |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Coffee Correctional Facility (E) |  | State of Georgia |  |  | 2,312 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-26 |  |  | (8) 1 year |
Nicholls, Georgia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Jenkins Correctional Center (E) |  | State of Georgia |  |  | 1,124 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-26 |  |  | (9) 1 year |
Millen, Georgia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stewart Detention Center |  | ICE |  |  | 1,752 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Detention |  | Indefinite |  |  |  | — |
Lumpkin, Georgia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wheeler Correctional Facility (E) |  | State of Georgia |  |  | 2,312 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-26 |  |  | (8) 1 year |
Alamo, Georgia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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Facility Name |  | Primary Customer |  | Design Capacity (A) |  |  | Security Level |  |  | Facility Type (B) |  | Term |  |  | Remaining Renewal Options (C) |
Midwest Regional Reception Center |  | ICE |  |  | 1,033 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Detention |  | Sep-27 |  |  |  | — |
Leavenworth, Kansas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lee Adjustment Center |  | Commonwealth of |  |  | 816 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-27 |  |  | (2) 2 year |
Beattyville, Kentucky |  | Kentucky |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marion Adjustment Center |  | Idled 2013 |  |  | 826 |  |  | Minimum/ |  |  | Correctional |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
St. Mary, Kentucky |  |  |  |  |  |  | Medium |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prairie Correctional Facility |  | Idled 2010 |  |  | 1,600 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Appleton, Minnesota |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adams County Correctional Center |  | ICE |  |  | 2,232 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Detention |  | May-29 |  |  | Indefinite |
Adams County, Mississippi |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility (F) |  | USMS |  |  | 2,672 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-26 |  |  | Indefinite |
Tutwiler, Mississippi |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crossroads Correctional Center (G) |  | State of Montana |  |  | 664 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-25 |  |  | (2) 2 year |
Shelby, Montana |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nevada Southern Detention Center |  | USMS |  |  | 1,072 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Detention |  | Oct-30 |  |  |  | — |
Pahrump, Nevada |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Elizabeth Detention Center |  | ICE |  |  | 300 |  |  | Minimum |  |  | Detention |  | Mar-26 |  |  |  | — |
Elizabeth, New Jersey |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cibola County Corrections Center |  | USMS |  |  | 1,129 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Detention |  | Indefinite |  |  |  | — |
Milan, New Mexico |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Torrance County Detention Facility |  | ICE |  |  | 910 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Detention |  | Mar-26 |  |  | Indefinite |
Estancia, New Mexico |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lake Erie Correctional Institution (H) |  | State of Ohio |  |  | 1,798 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-32 |  |  | Indefinite |
Conneaut, Ohio |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center |  | USMS |  |  | 2,016 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | May-27 |  |  | Indefinite |
Youngstown, Ohio |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cimarron Correctional Facility |  | USMS |  |  | 1,600 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Detention |  | Sep-27 |  |  | Indefinite |
Cushing, Oklahoma |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Diamondback Correctional Facility |  | ICE |  |  | 2,160 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Detention |  | Sep-29 |  |  | Indefinite |
Watonga, Oklahoma |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trousdale Turner Correctional Center |  | State of Tennessee |  |  | 2,552 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-26 |  |  |  | — |
Hartsville, Tennessee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West Tennessee Detention Facility |  | ICE |  |  | 600 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Detention |  | Aug-30 |  |  | Indefinite |
Mason, Tennessee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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Facility Name |  | Primary Customer |  | Design Capacity (A) |  |  | Security Level |  |  | Facility Type (B) |  | Term |  |  | Remaining Renewal Options (C) |
Whiteville Correctional Facility (I) |  | State of Tennessee |  |  | 1,536 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-26 |  |  |  | — |
Whiteville, Tennessee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dilley Immigration Processing Center |  | ICE |  |  | 2,400 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Residential |  | Mar-30 |  |  | Indefinite |
Dilley, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Eden Detention Center |  | USMS |  |  | 1,422 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Detention |  | Indefinite |  |  |  | — |
Eden, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Houston Processing Center |  | ICE |  |  | 1,000 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Detention |  | Aug-26 |  |  | (3) 1 year |
Houston, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Laredo Processing Center |  | ICE |  |  | 258 |  |  | Minimum/ |  |  | Detention |  | Mar-26 |  |  | Indefinite |
Laredo, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  | Medium |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
T. Don Hutto Residential Center |  | ICE |  |  | 512 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Detention |  | Jul-26 |  |  | (3) 1 year |
Taylor, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Webb County Detention Center |  | ICE |  |  | 480 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Detention |  | Feb-29 |  |  | Indefinite |
Laredo, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Farmville Detention Center |  | ICE |  |  | 736 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Detention |  | Mar-29 |  |  | Indefinite |
Farmville, Virginia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Safety - Managed Only: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Citrus County Detention Facility |  | Citrus County, FL |  |  | 760 |  |  | Multi |  |  | Detention |  | Sep-30 |  |  | (2) 5 year |
Lecanto, Florida |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lake City Correctional Facility |  | State of Florida |  |  | 893 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-26 |  |  | Indefinite |
Lake City, Florida |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hardeman County Correctional Facility |  | State of Tennessee |  |  | 2,016 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-29 |  |  |  | — |
Whiteville, Tennessee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
South Central Correctional Center |  | State of Tennessee |  |  | 1,676 |  |  | Medium |  |  | Correctional |  | Jun-28 |  |  | (1) 2 year |
Clifton, Tennessee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total design capacity for CoreCivic Safety Facilities |  |  |  |  | 67,785 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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Facility Name |  | Primary Customer |  | Design Capacity (A) |  |  | Security Level |  |  | Facility Type (B) |  | Term |  |  | Remaining Renewal Options (C) |
CoreCivic Community Facilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CAI Boston Avenue |  | State of California |  |  | 120 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Jun-33 |  |  |  | — |
San Diego, California |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
CAI Ocean View |  | BOP |  |  | 483 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Aug-26 |  |  |  | — |
San Diego, California |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
Adams Transitional Center |  | Adams County |  |  | 102 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Jun-26 |  |  | Indefinite |
Denver, Colorado |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
Arapahoe Community Treatment Center |  | Arapahoe County |  |  | 135 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community Corrections |  | Jun-26 |  |  |  | — |
Englewood, Colorado |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Centennial Community Transition Center |  | Arapahoe County |  |  | 107 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community Corrections |  | Jun-26 |  |  |  | — |
Englewood, Colorado |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commerce Transitional Center |  | Adams County |  |  | 136 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Jun-26 |  |  | Indefinite |
Commerce City, Colorado |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
Longmont Community Treatment Center* |  | Boulder County |  |  | 69 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community Corrections |  | Jan-26 |  |  |  | — |
Longmont, Colorado |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
South Raleigh Reentry Center |  | BOP |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Sep-26 |  |  | (1) 1 year |
Raleigh, North Carolina |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
Oklahoma Reentry Opportunity Center |  | BOP |  |  | 494 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Jul-26 |  |  |  | — |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
Turley Residential Center |  | BOP |  |  | 289 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Jul-26 |  |  |  | — |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
Austin Residential Reentry Center |  | BOP |  |  | 116 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Feb-27 |  |  | (3) 1 year |
Del Valle, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
Austin Transitional Center |  | State of Texas |  |  | 460 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Aug-26 |  |  | (2) 1 year |
Del Valle, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
Corpus Christi Transitional Center |  | State of Texas |  |  | 160 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Mar-26 |  |  |  | — |
Corpus Christi, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |

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Facility Name |  | Primary Customer |  | Design Capacity (A) |  |  | Security Level |  |  | Facility Type (B) |  | Term |  |  | Remaining Renewal Options (C) |
Dallas Transitional Center |  | State of Texas |  |  | 300 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Aug-26 |  |  | (2) 1 year |
Hutchins, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
El Paso Multi-Use Facility |  | State of Texas |  |  | 360 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Aug-26 |  |  | (2) 1 year |
El Paso, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
El Paso Transitional Center |  | State of Texas |  |  | 224 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Aug-26 |  |  | (2) 1 year |
El Paso, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
Fort Worth Transitional Center |  | State of Texas |  |  | 248 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Aug-26 |  |  | (2) 1 year |
Fort Worth, Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
Ghent Residential Reentry Center |  | BOP |  |  | 36 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Aug-26 |  |  | (1) 1 year |
Norfolk, Virginia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
James River Residential Reentry Center |  | BOP |  |  | 84 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community Corrections |  | Aug-26 |  |  | (1) 1 year |
Newport News, Virginia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cheyenne Transitional Center |  | State of Wyoming |  |  | 116 |  |  |  | — |  |  | Community |  | Jun-26 |  |  | (2) 2 year |
Cheyenne, Wyoming |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  |
Total design capacity for CoreCivic Community Facilities |  |  |  |  | 4,099 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

* Held for sale.

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(A)
Design capacity measures the number of beds, and accordingly, the number of offenders each facility is designed to accommodate. Facilities housing detainees on a short-term basis may exceed the original intended design capacity due to the lower level of services required by detainees in custody for a brief period. From time to time, we may evaluate the design capacity of our facilities based on the customers using the facilities, and the ability to reconfigure space with minimal capital outlays.
(B)
We manage numerous facilities that have more than a single function (i.e., housing both long-term sentenced adult prisoners and pre-trial detainees). The primary functional categories into which facility types are identified were determined by the relative size of offender populations in a particular facility on December 31, 2025. If, for example, a 1,000-bed facility cared for 900 adult offenders with sentences in excess of one year and 100 pre-trial detainees, the primary functional category to which it would be assigned would be that of correctional facilities and not detention facilities. It should be understood that the primary functional category to which multi-user facilities are assigned may change from time to time.
(C)
Remaining renewal options represents the number of renewal options, if applicable, and the remaining term of each option renewal. Our government partners can generally terminate our management contracts for non-appropriation of funds or for convenience.
(D)
Pursuant to the terms of a contract awarded by the state of Arizona in September 2012, the state of Arizona has an option to purchase the Red Rock facility at any time during the term of the contract, including extension options, based on an amortization schedule starting with the fair market value and decreasing evenly to zero over the 20-year term of the contract.
(E)
These facilities are subject to purchase options held by the GDOC, which grants the GDOC the right to purchase the facility for the lesser of the facility's depreciated book value, as defined, or fair market value at any time during the term of the contract between the GDOC and us.
(F)
The facility is subject to a purchase option held by the Tallahatchie County Correctional Authority that grants Tallahatchie County Correctional Authority the right to purchase the facility at any time during the contract at a price generally equal to the cost of the premises less an allowance for amortization that originally occurred over a 20-year period. The amortization period was extended through 2050 in connection with an expansion completed during the fourth quarter of 2007.
(G)
The state of Montana has an option to purchase the facility generally at any time during the term of the contract with us at fair market value.
(H)
The state of Ohio has the irrevocable right to repurchase the facility before we may resell the facility to a third party, or if we become insolvent or are unable to meet our obligations under the management contract with the state of Ohio, at a price generally equal to the fair market value.
(I)
The state of Tennessee has the option to purchase the facility in the event of our bankruptcy, or upon an operational or financial breach under the management agreement, at a price equal to the book value, as determined under such agreement.

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CoreCivic Properties

Through our CoreCivic Properties segment, we owned five correctional facilities held for lease to third-party operators. The following table includes certain information regarding each property.

Property Name |  | Primary Customer |  | Design Capacity |  |  | Square Footage |  |  | Lease Expiration | Remaining Renewal Options (A) |
Lansing Correctional Facility |  | State of Kansas |  |  | 2,432 |  |  |  | 401,000 |  |  | Jan-40 |  |  | NA |
Lansing, Kansas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Southeast Correctional Complex (B) |  | Commonwealth of |  |  | 656 |  |  |  | 127,000 |  |  | Jun-30 |  |  | (5) 2 year |
Wheelwright, Kentucky |  | Kentucky |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center |  | State of New Mexico |  |  | 596 |  |  |  | 188,000 |  |  | Oct-27 |  |  | (5) 3 year |
Grants, New Mexico |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allen Gamble Correctional Center |  | State of |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Holdenville, Oklahoma |  | Oklahoma |  |  | 1,670 |  |  |  | 289,000 |  |  | Jun-31 |  |  | Indefinite |
North Fork Correctional Facility |  | Idled 2023 |  |  | 2,400 |  |  |  | 466,000 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Sayre, Oklahoma |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | 7,754 |  |  |  | 1,471,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |

(A)
Remaining renewal options represents the number of renewal options, if applicable, and the term of each option renewal.
(B)
The Kentucky Department of Corrections has an option to purchase the facility at any time during the term of the lease with us at a price equal to the fair market value of the property.

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Competitive Strengths

Through our three segments, CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties, we offer multiple solutions to unique challenges, allowing government organizations to address their various needs while customizing the solution based on their unique circumstances. Accordingly, we believe that we benefit from the following competitive strengths:

Largest Private Owner of Correctional and Detention Facilities. As of December 31, 2025, we owned, or controlled via a long-term lease, approximately 14.5 million square feet of real estate, all available to be used directly or indirectly by government agencies. Our complementary set of business assets provide critical infrastructure and services under contracts with federal, state, and local government agencies that generally have credit ratings of single-A or better, which also contributes to our steady, predictable cash flows.

In our CoreCivic Safety segment, we own, or control via a long-term lease, 12.5 million square feet of real estate used to provide innovative, comprehensive, flexible, turn-key correctional and detention services to federal, state and local government agencies. As of December 31, 2025, our CoreCivic Safety segment operated 44 facilities, 40 of which we owned or controlled via a long-term lease, with a total design capacity of 67,785 beds, making us the nation's largest private prison owner and one of the largest prison operators in the United States. Four facilities in our Safety segment, containing 4,666 beds, are currently idle and available for growth opportunities. Our CoreCivic Safety segment generated 91.7% of our total segment net operating income during 2025.

In our CoreCivic Community segment, we own, or control via a long-term lease, 0.5 million square feet of real estate representing, as of December 31, 2025, 20 residential reentry centers with a design capacity of 4,099 beds, making us the second largest community corrections owner and operator in the United States. One of our residential reentry centers, containing 69 beds, was held for sale as of December 31, 2025. Our CoreCivic Community segment generated 5.1% of our total segment net operating income during 2025.

In our CoreCivic Properties segment, as of December 31, 2025, we owned 1.5 million square feet of correctional real estate representing five properties with a total design capacity of 7,754 beds. One facility in our Properties segment, containing 2,400 beds, is currently idle and available for growth opportunities. Our CoreCivic Properties segment generated 3.2% of our total segment net operating income during 2025.

We believe our synergistic set of business segments, combined with our operating strategies, corrections-industry commitment to rehabilitation, extensive government relationships, and deep real estate expertise, provide us with a diversified platform for stable cash flows and sustainable growth, with multiple paths for organic expansions and acquisitions.

Pioneered Modern-Day Private Prisons. Through our CoreCivic Safety segment, we are the nation's largest private prison owner and one of the largest prison operators in the United States, which provides us significant credibility with our current and prospective clients. We believe we own, or control via a long-term lease, approximately 57% of all privately owned prison beds in the United States and manage approximately 41% of all privately managed prison beds in the United States. We pioneered modern-day private prisons with a list of notable accomplishments, such as:

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the first company to design, build, and operate a private prison;
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the first company to manage a private maximum-security facility under a direct contract with the federal government;
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the first company to purchase a government-owned correctional facility from a government agency in the United States and to manage the facility for the government agency;
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the first company to lease a private prison to a state government; and
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the first company to develop a privately-owned, build-to-suit correctional facility to be operated by a government agency through a long-term lease agreement.

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In addition to providing us with extensive experience and institutional knowledge, our size also helps us deliver value to our customers by providing purchasing power and allowing us to achieve certain economies of scale.

Available Beds within Our Existing Facilities. We currently have 7,066 beds at five correctional and detention facilities that are vacant and immediately available to use. We are actively engaged in marketing this available capacity as solutions to meet the needs of potential customers. Historically, we have been successful in identifying opportunities to utilize our inventory of available beds. As available capacity within existing operating facilities is utilized, we believe increasing demand will result in the utilization of idle bed capacity.

With occupancy of 86% in 2025 in our Safety and Community segments excluding our idle facilities, we also have the capacity to grow earnings and cash flows within existing operating facilities and without the need to deploy significant capital. We currently expect demand from the federal government for our correctional and detention facilities to continue to increase, particularly from ICE, as a result of the changes in immigration policy and funding levels of our federal government partners charged with correctional and detention responsibilities. This anticipated increase in demand could result in higher utilization of our available capacity under existing contracts, as well as through new contracts utilizing our idle correctional and detention facilities or our other existing capacity. However, we can provide no assurance that the federal government will continue to increase the utilization of our available capacity. We also believe the scarcity in supply of available public sector beds, increases in the cost of constructing new facilities, and challenges in financing new correctional facilities in the public sector will result in an increase in the value of our portfolio and the utilization of our idle bed capacity over the long-term.

Our available bed capacity can also be used for emergent or growing needs from state and county government agencies, and for government agencies that are struggling to adequately staff public sector facilities. As a private enterprise, we believe we have the ability to respond more quickly to changing market conditions, and can offer various types of incentives to attract and retain correctional staff that are more difficult for government agencies to provide. For example, on August 1, 2024, we entered into a management contract with the state of Montana to care for an unspecified number of inmates at facilities we operate. The contract is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2026, and may be extended by mutual agreement for a total term of up to seven years. As of December 31, 2025, we cared for 361 inmates from the state of Montana at our Saguaro facility under this management contract, along with another similar contract with the state of Montana that was entered into during the fourth quarter of 2023. We also care for residents from the state of Hawaii and the state of Idaho at our Saguaro facility. On January 16, 2025, we announced that we were awarded a new management contract with the state of Montana to care for additional inmates outside the state of Montana. As of December 31, 2025, we cared for 239 inmates from the state of Montana at our Tallahatchie facility in Mississippi under this new contract. We also care for residents from Wyoming, Vermont, the U.S. Virgin Islands, USMS, and Tallahatchie and Hinds counties at the Tallahatchie facility. This latest contract with Montana expands the geographic range of our facilities that can serve the state of Montana, where we also manage the fully occupied company-owned Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby, Montana for the state of Montana pursuant to a separate management contract.

Well-Established Community Corrections Platform. Through our CoreCivic Community segment, as of December 31, 2025, we had a network of 20 residential reentry centers containing a total of 4,099 beds. We offer housing and programs, with a key focus on employment, job readiness and life skills in order to help individuals in our care successfully re-enter the community and reduce the risk of recidivism. We also provide non-residential correctional alternatives, including electronic monitoring and case management services, to municipal, county and state governments in multiple states. We expect to continue to pursue opportunities that expand the scope of non-residential correctional alternative solutions available to government agencies.

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We are the second largest community corrections owner and operator in the United States. We believe the demand for the housing and programs that community corrections facilities offer will grow as individuals in our care are released from prison and due to an increased awareness of the important role these programs play in an offender's successful transition from prison to society. We expect to continue to pursue opportunities to provide these services to parolees, defendants, and individuals in our care who are serving their full sentence, the last portion of their sentence, waiting to be sentenced, awaiting trial while supervised in a community environment, or as an alternative to incarceration. We believe we have the opportunity to maximize utilization of available beds within our community corrections portfolio that would further increase the number of individuals benefiting from the services we provide in such facilities. Further, we are exploring potential opportunities to expand the scope of non-residential correctional alternative solutions we provide to government agencies.

Flexible Real Estate Solutions. Through our CoreCivic Properties segment, as of December 31, 2024, we owned five correctional properties totaling 1.5 million square feet. We have an extensive network of government and other third-party relationships and the capability to manage and maintain complex properties, built over our more than 40-year history. In addition, we offer our customers an attractive portfolio of correctional, detention, and reentry facilities that can be leased for various needs as an alternative to providing "turn-key" correctional, detention, and residential reentry bed space and services to our government partners. Over the last six years, we have entered into lease agreements with the states of Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Kentucky for our 1,670-bed Allen Gamble Correctional Center, our 596-bed Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center, and our 656-bed Southeast Correctional Complex, respectively. We retain responsibility for facility maintenance throughout the terms of the three leases, which have expiration dates ranging from October 2027 to June 2030. The leases of these three correctional facilities demonstrate our ability to react quickly to our partners' needs with innovative, flexible and cost-effective solutions. We previously operated these three correctional facilities for various government partners. We intend to respond to additional opportunities to lease prison facilities to government agencies in need of correctional capacity.

With the extensively aged criminal justice infrastructure in the U.S. today, we also believe we can bring real estate and financing solutions to government agencies as we did in connection with the construction of the Lansing Correctional Facility that commenced operations in January 2020. We financed the construction of the Lansing Correctional Facility 100% with project specific financing, requiring no equity commitment from us. We believe we can also provide other real estate solutions to government agencies faced with extensively aged criminal justice infrastructure, including "turn-key" solutions as well as real estate only solutions to government agencies that need correctional capacity where they prefer to operate the facility. Most real estate only solutions would not require material capital expenditures if we have existing capacity. However, in the future we could incur capital expenditures to provide replacement capacity for government agencies that have extensively aged criminal justice infrastructure and are in need of new capacity, or to renovate existing real estate assets to accommodate additional demand from ICE.

Attractive Real Estate Portfolio. As of December 31, 2025, the properties we owned or controlled via a long-term lease represented 94% of our portfolio of 69 facilities. The weighted average age of the facilities we own in the portfolio of facilities in our CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties segments is 27, 31, and 18 years, respectively. These valuable assets are located in areas with high barriers to entry, particularly due to the unique permitting and zoning requirements for these facilities. Further, the majority of our assets are constructed primarily of concrete and steel, generally requiring lower maintenance capital expenditures than other types of commercial properties.

We believe we are the largest developer of mission-critical, criminal justice center real estate projects over the past 15 years. We provide space and services under contracts with federal, state, and local government agencies that generally have credit ratings of single-A or better. In addition, a majority of our contracts have terms between one and five years, and we have experienced customer retention of approximately 97% at facilities we owned or controlled via a long-term lease during the previous five years, which contributes to our relatively predictable and stable revenue base. This stream of revenue combined with our low maintenance capital expenditure requirement translates into steady, predictable cash flow.

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Development, Expansion, and Acquisition Opportunitie s. Several of our existing government partners, as well as prospective government partners, continue to experience growth in offender populations and overcrowded conditions. Governments are continuing to assess their need for correctional space, and several are considering alternative correctional capacity for their aged or inefficient infrastructure, or are seeking cost savings by utilizing the private sector, which could result in increased future demand for the solutions we provide. Competing budget priorities often impede our customers' ability to construct new prison beds of their own or update their older facilities, which we believe could result in further demand for private sector prison capacity solutions in the long-term. Over the long-term, we would like to see meaningful utilization of our available capacity and better visibility from our customers into their potential future needs before we develop new prison capacity on a speculative basis. We will, however, respond to customer demand and may develop, expand, or acquire correctional and detention facilities when we believe potential long-term returns justify the capital deployment.

In addition to pursuing attractive growth opportunities through new development opportunities in our Properties segment, to meet the need to modernize outdated correctional infrastructure across the country, and exploring potential opportunities to expand the scope of non-residential correctional alternatives we provide in our Community segment, we may also consider other opportunities for growth. These growth opportunities may include, but are not limited to, potential acquisitions of correctional and detention facilities and businesses within our lines of business and those that provide complementary services, provided we believe such opportunities will enhance our business, diversify our cash flows, and/or increase the services we can provide to our customers, or when we believe the potential long-term returns justify the capital deployment. For example, on July 1, 2025, we acquired the Farmville Detention Center, a 736-bed facility located in Farmville, Virginia. The Farmville Detention Center provides transportation, care, and civil detention services for adult male non-citizens through an IGSA with ICE, which expires in March 2029, and is expected to result in total annual incremental revenue of approximately $40.0 million.

Increasing Financial Flexibility. Effective January 1, 2021, we revoked our election to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT. We believe this conversion in corporate tax structure improves our overall credit profile, as we are able to allocate our free cash flow toward the repayment of debt, which may include the purchase of our outstanding debt in open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, and to exercise more discretion in returning capital to our shareholders, which could include share repurchases and/or future dividends. Any future dividend is subject to our Board of Directors', or BODs', determinations as to the amount of distributions and the timing thereof, as well as limitations under the Company's debt covenants. Any such debt repurchases will depend upon prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual requirements, applicable securities laws requirements, and other factors.

We were not able to implement a meaningful share repurchase program under the REIT structure without increasing our debt because a substantial portion of our free cash flow was required to satisfy the distribution requirements under the REIT structure. Upon achieving targeted debt reduction levels, we began allocating a substantial portion of our free cash flow to returning capital to our shareholders through share repurchases. During 2022, the BOD approved a share repurchase program to purchase up to $225.0 million of our common stock, which has subsequently been increased to up to $700.0 million through a series of increases, including two increases during 2025 of $150.0 million on May 15, 2025 and $200.0 million on November 10, 2025. Repurchases of our outstanding common stock are made in accordance with applicable securities laws and may be made at our discretion based on parameters set by our BOD from time to time in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, subject to restricted payment limitations in our debt agreements. The share repurchase program has no time limit and does not obligate us to purchase any particular amount of our common stock. The authorization for the share repurchase program may be terminated, suspended, increased or decreased by the BOD in its discretion at any time. Through December 31, 2025, we completed the repurchase of 25.7 million shares of our common stock at a total cost of $399.5 million, excluding costs associated with the share repurchase program, or $15.52 per share, using cash on hand, cash provided by operations, and borrowing capacity under our Revolving Credit Facility, including 11.2 million shares repurchased during 2025 at a total cost of $218.4 million, excluding costs associated with the share repurchase program, or $19.48 per share. As of December 31, 2025, we had $300.5 million of repurchase authorization available under the share repurchase program. For more information about the repurchases made under our share repurchase program, see "Part II, Item 5. Market For Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities – Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities."

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On December 1, 2025, we amended our Bank Credit Facility to, among other things, increase the size of the accordion feature that provides for uncommitted incremental extensions of credit from the greater of $200.0 million or 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended to the greater of $300.0 million or 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended, and to exercise the accordion feature by expanding the capacity under our revolving credit facility from $275.0 million to $575.0 million. We believe that expanding the size of our revolving credit facility provides us with enhanced balance sheet flexibility while remaining positioned for strategic investments and long-term value creation, such as through the share repurchase program.

During 2025, we invested $75.0 million of capital expenditures associated with previously idled facilities we are activating and for additional potential idle facility activations, in order to prepare these facilities to quickly accept residential populations if opportunities arise, as well as to provide increased transportation services. We currently estimate capital expenditures of $35.0 million to $40.0 million in 2026 for this purpose. We could decide to incur additional capital expenditures in anticipation of additional activations if we have better visibility on specific needs and if the lead time to complete the capital expenditures exceeds the period needed to hire, train, and prepare a facility to accept residential populations. The significant reduction in capital expenditures expected on idle facilities in 2026, combined with an expectation of higher cash flows from operations in 2026 compared with 2025 primarily resulting from the activation of five idle facilities during 2025, provides us with more flexibility to deploy capital, which may include share repurchases (subject to restricted payment limitations in our debt agreements) and other growth opportunities.

As of December 31, 2025, we had cash on hand of $97.9 million and $311.4 million available under our revolving credit facility, which has borrowing capacity of up to $575.0 million. Our total weighted average effective interest rate on all outstanding debt was 7.4%, while our total weighted average maturity on all outstanding debt was 4.0 years. For the year ended December 31, 2025, our fixed charge coverage ratio was 4.9x and our debt leverage ratio was 2.8x. During the year ended December 31, 2025, we generated $194.6 million in cash through operating activities.

Offer Compelling Value to Correctional and Detention Agencies. We believe our government partners seek a compelling value and service offering when selecting an outsourced correctional or detention services provider. We believe we offer a cost-effective alternative to our government partners by reducing their correctional services costs, including the avoidance of long-term pension obligations and large capital investments in new bed capacity. We endeavor to improve operating performance and efficiency through the following key operating initiatives: (1) standardizing supply and service purchasing practices and usage; (2) implementing a standard approach to staffing and business practices; (3) improving offender management, resource consumption, and reporting procedures through the utilization of numerous technological initiatives; (4) reconfiguring facility bed space to optimize capacity utilization; and (5) improving outcomes for individuals in our care through investments in a variety of programs intended to reduce recidivism. Through ongoing company-wide initiatives, we continue to focus on efforts to improve operating efficiencies.

We believe our ICE detention facilities offer a compelling value when compared with alternative detention capacity. We have over forty years of experience in providing detention space and services to ICE and its predecessor agency, and we understand the complexity and nuance of the ICE mission. Although ICE has utilized non-traditional detention options outside the private sector in order to meet their demand, we believe we offer ICE detention solutions at a lower cost than the alternatives. Further, our facilities meet the various federal detention standards, helping to provide a safe and humane environment for the residents in our care. Our detention facilities are subject to various external audits and inspections, and demonstrate a history of compliance, meet environmental regulations, are weather-proof, located near transportation hubs, key ports of entry, and offer immigration legal infrastructure within or near our facilities, making them logistically efficient.

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With respect to our correctional and re-entry facilities, we continuously advocate for a range of government policies that are designed to help former offenders successfully reenter society and stay out of prison. We publicly advocate at the federal and state levels for policies that are aimed at helping people succeed in their communities after being released from prison. Specifically, we have pledged our support for Pell Grant Restoration, Voting Rights Restoration and Licensure Reform Policies. We also have a partnership with, and continue to invest in, Prison Fellowship, a leading advocate for criminal justice reform serving current and formerly incarcerated individuals and their family members. Through a network of programming and advocacy efforts, the organization seeks to effect positive change at every level of the criminal justice system. We have committed to a multi-year partnership in Prison Fellowship's First Chance Network, or FCN. Serving over 270,000 children annually, the FCN addresses persistent gaps in opportunity for children who have incarcerated parents and seeks to create a trajectory toward healthy life outcomes and prevent youth justice involvement.

Supporting policies that advance the expansion of reentry programs aligns closely with our ongoing efforts to assess and expand reentry-focused programming in our facilities. To that end, we actively engage subject matter experts and practitioners, including formerly incarcerated individuals who bring valuable, lived experiences that better inform innovations and enhancements to those programmatic offerings and the delivery of other services to the individuals entrusted to our care.

We believe that as successful as we may be with our work inside our facilities, incarcerated individuals still face embedded societal barriers and collateral consequences when they return to their communities. Supporting recidivism-reducing policies is one way we can bridge the gap and give the men and women entrusted in our care a better opportunity at never returning to prison.

Through our strong commitment to community corrections and reentry programs, we offer our government partners additional long-term value. Our evidence-based reentry programs, including academic education, vocational training, substance abuse treatment, life skills training, and faith-based programming, are customizable based on partner needs and are applied utilizing best practices and/or industry standards. Our proprietary reentry process and cognitive/behavioral curriculum, "Go Further," promotes a comprehensive approach to addressing the barriers to a successful return to society. Through our efforts in community corrections and reentry programs, we can provide consistency and common standards across facilities. We can also serve multiple levels of government on an as-needed basis, all toward reaching the goal we share with our government partners of providing incarcerated individuals with the opportunity to succeed when they are released, making our communities safer, and, ultimately, reducing recidivism.

We also offer a wide variety of specialized services that address the unique needs of various segments of the offender population. Because the offenders in the facilities we operate differ with respect to security levels, ages, genders, and cultures, we focus on the particular needs of an offender population and tailor our services based on local conditions and our ability to provide services on a cost-effective basis.

We believe our government partners and other agencies in the criminal justice sector also seek a compelling value and service offering when pursuing solutions to their unique real estate needs. We believe our track record of constructing quality assets on time and within budget, our design and construction methods, unique financing alternatives, and our expertise and experience enable us to provide a compelling value proposition for the construction of mission-critical government real estate assets. We also offer utility management services using environmentally-friendly, state-of-the-art technology and believe our robust preventive maintenance program included in our service offering significantly reduces the risk of real estate neglect.

Proven Senior Management Team. Our senior management team has applied their prior experience and extensive industry expertise to improve our operations, related financial results, and capital structure. Under our senior management team's leadership, we have successfully executed strategies to diversify our business and offer a broader range of solutions to government partners, created new business opportunities with customers that have not previously utilized the private corrections sector, completed several business combination transactions and corporate structure changes adapting to dynamic environments, and successfully completed numerous financing transactions.

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Corporate Responsibility Reporting. In April 2025, we issued our annual Corporate Responsibility Report, which summarizes efforts and aspirational goals across corporate responsibility topics. The report covers the year ended December 31, 2024, and addresses topics such as evidence-based practices in our reentry programs and human rights-related activities, including delivery of human rights training to all of our employees. The report also summarizes our management approach and activities in topics including energy/utilities management; organizational culture; lobbying and political activity; supply chain management; charitable giving; PREA compliance; ethics; and employee compensation, benefits and training.

Human Capital

In order to fulfill our mission of providing high quality, compassionate treatment to all those in our care, we strive to attract, develop, and retain a workforce of individuals who are driven by a deep sense of service, high standards of professionalism, and a responsibility to help government partners better the public good. The following information outlines the human capital strategies and initiatives designed to address the twin challenges of turnover and retention.

L eadership and Talent Development

We facilitate annual performance and career development discussions with all employees. These discussions consist of a continuous cycle of goal alignment, individual development planning, and performance and talent reviews. In 2025, 95% of all eligible employees completed annual performance reviews. We continue to use a leading cloud-based talent system to align performance, talent management, career development activities, and training.

In addition, every year we facilitate talent review discussions to help assess potential and identify developmental opportunities within our leadership pipeline. Through these discussions, we continue to see opportunities for advancement for our existing workforce. Our 2025 talent reviews included leaders in our facilities plus headquarters-based managers and above. This year succession planning was a primary focus for both field and senior-level leaders. As an outcome of 2025 discussions, 80% of our safety and community facility leaders and 70% of senior headquarters-based leaders have identified successors. Individuals who were identified as ready now are actively considered for open roles. Individuals who were identified as ready in one to three years had specific development activities defined to ensure they are well positioned for future opportunities.

In 2025, we continued our focus on our leadership candidate pipeline and leader development needs. The CoreCivic Leadership Experiences and Rotations program, or CLEAR, continues to yield positive results as a development mechanism for top talent. CLEAR is a two-year rotational development program designed to provide individuals identified during our talent management discussions with accelerated development opportunities through multiple, short-term experiences. The breadth of roles can vary across different career paths and are intended to develop the rising leader's readiness for targeted roles with higher levels of responsibility and complexity following successful completion of the program. In 2025, our second cohort of CLEAR participants completed the program and have been placed in various leadership roles. Our third cohort is in its final year, and we have begun discussions on potential leadership role placements within the organization.

We recognize the importance of investing in our people. Our management approach to training and development is overseen by our Managing Director, Enterprise Learning and Development, and is implemented by leaders at our headquarters as well as a network of learning and development managers across our facilities. Our training activity and records are managed according to our learning and development policy, and our Board of Directors receives periodic updates on the delivery of strategic training programs.

All CoreCivic employees are eligible to participate in various leadership and operational trainings through our talent development programs. To date, we have graduated 6,028 employees from both operational and leadership programs. For new and existing employees alike, we provide training that meets or exceeds ACA and government partner standards, including an average of 200 hours of pre-service and on-the-job training for new employees. We also require a minimum of 40 hours of annual in-service and specialty training for employees in our Safety and Community segments.

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People and Organizational Culture

People are at the center of what we do. We believe having a strategy to further the development of our people and organizational culture improves the quality of our operations and increases employee engagement and satisfaction. We believe a culture of dignity, respect and belonging is necessary for our mission. We celebrate the variety of work and life experiences our employees bring to CoreCivic and recognize that fostering an empowered, team-oriented culture is integral to our performance as an organization and our ability to serve our government partners.

Our Vice President of Human Resources leads many of our People and Culture programs. A multi-disciplinary People & Culture Council, or PCC, and our Business Resource Groups, or BRGs, together with direction from executive sponsors, informs the development and continuation of culture-related activities. Our three BRGs, (1) Military, (2) Multicultural, and (3) Women's, support career development, networking and local community engagement. We continued our enterprise involvement and sponsorship of community organizations, including Advancement of Women in Nashville, or AWIN, The Table, and Middle Tennessee State University's Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center.

In collaboration with executives and senior leaders, we continued our focus on monitoring the outcomes of our people and culture actions. In 2025, Human Resources partnered with Operations, Ethics and Legal to launch an enterprise-wide integrity campaign reinforcing the staff member conduct expectations that reflect our core cultural values. Additionally, we piloted a new Workforce Relations Specialist role at specific facilities. This hands-on resource supports safety frontline staff, paying special attention to new hires. This role provides problem-solving support, ensures clear communication and follow-up, and serves as a visible leader to staff on shift, supplementing the efforts of the local Human Resources team.

Our policies are designed to promote a culture of belonging and respect and prohibit harassment. In accordance with federal contract requirements, we maintain equal opportunity plans designed to provide equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals.

We know that bringing out the best in our people is the greatest way to recruit, retain, and develop our employees. We continually work to foster a welcoming culture where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, contributions are valued, and people are equipped for success.

Hiring and Sustaining our Workforce

We are the largest employer in many of the areas in which our facilities are located. As such, we are committed to supporting and growing the local communities through our hiring and outreach efforts. Our long-term tenure in many of the communities we serve has provided stable careers and career growth opportunities to workforces in these areas. We provide equal opportunity employment to all candidates and follow the United States Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs equal employment opportunity guidelines for hiring.

In 2025, we invested approximately $8.7 million in talent attraction efforts to reach prospective candidates, and we received over 133,000 job applications. This increased investment in talent attraction reflects the additional demands needed to support newly activated facilities throughout the year. For the past fifteen consecutive years, CoreCivic has been recognized as a GI Jobs Military Friendly employer.

Compensation and Benefits

We utilize descriptive and prescriptive human capital analytics to support our compensation strategy and to help align pay with changing labor market conditions. These analytics inform wage decisions designed to maintain market-competitive compensation across our workforce. We also evaluate internal pay equity through job evaluation and market analyses, with adjustments for factors such as tenure, experience, geographic location, performance, and other relevant variables that may impact compensation.

We operate in competitive labor market conditions across many of our markets. During the third quarter of 2025, we implemented wage increases for substantially all facility staff not covered by the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act, which applies to certain facilities with federal contracts, as part of our ongoing efforts to remain competitive. In addition, we made targeted out-of-cycle wage adjustments throughout the year to address market conditions. These

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actions, together with other workforce initiatives, are intended to support employee retention and workforce stability. We expect to continue evaluating and investing in staffing resources during 2026, which may result in additional compensation-related expense.

We offer a comprehensive benefits program that includes multiple medical and wellness plans, dental and vision coverage, disability income insurance, flexible spending accounts, and life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance. Employees also receive paid time off and paid holidays. We provide retirement benefits through a 401(k) retirement plan. Eligibility for most benefit plans generally requires full-time employment, subject to certain exceptions, including eligibility for the 401(k) retirement plan based on applicable service requirements or where required under the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act.

Labor Relations

As of December 31, 2025, we employed 13,651 full- and part-time employees, including employees with our transportation and electronic monitoring subsidiaries, TransCor and Recovery Monitoring Solutions Corporation, respectively. Approximately 1,825 of our employees at 13 of our facilities, or approximately 13.4% of our workforce, are represented by labor unions. All of our collective bargaining agreements contain no-strike clauses that bind the unions and the bargaining unit employees. Work stoppages at any of our facilities are exceedingly rare. In the opinion of management, overall employee relations are good. New executive orders, administrative rules and changes in National Labor Relations could increase organizing activity at locations where employees are currently not represented by a labor organization. Increases in organizational activity or any future work stoppages could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

Employee Safety

We are committed to bettering the public good by making our facilities and communities safe for our team members, those under our care, and the public. In 2025, our "Team Safety" program continued initiatives to provide a safe environment and safe working conditions as reflected in our policies and procedures.

Government Regulation

Business Regulations

The industry in which we operate is subject to extensive federal, state, and local regulations, including educational, health care, data privacy and security, transportation, telecommunications, and safety regulations, which are administered by many governmental and regulatory authorities. Some of the regulations are unique to the corrections industry, and some target private, for-profit entities by imposing location requirements, compliance requirements, elevated litigation risk and financial penalties only on private, for-profit correction and detention providers. Facility management contracts typically include specific staffing requirements, reporting requirements, supervision, and on-site monitoring by representatives of the contracting governmental agencies. Corrections and reentry personnel are customarily required to meet certain training standards and, in some instances, facility personnel are required to be licensed and subject to background investigation. Certain jurisdictions also require us to award subcontracts on a competitive basis or to subcontract with certain types of businesses, such as small businesses and businesses owned by members of minority groups. Our facilities are also subject to operational and financial audits by the governmental agencies with which we have contracts. In addition, our technological infrastructure is required by federal agencies to undergo a security compliance audit and provide security logs on a monthly basis. Failure to comply with these regulations and contract requirements can result in material penalties or non-renewal or termination of facility management contracts which could have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows, or on our competitive position as a dependable government partner.

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Environmental Matters

Under various federal, state, and local environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, a current or previous owner or operator of real property may be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances on, under, or in such property. Such laws often impose liability whether or not the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances. As an owner of real estate assets and as the result of our operation and management of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, we have been, and continue to be, subject to these laws, ordinances, and regulations. Phase I environmental assessments have been obtained on substantially all of the properties we currently own. We are not aware of any environmental matters that are expected to materially affect our financial condition or results of operations; however, if such matters are detected in the future, the costs of complying with environmental laws could have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows, or on our competitive position as a dependable government partner.

Privacy and Security Requirements

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended and implementing regulations, or HIPAA, require covered entities, which include most health care providers, to protect the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information, known as “protected health information” and establish individual rights related to understanding and controlling how health information is used or disclosed. In the event of breaches of unsecured protected health information, covered entities must notify affected individuals, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and, in certain situations involving large breaches, the media. Additionally, we are subject to complex and evolving U.S. federal and state privacy laws and regulations, including those pertaining to the processing of personal data, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act, and similar laws in various states in which we operate.

Healthcare providers are also subject to a growing number of requirements intended to promote the interoperability and exchange of patient health information, including information blocking restrictions that prohibit practices that are likely to interfere with the access, exchange or use of electronic health information, with limited exceptions.

For additional information regarding data privacy and other risks related to our business, see Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—The failure to comply with data privacy, security and exchange legal requirements could have an adverse impact on our business, reputation, financial position and results of operations.

Insur ance

We maintain general liability insurance for all the facilities we operate, as well as insurance in amounts we deem adequate to cover property and casualty risks, employee health, workers' compensation, automobile liability, cybersecurity, and directors and officers' liability. In addition, each of our leases with third parties provides that the lessee will maintain insurance on each leased property under the lessee's insurance policies providing for the following coverages: (i) fire, vandalism, and malicious mischief, extended coverage perils, and all physical loss perils; (ii) comprehensive general public liability (including personal injury and property damage); and (iii) workers' compensation. Under each of these leases, we have the right to periodically review our lessees' insurance coverage and provide input with respect thereto.

Each of our management contracts and the statutes of certain states require the maintenance of insurance with some states imposing insurance requirements specific to private corrections and detention providers as a requirement for continued operation. Because we are significantly self-insured for employee health, workers' compensation, automobile liability, and general liability insurance, the amount of our insurance expense is dependent on claims experience, and our ability to control our claims experience. Our insurance policies contain various deductibles and stop-loss amounts intended to limit our exposure for individually significant occurrences. However, the nature of our self-insurance policies provides little protection for deterioration in overall claims experience or an increase in medical costs. We are continually developing strategies to improve the management of our future loss claims but can provide no assurance that these strategies will be successful. However, unanticipated additional insurance expenses resulting from adverse claims experience or an increasing cost environment for general liability and other types of insurance could adversely impact our results of operations and cash flows.

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Compet ition

The correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities we own, operate, or manage, as well as those facilities we own but are managed by other operators, are subject to competition for offenders and residents from other private operators. We compete primarily on the basis of bed availability, cost, the quality and range of services offered, our experience in the design, construction, and management of correctional and detention facilities, and our reputation. We compete with government agencies that are responsible for correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities and a number of companies, including, but not limited to, The GEO Group, Inc. and Management and Training Corporation. We also compete in some markets with small local companies that may have a better knowledge of the local conditions and may be better able to gain political and public acceptance. Other potential competitors may in the future enter into businesses competitive with us without a substantial capital investment or prior experience. We may also compete in the future for acquisitions and new development projects with companies that have more financial resources than we have or those willing to accept lower returns than we are willing to accept. Competition by other companies may adversely affect occupancy at our facilities, which could have an adverse impact on the operating revenue of our facilities. In addition, revenue derived from our facilities will be affected by a number of factors, including the demand for beds, general economic conditions, and the age of the general population.

ITEM 1A. RI SK FACTORS.

As the owner and operator of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, we are subject to certain risks and uncertainties associated with, among other things, the corrections and detention industry, pending or threatened litigation in which we are involved, real estate ownership, and our indebtedness. The risks and uncertainties set forth below could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements contained herein and elsewhere. The risks described below are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or those we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially and adversely affect our business operations. Any of the following risks could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

Resistance to privatization of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, and negative publicity regarding inmate disturbances or perceived poor operational performance, could result in our inability to obtain new contracts, the loss of existing contracts, or other unforeseen consequences.

Privatization of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities has not achieved complete acceptance by either government agencies or the public at large. The operation of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities by private entities has encountered resistance from certain groups, such as labor unions, prison reform organizations, activists and others that believe that correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities should only be operated by governmental agencies. Any political platform or promise, governmental agency report, investigation or inquiry, public statement by any governmental agency, policy or legislative change, or other similar occurrence or action, that seeks to, or purports to, prohibit, eliminate, or otherwise restrict or limit in any way, the federal government’s (or any state or local government’s) ability to contract with private operators of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, could negatively impact our growth and our ability to renew or maintain existing contracts or to obtain new contracts and could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and the market price of our common stock.

On January 20, 2025, President Trump reversed an executive order issued on January 26, 2021 by then-President Biden that had directed the Attorney General to not renew DOJ contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities. Two agencies of the DOJ, the BOP and the USMS utilize our services. The BOP houses inmates who have been convicted, and the USMS is generally responsible for detainees who are awaiting trial. This executive order only applied to agencies that are part of the DOJ, which includes the BOP and USMS. We currently do not operate any prison contracts for the BOP. ICE facilities were not covered by this executive order, as ICE is an agency of the DHS, not the DOJ. It is possible future administrations could issue executive orders restricting the use of private correctional and detention facilities by the federal government.

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Immigration reform laws are currently a focus for legislators and politicians at the federal, state, and local level. Legislation has been passed in California, Colorado, and New Jersey, where we operate detention facilities, as well as Maryland, Illinois, Oregon and Washington, that prohibits state and local agencies from contracting to detain immigrants in ICE custody. In addition, legislation has been proposed in New Mexico, a state in which we own facilities, that would prohibit state and local agencies from contracting to detain immigrants in ICE custody. While recent court decisions in California and New Jersey have struck down these restrictions as to direct contracts between ICE and private companies, restrictions on state and local agency contracts to detain immigrants in ICE custody generally remain in place in the states where such laws have been passed.

Furthermore, recently proposed legislation in California, Assembly Bill 1633, or AB1633, would impose an annual tax equal to 50% of the gross receipts of private detention facility operators beginning on January 1, 2027, if enacted into law. As a result, if enacted into law, AB1633 would impose the 50% tax on gross receipts we receive in connection with the operation of each of the detention facilities we operate in California. Although it is uncertain whether AB1633 will be enacted into law, we can provide no assurance that it will not be enacted, and if enacted, would not impact our results of operations and cash flows.

In addition, negative publicity regarding offenders escaping, rioting or any other disturbances at our facilities or any public perception of poor operational performance at our facilities, contract non-compliance, or other conditions (including disease outbreaks at the facilities we own and manage) at a privately managed facility may result in adverse publicity to us and the private corrections industry in general and could negatively impact our growth and our ability to renew or maintain existing contracts or to obtain new contracts, which could have an adverse impact on our business, reputation, financial condition, results of operations and the market price of our common stock.

We are subject to fluctuations in occupancy levels, and a decrease in occupancy levels could negatively impact our business.

While a substantial portion of our cost structure is fixed, a substantial portion of our revenue is generated under facility ownership and management contracts that specify per diem payments based upon daily or minimum guaranteed occupancy levels. We are dependent upon the governmental agencies with whom we have contracts to utilize available beds at facilities we operate. We cannot control occupancy levels at the facilities we operate. We do not lobby or advocate for any policies that determine the basis for or duration of an individual's incarceration or detention. Under a per diem rate structure, a decrease in our occupancy rates could cause a decrease in revenue and profitability. For the years 2025, 2024, and 2023, the average compensated occupancy of our facilities, based on rated capacity, was 77%, 75%, and 72%, respectively, for all of the facilities we operated, exclusive of facilities that are leased to third-party operators where our revenue is generally not based on daily occupancy. Occupancy rates may, however, decrease below these levels in the future. When combined with relatively fixed costs for operating each facility, a decrease in occupancy levels could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and the market price of our common stock.

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We are dependent on government appropriations, and our results of operations may be negatively affected by governmental budgetary challenges or government shutdowns.

Our cash flow is subject to the receipt of sufficient funding of, and timely payment by, contracting governmental entities. If the appropriate governmental agency does not receive sufficient appropriations to cover its contractual obligations, it may terminate our contract or delay or reduce payment to us. While we have historically been required to continue to perform under our government contracts during government shutdowns, we are generally not paid until the government reopens. Any delays in payment, or the termination of a contract, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and the market price of our common stock. For example, due to the most recent government shutdown, we continue to experience delays in payments from our federal customers and due to newly added approval requirements of certain invoices by DHS. Our federal customers are required to pay us for services we perform including during government shutdowns, with interest, once the government reopens, and for all invoices not paid within set deadlines. In addition, federal, state and local governments are regularly under pressure to control additional spending or reduce current levels of spending. For example, during the fourth quarter of 2025, in response to a request from DHS to provide the agency with budgetary savings, we proposed to reduce the term of four management contracts by one year, which the agency accepted. The federal government may nonetheless elect to extend such contracts beyond their new terms. In prior years, these pressures have been compounded by economic downturns. Accordingly, we have been requested and may be requested in the future to reduce our existing per diem contract rates or forego prospective increases to those rates. Further, our government partners could reduce offender population levels in facilities we own or manage to contain their correctional costs.

Efforts to reduce the U.S. federal deficit could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Any reductions in government spending in an effort to reduce the U.S. federal deficit could result in a reduction in the utilization of our services or additional pricing pressure. Further, there is ongoing uncertainty regarding the federal budget and federal spending levels, including the possible impacts of a failure to increase the “debt ceiling.” Any U.S. government default on its debt could have broad macroeconomic effects that could, among other things, raise our borrowing costs. Any future shutdown of the federal government or failure to enact annual appropriations could also have a material adverse impact on our liquidity, results of operations and financial condition.

Additionally, considerable uncertainty exists regarding how future budget and program decisions will develop, including the spending priorities of the current U.S. presidential administration and Congress and what challenges budget reductions will present for us and our industry generally. For example, on January 20, 2025, President Trump established by an executive order an advisory commission, the “Department of Government Efficiency” to reform federal government processes and reduce expenditures. Pressures on and uncertainty surrounding the U.S. federal government’s budget, and potential changes in budgetary priorities and spending levels, could adversely affect the funding for and delay or eliminate the ability for additional contracting or increased bed capacity.

Competition may adversely affect the profitability of our business.

We compete with government entities and other private operators on the basis of bed availability, cost, quality and range of services offered, experience in designing, constructing, and managing facilities, and reputation of management and personnel. While there are barriers to entering the market for the ownership and management of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, these barriers may not be sufficient to limit additional competition. In addition, our government customers may assume the management of a facility that they own and we currently manage for them upon the termination of the corresponding management contract or, if such customers have capacity at their facilities, may take individuals currently cared for in our facilities and transfer them to government-run facilities. Since we are paid on a per diem basis with no minimum guaranteed occupancy under most of our contracts, the loss of such individuals, and the resulting decrease in occupancy, would cause a decrease in our revenues and profitability.

We are subject to terminations, non-renewals, or competitive re-bids of our government contracts.

We typically enter into facility contracts with governmental entities for terms of up to five years, with additional renewal periods at the option of the contracting governmental agency. Notwithstanding any contractual renewal

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option of a contracting governmental agency, 35 of our facility contracts with the customers listed under "Business – Facility Portfolio" are currently scheduled to expire on or before December 31, 2026 but have renewal options (22), or are currently scheduled to expire on or before December 31, 2026 and have no renewal options (13). Although we generally expect these customers to exercise renewal options or negotiate new contracts with us, one or more of these contracts may not be renewed and we may not be able to negotiate a new contract on favorable terms or at all with the corresponding governmental agency. In addition, these and any other contracting agencies may determine not to exercise renewal options with respect to any of our contracts in the future. Our government partners can also re-bid contracts in a competitive procurement process upon termination or non-renewal of our contract. Competitive re-bids may result from the expiration of the term of a contract, including the initial term and any renewal periods, or the early termination of a contract. Competitive re-bids are often required by applicable federal or state procurement laws periodically in order to further competitive pricing and other terms for the government agency. The aggregate revenue earned during the year ended December 31, 2025 for the 35 contracts with scheduled maturity dates, notwithstanding contractual renewal options, on or before December 31, 2026 was $688.1 million, or 31% of total revenue.

On June 10, 2024, we received notice from ICE of its intent to terminate the IGSA for services at the 2,400-bed Dilley Facility effective August 9, 2024. As a result, we provided notice to the third-party lessor of the facility of our intent to terminate the lease effective as of the same date, with no financial penalties as permitted by the lease agreement. The operating margin at the Dilley Facility exceeded the average operating margin of our portfolio due to the size and scalability of expenses, and due to the unique design and specialized services provided at the facility. Accordingly, the termination of funding of the IGSA associated with the Dilley Facility had a negative impact on operating margins following the termination date. However, the IGSA for services at the Dilley Facility was subsequently amended and operations resumed at the facility on March 5, 2025. The amended IGSA expires in March 2030 and may be further extended through bilateral modification. Simultaneous with the March 5, 2025 amendment of the IGSA and resumption of operations at the Dilley Facility, we entered into a new lease agreement with the same third-party lessor over a period co-terminus with the term of the amended IGSA. The amended IGSA provided for a fixed monthly payment in accordance with a graduated schedule during the first six months of the agreement to correlate with the activation of the five neighborhoods within the facility, each designed to accommodate up to 480 individuals. We began receiving residents at this facility during April 2025. Activation of the Dilley Facility was completed in September 2025, at which time the amended IGSA began contributing to an increase in operating margins. Total annual revenue generated by the Dilley Facility, as fully activated, is expected to be approximately $180 million. Total revenue generated at the Dilley Facility was $118.1 million and $101.2 million during 2025 and 2024, respectively. Facility net operating income at this facility was $39.1 million and $51.5 million during 2025 and 2024, respectively.

During 2024, ICE issued a request for proposal, or RFP, for up to 600 beds in New Jersey. We have offered the 300-bed Elizabeth Detention Center under this RFP. Our management contract at the Elizabeth Detention Center has continued under numerous short-term extensions, including most recently through February 28, 2026, with an additional extension option through March 31, 2026. We continue to discuss the terms of a long-term contract with ICE, but can provide no assurance that we will be awarded a new contract, or that ICE will continue to sign extensions. We generated total revenue of $22.6 million at this facility during 2025. At December 31, 2025, we cared for 303 detainees at this facility under terms of the most recently extended contract.

Governmental agencies typically may terminate a facility contract at any time without cause or use the possibility of termination to negotiate a lower per diem rate. We believe our cost of corrections and detention solutions is competitive, particularly when compared to alternative corrections and detention capacity. We regularly engage and collaborate with our customers to provide them with competitive rates and value for the services we provide. During the fourth quarter of 2025, for example, in response to a request from DHS to provide the agency with budgetary savings, we proposed to reduce the term of four management contracts by one year, which the agency accepted. The government may nonetheless elect to extend such contracts beyond their new terms. In the event any of our contracts are terminated or are not renewed on favorable terms or otherwise, we may not be able to obtain additional replacement contracts. The non-renewal, termination, renegotiation or competitive re-bid of any of our contracts with governmental agencies could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations, including our ability to secure new facility contracts from others.

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Based on information available as of the date of this Annual Report, we believe we will renew all contracts with our government partners that have expired or are scheduled to expire within the next twelve months that could have a material adverse impact on our financial statements. We believe our renewal rate on existing contracts remains high due to a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, the constrained supply of available beds within the U.S. correctional system, our ownership of the majority of the beds we operate, and the cost effectiveness of the services we provide. However, we can provide no assurance that we will continue to achieve high renewal rates in the future.

Our ability to secure new contracts to develop and manage correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities depends on many factors outside our control.

Our growth is generally dependent upon our ability to obtain new contracts to develop and manage correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities. This possible growth depends on a number of factors we cannot control, including crime rates and sentencing patterns in various jurisdictions, immigration policy, governmental budgetary constraints, and governmental and public acceptance of the privatization of correctional, detention, and reentry facilities. The demand for our facilities and services could be adversely affected by the relaxation of enforcement efforts, immigration policies that result in reduced migration to the U.S. or a decrease in the number of people apprehended and detained, the expansion of alternatives to incarceration and detention, leniency in conviction or parole standards and sentencing practices through the decriminalization of certain activities that are currently proscribed by criminal laws. For instance, any changes with respect to drugs and controlled substances or illegal immigration could affect the number of persons arrested, detained, convicted, and sentenced, thereby potentially reducing demand for correctional or detention facilities to house them. Immigration reform laws are an ongoing focus for legislators and politicians at the federal, state, and local level and policies that deny entry into the U.S. for any reason could result in a decrease in the demand for our services. Legislation has also been proposed in numerous jurisdictions that could lower minimum sentences for some non-violent crimes and make more inmates eligible for early release based on good behavior. On December 21, 2018, then-President Trump signed legislation, known as The First Step Act, that reduces sentences for first-time offenders in possession of a gun when committing a crime, eliminates mandating life-time sentences for three-time offenders, provides judges more discretion in crafting sentences for some drug-related offenses, and allows offenders to seek a retroactive reduction in sentences affected by the disparity in the sentences for crack and powder cocaine cases narrowed by the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. Although, under long-standing policy, CoreCivic does not draft, lobby for, promote, or in any way take a position on policies that determine the basis or duration of an individual's incarceration or detention, CoreCivic supported adoption of The First Step Act because the legislation aligns with our publicly stated commitment to advocate for a range of recidivism-reducing policies by providing additional resources to help ensure that incarcerated individuals are given the best possible chance to successfully return to their communities and stay out of prison. Also, the expansion of alternatives to incarceration and detention, such as electronic monitoring or the use of other technologies, may reduce the number of offenders who would otherwise be incarcerated or detained. Similarly, reductions in crime rates, increases in resources dedicated to preventing crime, reduced funding for law enforcement, or strained law enforcement resources could lead to a reduction in arrests, which could lead to a decrease in convictions and sentences requiring incarceration at correctional facilities.

Moreover, certain jurisdictions may require successful bidders to make a significant capital investment in connection with the financing of a particular project. We may compete for such projects with companies that have more financial resources than we have. Further, we may not be able to obtain capital resources with favorable terms, if at all, when needed. A prolonged downturn in the financial capital markets or in our stock price could make it more difficult to obtain capital resources at favorable rates of return or obtain capital resources at all.

Expectations about continued growth in the utilization of detention beds by the federal government may not be realized, which could negatively impact our stock price.

We currently expect demand from the federal government for our correctional and detention facilities to continue to increase under the current presidential administration, particularly from ICE, as a result of recent changes in immigration policy and funding levels of our federal government partners charged with correctional and detention responsibilities. This anticipated continued increase in demand could result in higher utilization of our available capacity under existing contracts, as well as through new contracts utilizing our idle correctional and detention facilities or our other existing capacity. However, we can provide no assurance that the federal government will increase the utilization of our available capacity. Further, the activation of our idle correctional and detention facilities

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generally requires three to six months to hire, train, and prepare our facilities to accept residential populations, which could result in substantial expenses before we are able to realize additional revenue. If the demand from the federal government for our correctional and detention facilities is not realized or does not increase to levels generally expected in the marketplace, our stock price could decline.

ICE, the federal executive agency under the direction of DHS, has recently expanded its methods for physical detention by utilizing non-traditional detention capacity and by obtaining ownership of non-traditional facilities, and such methods could have an adverse impact on our business.

With the extensive funding made available by the OBBBA, in order to boost total available detention beds, accelerate deportation initiatives and explore cost savings, DHS has considered various alternative forms of detention capacity and increased utilization of non-traditional private sector detention facilities. For example, ICE has increased its use of military bases (domestically and at Guantanamo Bay), soft-sided facilities, idled or under-utilized facilities owned and operated by the BOP, facilities owned by state and local government agencies, international options, and has most recently proposed using warehouse-based real estate, and has acquired certain real estate assets for use in ICE detention. If we were to sell one of our owned facilities to a governmental customer, such as ICE, we may be unable to invest the proceeds from the sale in one or more properties that yield as much cash flow as the property sold. Even if we were to be engaged by a governmental customer to operate the facility following the sale, our operation of the facility pursuant to a management agreement may be less profitable than our ownership of the facility, and there can be no assurance that such governmental customer will not terminate the management contract associated with such facility or engage another operator to manage such facility. Utilization of additional forms of detention options, including through governmental ownership of detention facilities, could divert potential occupancy from our facilities, and thereby have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may face community opposition to facility location, which may adversely affect our ability to obtain or timely activate new contracts.

Our success in obtaining new awards and contracts sometimes depends, in part, upon our ability to locate land that can be leased or acquired, on economically favorable terms, by us or other entities working with us in conjunction with our proposal to construct and/or manage a facility. Some locations may be in or near populous areas or require certain zoning or permitting and, therefore, may generate legal action or other forms of opposition from residents in areas surrounding a proposed site. When selecting project sites, we attempt to conduct business in communities where local leaders and residents generally support the establishment of a privatized correctional, detention, or residential reentry facility. Even if we identify sites where local leaders and residents generally support the establishment of a correctional, detention, or residential reentry facility, whether to be publicly or privately operated, constructing or expanding a facility, or proposing to utilize a facility for immigration detention, may still face resistance by broader groups to facilities perceived as supporting over-incarceration or immigration detention. Therefore, future efforts to find suitable host communities may not be successful. We may incur substantial costs in evaluating the feasibility of the development of a correctional, detention, or residential reentry facility. As a result, we may report significant charges if we decide to abandon efforts to develop a correctional, detention, or residential reentry facility on a particular site. Further, in many cases, the site selection is made by the contracting governmental entity. In such cases, site selection may be made for reasons related to political and/or economic development interests and may lead to the selection of less favorable sites.

For example, the City of Leavenworth has filed a lawsuit alleging that a SUP is required to activate our Midwest Regional Reception Center in Leavenworth, Kansas, which has resulted in a delay in the intake process. Although we are appealing negative court rulings in this matter, and in December 2025 filed an application for the SUP, we can provide no assurance that our legal appeal will be successful, or that the SUP will be approved and therefore, cannot predict if or when we will be able to accept detainee populations at this facility.

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We may incur significant start-up and operating costs on new contracts before receiving related revenues, which may have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations and not be recouped.

When we are awarded a contract to provide or manage a facility, we may incur significant start-up and operating expenses, including the cost of constructing the facility, purchasing equipment and staffing the facility, before we receive any payments under the contract. We may also experience a disruption in our business when transitioning from one contract to another. Because our contracts may be terminated prior to their scheduled expiration, we may not recover these expenditures or realize any return on our investment.

Government agencies may investigate and audit our contracts and operational performance, and if any deficiencies or improprieties are found, we may be required to cure those deficiencies or improprieties, refund revenues we have received, or forego anticipated revenues, and we may be subject to penalties and sanctions, including contract termination and prohibitions on our bidding in response to RFPs.

Facility management contracts typically include reporting requirements, supervision, and on-site monitoring by representatives of the contracting governmental agencies. Additionally, governmental agencies with which we contract have the authority to audit and investigate our contracts with them. As part of that process, government agencies may review our performance of the contract, our pricing practices, our cost structure and our compliance with applicable performance requirements, laws, regulations and standards. The regulatory and contractual environment in which we operate is complex and many aspects of our operations remain subject to manual processes and oversight that make compliance monitoring difficult and resource intensive. In August 2024, the state of Tennessee was notified by letter that the DOJ was commencing an investigation under the Civil Rights Institutionalized Persons Act of conditions in our owned and operated Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, which we manage on behalf of the Tennessee Department of Corrections. We are cooperating with the investigation.

A governmental agency audit, review or investigation could result in a request to cure a performance or compliance issue, and if we are unable to, or otherwise fail to do so, the failure could lead to the imposition of monetary penalties or revenue deductions, or the termination of the contract in question and/or other contracts that we have with that governmental agency. Similarly, for contracts that actually or effectively provide for certain reimbursement of expenses, if an agency determines that we have improperly allocated costs to a specific contract, we may not be reimbursed for those expenses, and we could be required to refund the amount of any such expenses that have been reimbursed or pay liquidated damages. If a government audit asserts improper or illegal activities by us, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, including termination of contracts, forfeitures of profits, suspension of payments, fines and suspension or disqualification from doing business with certain government entities. In addition to the potential civil and criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, any adverse determination with respect to contractual or regulatory violations could negatively impact our reputation and our ability to bid in response to RFPs in one or more jurisdictions.

Failure to comply with facility contracts or with unique and increased governmental regulation could result in material penalties or non-renewal or termination of noncompliant contracts or our other contracts to provide or manage correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities.

The industry in which we operate is subject to extensive federal, state, and local regulations, including educational, environmental, health care, data privacy, transportation, telecommunications, and safety regulations, which are administered by many regulatory authorities. Some of the regulations are unique to the corrections industry, some target private, for-profit entities by imposing location requirements, compliance requirements, elevated litigation risk and financial penalties only on private, for-profit correction and detention providers, and some are unique to government contractors. The combination of regulations we face is unique and complex. Facility management contracts typically include reporting requirements, supervision, and on-site monitoring by representatives of the contracting governmental agencies. Corrections and reentry personnel are customarily required to meet certain training standards and, in some instances, facility personnel are required to be licensed and subject to background investigation. Certain jurisdictions also require us to award subcontracts on a competitive basis or to subcontract with certain types of businesses, such as small businesses and businesses owned by members of minority groups. Our facilities are also subject to operational and financial audits by the governmental agencies with whom we contract. Federal regulations also require federal government contractors to self-report evidence of certain forms of misconduct. We may not always successfully comply with these regulations and contract requirements, and failure to comply can

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result in material penalties, including financial penalties, non-renewal or termination of noncompliant contracts and/or our other facility contracts, exclusion from new contract procurement or RFP bidding, and suspension or debarment from contracting with certain government entities.

In addition, private prison managers are subject to government legislation and regulation attempting to restrict the ability of private prison managers to house certain types of inmates, such as inmates from other jurisdictions or inmates at medium or higher security levels. Legislation has been enacted in several states, and has previously been proposed in the United States Congress, containing such restrictions. Such legislation, if enacted, could have an adverse effect on our business.

There also has been increasing focus by U.S. and foreign government authorities on environmental matters, such as climate change, the reduction of greenhouse gases and water consumption. In particular, the State of California passed the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act that will impose broad climate-related disclosure obligations on certain companies doing business in California, starting in 2026. Furthermore, existing laws and regulations may be revised or new laws and regulations or new interpretations of existing laws and regulations, may be adopted or become applicable to us, which may affect the operation of our properties or result in significant additional expense and restrictions on our business operations. The costs to defend a claim under such new or revised laws, or to comply with such laws or regulations, could be material and could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our inmate transportation subsidiary, TransCor, is subject to regulations promulgated by the Departments of Transportation and Justice. Such regulations include, but are not limited to, background checks and drug testing of employees; employee training; employee hours; staff-to-inmate ratios; prisoner restraints; communication with local law enforcement; and standards to help ensure the safety of prisoners during transport. Any changes in such regulations could result in an increase in the cost of our transportation operations.

From time to time, we enter into agreements with telecommunications providers to provide telephone services to residents in our facilities. Although we are not a telecommunications provider, these services are subject to regulations which may change from time to time. We are subject to the direct and indirect effects of these regulations. Non‑compliance with these regulations, either by us or by our telecommunications providers, subjects us to risks which could result in increases to our costs or decreases in our revenue. The impact to our revenue is limited because a significant amount of commissions paid by our telecommunications providers is passed along to our customers or is reserved and must be used for the benefit of individuals in our care.

The failure to comply with data privacy and security legal requirements could have an adverse impact on our business, reputation, financial position and results of operations.

We are subject to complex and evolving U.S. federal and state privacy laws and regulations, which sometimes conflict among the various jurisdictions where we do business. For example, we are subject to HIPAA, which requires us to protect the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information, known as “protected health information” and recognize individual rights related to understanding and controlling how health information is used or disclosed. Various states have passed laws pertaining to the processing of personal data that require companies, including us, to provide new disclosures and options to such persons about data collection, use and sharing practices. HIPAA and state laws require us to report data breaches to affected individuals, government regulators, and in certain cases involving large breaches, the media. Further, the U.S. federal government and a significant number of additional states are considering expanding or passing privacy laws in the near term. We are also subject to increasing legal requirements with respect to the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning applications and tools (including in relation to hiring and employment practices) and biometric information. These legal requirements are rapidly changing and are subject to uncertain application, interpretation and enforcement standards.

The increasingly complex, restrictive and rapidly evolving regulatory environment at the federal and state level related to data privacy and data protection, including with respect to protected health information and the use of artificial intelligence, may require significant continued effort and cost, changes to our business and data processing practices and impact our ability to obtain and use data. These laws provide for civil penalties for violations, and some confer a private right-of-action to certain individuals for data breaches. Federal and state regulatory bodies, including the Federal Trade Commission, the California Privacy Protection Agency, and state attorneys general are engaging in

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enforcement investigations and actions with respect to privacy and data protection. There is no assurance that our security controls, training of employees on data privacy and data security, and policies, procedures and practices will prevent the improper use or disclosure of personal data. Our inability to adapt or comply with such legal requirements, or the improper use or disclosure of personal data in violation of data privacy laws could harm our reputation, cause loss of consumer confidence, subject us to government enforcement actions, or result in private litigation against us, which could result in loss of revenue, increased costs, liability for monetary damages, fines and/or criminal prosecution, all of which could have an adverse impact on our business, reputation, financial position and results of operations.

We depend on a limited number of governmental customers for a significant portion of our revenues.

We currently derive, and expect to continue to derive, a significant portion of our revenues from a limited number of governmental agencies. The three primary federal governmental agencies with correctional and detention responsibilities, ICE, the USMS, and the BOP accounted for 54% of our total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2025 ($1,193.5 million). For the year ended December 31, 2025, ICE, USMS, and the BOP accounted for 35% ($770.7 million), 18% ($390.6 million), and 1% ($32.2 million), respectively, of our total revenue. Although the revenue generated from each of these agencies is derived from numerous management contracts and various types of properties (i.e. correctional, detention, and reentry), the loss or substantial reduction in value of one or more of such contracts could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We expect to continue to depend upon federal agencies, including ICE and the USMS, and a relatively small group of other governmental customers for a significant percentage of our revenues.

The federal government has previously adopted policies to not renew DOJ contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities. Although the current administration has reversed these policies, it is possible future administrations could issue similar or new executive orders restricting the use of private correctional and detention facilities by the federal government.

We are dependent upon our senior management and our ability to attract and retain sufficient qualified personnel.

The success of our business depends in large part on the ability and experience of our senior management. The unexpected loss of any of these persons could have an adverse impact on our business.

In addition, the services we provide are labor-intensive. The success of our business, and our ability to satisfy the staffing and operational performance requirements of our contracts, require that we attract, hire, develop and retain sufficient qualified personnel. When we are awarded a facility management contract or open a new facility, we must hire operating management, correctional and detention officers, and other personnel. Our inability to hire sufficient qualified personnel on a timely basis, or experiencing excessive turnover or the loss of significant personnel at existing facilities, could adversely affect our business. These risks have been intensified by the activation of multiple previously idle facilities under new management contracts with ICE, where the activation process is not yet complete, and could in the future be compounded if we have the opportunity to activate additional idle facilities. Many of our contracts include specific staffing requirements, and our failure to satisfy such requirements may result in the imposition of financial penalties or loss of contract.

We continue to experience labor shortages and wage pressures in several markets across the country and have provided customary inflationary wage increases to remain competitive. Although the hiring environment has progressively improved since the COVID-19 pandemic, recruiting remains particularly challenging at certain facilities in particular geographic locations, resulting in incremental expenses to help ensure sufficient staffing levels. While we have been able to reduce the use of these temporary incentives at most facilities due to the improving hiring environment, we expect to continue to incur a certain level of incremental expenses in the future, particularly as demand from the federal government for capacity at our correctional and detention facilities is increasing, particularly from ICE. Incremental expenses include, but may not be limited to, incentive payments to our front-line and field staff, temporary employee housing expenses and other travel related reimbursements, additional paid time off, off-cycle wage increases in certain markets to remain competitive, and registry nursing expenses.

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As the labor market improves, we expect to further reduce our reliance on these temporary incentives. While we have achieved recent successes, the benefits of our investments in staffing may not be sustained, and labor shortages could intensify again in the future, especially during the periods when multiple facility activations are required in certain geographical areas creating a higher demand for labor, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We are subject to various types of litigation.

Legal proceedings related to, and adverse developments in our relationship with, our employees could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. We and our subsidiaries are party to a variety of claims and legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business, including but not limited to claims and legal proceedings related to employment matters. Because the resolution of claims and legal proceedings is inherently uncertain, there can be no assurance we will be successful in defending against such claims or legal proceedings, or that management's assessment of the materiality of these matters, including the reserves taken in connection therewith, will be consistent with the ultimate outcome of such claims or legal proceedings. In the event management's assessment of materiality of current claims and legal proceedings proves inaccurate or litigation that is material arises in the future, the resolution of such matters may have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

We are subject to legal proceedings associated with owning and managing correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities. Our ownership and management of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, and the provision of inmate transportation services by a subsidiary, expose us to potential third-party claims or litigation by prisoners or other persons relating to personal injury, illness, or other damages resulting from contact with a facility, its managers, personnel or other prisoners, including damages arising from a prisoner's escape from, or a disturbance or riot at, a facility we own or manage, from the misconduct of our employees, or the failure to prevent or detect the introduction of contraband and prohibited substances. To the extent the events serving as a basis for any potential claims are alleged or determined to constitute illegal or criminal activity, we could also be subject to criminal liability. Such liability could result in significant monetary fines and could affect our ability to bid on future contracts and retain our existing contracts. In addition, as an owner of real property, we may be subject to a variety of proceedings relating to personal injuries of persons at such facilities. The claims against our facilities may be significant and may not be covered by insurance. Even in cases covered by insurance, our deductible (or self-insured retention) may be significant.

We are subject to necessary insurance costs.

Workers' compensation, auto liability, employee health, and general liability insurance represent significant costs to us. Because we are significantly self-insured for workers' compensation, auto liability, employee health, and general liability risks, the amount of our insurance expense is dependent on claims experience, our ability to control our claims experience, and in the case of workers' compensation and employee health, rising health care costs in general. Unanticipated additional insurance costs could adversely impact our results of operations and cash flows, and the failure to obtain or maintain any necessary insurance coverage could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be adversely affected by inflation.

Many of our facility contracts provide for fixed fees or fees that increase by only small amounts during their terms. If, due to inflation or other causes, our operating expenses, such as wages and salaries of our employees, insurance, medical, and food costs, increase at rates faster than increases, if any, in our revenues, then our profitability would be adversely affected. In the past, we have experienced increases in labor costs. The continuation or intensification of such increases could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

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We depend in part on the performance and capabilities of third parties with whom we have commercial relationships.

We maintain business relationships with key partners, suppliers, channel partners and other parties that have complementary products, services or skills. We depend, in part, on the performance and capabilities of these third parties and on the financial condition of, and our relationship with, distributors and other business partners, which can affect our capacity to effectively and efficiently serve current and potential government partners. We depend on these third parties and suppliers to also adequately protect against risks that they may face, including cybersecurity risk, to ensure timely delivery of products and services we procure. Additionally, cost inflation and supply chain disruptions may lead to higher costs charged by such third parties or the unavailability of the products or services they provide. Should we be unable to source such products or services from alternative or lower cost providers, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Technological changes or negative changes in the level of acceptance of, or resistance to, the use of electronic monitoring products could cause our electronic monitoring products and other technology to become obsolete or require the redesign of our electronic monitoring products, which could have an adverse effect on our business.

Technological changes within our electronic monitoring business may require us to expend resources in an effort to acquire, maintain and/or utilize new electronic monitoring products and technology. We may not be able to anticipate or respond to technological changes in a timely manner, and our response may not result in successful electronic monitoring product offerings. If we are unable to anticipate or timely respond to technological changes, our business could be adversely affected. Further, our business could be adversely affected if the level of acceptance of or resistance to the use of electronic monitoring products and services by governmental customers were to change over time in a negative manner so that governmental customers decide to decrease their usage levels and contracting for electronic monitoring products and services.

We depend on a limited number of third parties to manufacture and supply our electronic monitoring products. If our suppliers cannot provide the products or services we require in a timely manner and with such quality as we expect, our ability to market and sell our electronic monitoring products and services could be harmed.

If our suppliers fail to supply, in a timely manner, electronic monitoring products that meet our quantity, quality, cost requirements, or technical specifications, we may not be able to access alternative sources of these products within a reasonable period of time or at commercially reasonable rates. A reduction or interruption in the supply of such products, or a significant increase in the price of such products, including as a result of supply chain delays, could have an adverse impact on our marketing and sales initiatives, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, contracts with such suppliers may not continue to be available on acceptable terms or at all.

We may be subject to costly product liability claims from the use of our electronic monitoring products, which could damage our reputation, impair the marketability of our products and services and force us to pay costs and damages that may not be covered by adequate insurance.

The operation of our electronic monitoring products and services entails a risk of product liability. We could be subject to product liability claims to the extent these electronic monitoring products fail to perform as intended. Even unsuccessful claims against us could result in the expenditure of funds in litigation, the diversion of management time and resources, damage to our reputation and impairment of the marketability of our electronic monitoring products and services. While we maintain liability insurance, it is possible that a successful claim could be made against us, that the amount of our insurance coverage would not be adequate to cover the costs of defending against or paying such a claim, and that damages payable by us would harm our business.

We are subject to risks associated with ownership of real estate.

Our ownership of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities subjects us to risks typically associated with investments in real estate. Investments in real estate and, in particular, correctional and detention facilities have limited or no alternative use and thus are relatively illiquid. Therefore, our ability to divest ourselves of one or more of our facilities promptly in response to changing conditions is limited. Investments in real estate properties subject us to

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risks involving potential exposure to environmental liability and uninsured loss. Our operating costs may be affected by the obligation to pay for the cost of complying with existing environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, as well as the cost of complying with future legislation. In addition, although we maintain insurance for many types of losses, there are certain types of losses, such as losses from earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, floods and acts of terrorism, which may be either uninsurable or for which it may not be economically feasible to obtain insurance coverage in light of the substantial costs associated with such insurance. As a result, we could lose both our capital invested in, and anticipated profits from, one or more of the properties we own. Further, it is possible to experience losses that may exceed the limits of insurance coverage.

The primary risk we face for asset impairment charges is associated with real estate that we own. As of December 31, 2025, we had $2.1 billion in property and equipment, including $149.7 million in long-lived assets at four idled CoreCivic Safety facilities and one idled CoreCivic Properties correctional facility. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to secure agreements to utilize our idle properties, or that we will not incur impairment charges in the future.

Certain of our facilities are subject to options to purchase and reversions. Nine of our facilities are subject to an option to purchase by certain governmental agencies. Such options are exercisable by the corresponding contracting governmental entity generally at any time during the term of the respective facility contract. Certain of these purchase options are based on the depreciated book value of the facility, which essentially could result in the transfer of ownership of the facility to the governmental agency at the end of the life used for accounting purposes, while other options to purchase are exercisable at prices below fair market value. See "Business – Facility Portfolio." If any of these options are exercised, there exists the risk that we will be unable to invest the proceeds from the sale of the facility in one or more properties that yield as much cash flow as the property acquired by the government entity. In addition, in the event any of these options are exercised, there exists the risk that the contracting governmental agency will terminate the management contract associated with such facility. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the nine facilities currently subject to these options generated $374.5 million in revenue (16.9% of total revenue) and incurred $314.7 million in operating expenses.

Risks related to facility construction and development activities may increase our costs related to such activities. When we are engaged to perform construction and design services for a facility, we typically act as the primary contractor and subcontract with other companies that act as the general contractors. As primary contractor, we are subject to the various risks associated with construction (including, without limitation, shortages of labor and materials, work stoppages, labor disputes, and weather interference which could cause construction delays). In addition, we are subject to the risk that the general contractor will be unable to complete construction at the budgeted costs or be unable to fund any excess construction costs, even though we require general contractors to post construction bonds and insurance. Under such contracts, we are ultimately liable for all late delivery penalties and cost overruns.

We may be adversely affected by an increase in costs or difficulty of obtaining adequate levels of surety credit on favorable terms.

We are often required to post bid or performance bonds issued by a surety company as a condition to bidding on or being awarded a contract. Availability and pricing of these surety commitments are subject to general market and industry conditions, among other factors. Increases in surety costs could adversely affect our operating results if we are unable to effectively pass along such increases to our customers. We cannot assure you that we will have continued access to surety credit or that we will be able to secure bonds economically, without additional collateral, or at the levels required for any potential facility development or contract bids. If we are unable to obtain adequate levels of surety credit on favorable terms, we would have to rely upon letters of credit under our revolving credit facility, which could entail higher costs if such borrowing capacity was even available when desired, and our ability to bid for or obtain new contracts could be impaired.

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Interruption, delay or failure of the provision of our technology services or information systems, or the compromise of the security thereof, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Components of our business depend significantly on effective information systems and technologies, some of which are provided and/or maintained by third parties. As with any organization that relies on technology to deliver products and services, we face a variety of technology-related risks that could materially impact our operations, financial performance, and reputation. As a matter of course, we may store, transmit, or process the personal information of offenders, employees and other persons as required to provide our services and such personal information or other data may be hosted or exchanged with our government partners and other third-party providers. In response to these risks, we employ industry standard administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to meet data protection and availability requirements; however, specific examples of risks we face include:

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Cybersecurity threats: Our systems and data are subject to the potential for cybersecurity incidents including unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious software. Any such incidents could result in the loss of sensitive information, significant operational disruptions, legal liability, and reputational harm.
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Technology infrastructure failures: Our reliance on complex technology infrastructure creates risks associated with potential failure of hardware, software, or network components. Such failures could lead to loss of customer trust and incur significant recovery costs.
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Rapid technological changes: The rapid paces of technological advancements may render our current technologies obsolete or less competitive. We must continually invest in and adopt technology to meet evolving market demands and customer expectations or requirements. Failure to do so may adversely affect our market position.
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Third-party vendor risks: We depend on third-party vendors for critical technology services, including cloud storage, data processing, and software development. Any disruption in service, cyberattack or failure on the part of these vendors could impact our ability to operate effectively and meet customer needs.
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Regulatory compliance: Our industry sector is subject to a variety of regulations concerning data privacy, cybersecurity, and technology usage. Non-compliance with these regulations, whether existing or new, could lead to legal penalties, reputational damage, and operational restrictions.
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Intellectual property loss: Our ability to protect our technological innovation and proprietary information is critical. Infringement on our intellectual property rights or failure to adequately protect our technologies may lead to competitive disadvantages and financial losses.
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User adoption and experience: The success of our technology solutions relies on user adoption and satisfaction. If our technologies fail to meet user expectations or if we encounter significant resistance to new technologies, our growth and revenue may be adversely affected.
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Force majeure: Unforeseeable circumstances or circumstances beyond our controls such as geopolitical conflicts, natural disasters, etc. may cause significant operational disruptions to our information technology systems or those on which we rely, which could result in material recovery costs or loss of customer confidence.

The current cybersecurity threat environment presents increased risk for all companies, including companies in our industry. We, our employees, government partners, and third parties are regularly the target of cyberattacks and other attempts to breach, or gain unauthorized access to, our information systems and databases. Moreover, given the current cybersecurity threat environment, we expect the volume and intensity of cyberattacks and attempted intrusions to continue to increase in the future. Cybersecurity threats and techniques used in cyberattacks may be pervasive, sophisticated and difficult to prevent, including, computer viruses, malicious or destructive code (such as ransomware), social engineering (including phishing, vishing and smishing), denial of service or information or security breach tactics that could result in disruptions to our business and operations, unauthorized disclosure, release, gathering, monitoring, misuse, loss or destruction or theft of confidential, proprietary or other information, including intellectual property of ours, our employees or of third parties. Cyberattacks are carried out on a worldwide scale and by a growing number of cyber actors, including organized crime groups, hackers, terrorist organizations, extremist parties, hostile foreign governments, state-sponsored actors, activists, disgruntled employees and other third parties.

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For example, several well-known companies have recently disclosed high-profile security breaches involving sophisticated and highly targeted attacks on their company's infrastructure or their customers' data, which were not recognized or detected until after such companies had been affected notwithstanding the preventive measures they had in place. In addition, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the conflict in Israel and the surrounding areas, many companies have experienced heightened cybersecurity risks. Additionally, our status as a government contractor may increase the risk that we are a target of cyberattacks. Cybersecurity threats and the techniques used in cyberattacks change, develop and evolve rapidly, including from emerging technologies, such as advanced forms of artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum computing by making fraud detection more difficult, particularly with detection devices that use voice recognition or authentication. Further, the information systems of third parties upon which we rely in connection with our business, such as vendors, suppliers, government partners, and other third-party service providers, could be comprised in a manner that adversely affects us and our information systems. Additionally, the failure of our employees to exercise sound judgment and vigilance when targeted by social engineering or other cyberattacks may increase our vulnerability.

Our current or future use of artificial intelligence or machine learning tools in our business operations could expose us to new or additional costs and risks, including the potential introduction of new vulnerabilities or cybersecurity risks within our information technology systems and the potential inadvertent or unauthorized release of confidential or protected health information resulting from the use (whether or not authorized) of artificial intelligence or machine learning tools by our employees, contractors, agents, representatives or affiliates. In addition, the artificial intelligence tools we may incorporate into certain aspects of our operations may not generate the intended efficiencies and may impact our business results.

There is no assurance that the security measures we take to reduce the risk of such incidents and protect our systems will be sufficient. Any cyberattack, data breach, security breach, or other security incident resulting in the interruption, delay, compromise or failure of our services or information systems, or the misappropriation, loss, or other unauthorized disclosure of personal data or confidential information, including confidential information about our employees or those entrusted to our care, or other proprietary information, including intellectual property, whether by us directly, our vendors, our employees, our government partners, those entrusted to our care, or our third-party service providers, could damage our reputation, expose us to the risks of litigation and liability, result in significant monetary penalties and/or regulatory actions for violation of applicable laws or regulations, disrupt our business and result in significant costs for investigation and notification regarding the incident and remedial measures to prevent future occurrences and mitigate past violations, result in lost business, or otherwise adversely affect our results of operations. Moreover, any significant cybersecurity incident could require us to devote significant management time and resources to address such incident, interfere with our pursuit of other important business strategies and initiatives, and cause us to incur additional expenditures, which could be material. There is no assurance that any remedial actions will meaningfully limit the success of future attempts to breach our information systems, particularly because malicious actors are increasingly sophisticated and utilize tools and techniques specifically designed to circumvent security measures, avoid detection and obfuscate forensic evidence, which means that we may be unable to identify, investigate or remediate effectively or in a timely manner. Although we maintain cybersecurity insurance covering certain security and privacy damages and claim expenses, we may not carry insurance or maintain coverage sufficient to compensate for all liability and in any event, insurance coverage would not address the reputational damage that could result from a security incident.

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We are implementing a new enterprise resource planning system, and challenges with the implementation of the system may impact our business and operations.

We are implementing a new enterprise resource planning system, or ERP. ERP system implementations are complex, time-consuming, labor intensive, and involve substantial expenditures. The new ERP system is critical to our ability to gather important information, obtain and deliver products, send invoices, fulfill contractual obligations, maintain books and records, provide accurate, timely and reliable reports on our financial and operating results, and otherwise operate our business. ERP system implementations also require transformation of internal processes and are subject to delays and cost overruns. Any loss of information, disruptions, delays or deficiencies in the implementation of the new ERP system could affect our ability to accurately maintain books and records, provide accurate, timely and reliable reports on our financial and operating results, including reports required by the SEC including, but not limited to, the evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and otherwise operate our business. Such disruptions could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and reputation.

We are subject to risks related to corporate responsibility.

The integration of corporate responsibility factors in making investment decisions is relatively new; frameworks and methods used by investors for assessing corporate responsibility policies are not fully developed and vary considerably among the investment community; and investor, societal and political sentiments on corporate responsibility, both as to particular corporate responsibility factors and as to its general relevance to investors and their decisions, continue to evolve. The State of California's Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act will impose climate-related disclosure obligations on certain companies doing business in California that could impose additional disclosure requirements on us, along with associated costs and risks. We will continue to monitor developments in the implementation of final rules associated with these laws in 2026. During 2025, we issued our annual Corporate Responsibility Report which broadly describes how we attempt to deliver on our service commitment to our government and other third-party partners and manage our operations responsibly and ethically. The policies and practices we summarize in our corporate responsibility reporting, whether they relate to the standards we set for ourselves or corporate responsibility criteria established by third parties, and whether or not we meet such standards, may influence our reputation. For example, the perception held by the general public, our governmental partners, vendors, suppliers, other stakeholders, or the communities in which we do business may depend, in part, on the standards we have chosen to aspire to meet, whether or not we meet these standards on a timely basis or at all, and whether or not we meet external corporate responsibility factors they deem relevant. Nonetheless, the subjective and evolving nature and wide variety of methods and processes used by various stakeholders, including investors, to assess a company with respect to corporate responsibility criteria can result in the perception of negative corporate responsibility factors or a misrepresentation of our corporate responsibility policies and practices. Our failure, or perceived failure, to meet expectations on corporate responsibility reporting, achieve meaningful progress on corporate responsibility-related policies and practices, address stakeholder expectations or meet corporate responsibility criteria set by third parties on a timely basis, or at all, could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

By electing to voluntarily publicize corporate responsibility-related information and our approach to corporate responsibility standards, our business may also face increased scrutiny related to corporate responsibility activities. As a result, our reputation could be harmed if we fail to meet goals we share, report accurate data or act in a manner deemed appropriate or responsible in light of shifting social and political standards and perspectives in the areas in which we report, such as safety and security, human rights, human capital, quality assurance, community engagement, and environmental sustainability. Any harm to our reputation resulting from sharing information, setting goals, attempting to meet external standards set by third-parties or our failure or perceived failure to meet such standards or act in a manner that meets evolving societal and political perspectives could impact, among other things: employee retention; the willingness of our governmental partners, vendors and suppliers to do business with us; investors willingness or ability to purchase or hold our securities; or our ability to access capital, any of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Our Corporate Responsibility Report is not incorporated by reference into and does not form any part of this Annual Report.

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Risks Related to Our Indebtedness

Our indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under our debt securities.

We have a significant amount of indebtedness. As of December 31, 2025, we had total indebtedness of $1,230.3 million. Our indebtedness could have important consequences. For example, it could:

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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our indebtedness;
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increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;
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require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, dividends, stock repurchases and other general corporate purposes;
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limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;
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restrict us from pursuing strategic acquisitions or certain other business opportunities;
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place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt; and
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limit our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance existing indebtedness on favorable terms, or at all.

If we are unable to meet our debt service obligations, we may need to suspend our share repurchase program, reduce capital expenditures, restructure or refinance our indebtedness, obtain additional equity financing or sell assets. We may be unable to restructure or refinance our indebtedness, obtain additional equity financing or sell assets on satisfactory terms or at all.

Our Bank Credit Facility, indentures related to our senior notes, and other debt instruments have restrictive covenants that could limit our financial flexibility.

The indentures related to our 8.25% senior notes due 2029, and our 4.75% senior notes due 2027, collectively referred to herein as our senior notes, and the credit agreement related to our Bank Credit Facility, contain restrictive covenants that limit our ability to engage in activities that may be in our long-term best interests. Our Bank Credit Facility requires us to comply with certain financial covenants, including leverage and fixed charge coverage ratios. The Bank Credit Facility includes other restrictions that, among other things, limit our ability to incur indebtedness; grant liens; engage in mergers, consolidations and liquidations; make asset dispositions, make restricted payments and investments; issue disqualified stock; enter into transactions with affiliates; and amend, modify or prepay certain indebtedness. The indentures related to our senior notes contain limitations on our ability to effect mergers and change of control events, as well as other limitations on our ability to create liens on our assets. The indenture related to our 8.25% senior notes due 2029 additionally limits our ability to incur indebtedness, make restricted payments and investments and prepay certain indebtedness.

Our failure to comply with these covenants could result in an event of default that, if not cured or waived, could result in the acceleration of all or a substantial portion of our debt. We do not have sufficient working capital to satisfy our debt obligations in the event of an acceleration of all or a significant portion of our outstanding indebtedness.

Our indebtedness is secured by a substantial portion of our assets.

Our Bank Credit Facility is secured by a pledge of all of the capital stock (or other ownership interests) of our domestic restricted subsidiaries, 65% of the capital stock (or other ownership interests) of our "first-tier" foreign subsidiaries, all of our accounts receivable and those of our domestic restricted subsidiaries, and substantially all of our deposit accounts and those of our domestic restricted subsidiaries. In the event that (a) the consolidated total leverage equals or exceeds 4.25 to 1.00 or (b) we incur certain debt above a specified threshold, certain intangible assets and unencumbered real estate assets that meet a 50% loan-to-value requirement are required to be added as collateral. Subject to compliance with the restrictive covenants under our existing indebtedness, we may incur additional indebtedness secured by existing or future assets of ours or our subsidiaries. In the event of a default under our Bank

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Credit Facility or any other secured indebtedness, or if we experience insolvency, liquidation, dissolution or reorganization, the holders of our secured debt would be entitled to payment from their collateral security, and after that the holders of our unsecured debt (including the holders of any deficiency remaining after application of collateral to secured debt) would be entitled to payment from our remaining assets. In such an event, there can be no assurance that we would have sufficient assets to pay amounts due to holders of our unsecured debt, and unsecured debt-holders may receive less than the full amount to which they are entitled.

Servicing our indebtedness will require a significant amount of cash or may require us to refinance our indebtedness before it matures. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control and there is no assurance that we will be able to refinance our debt on acceptable terms, or at all.

Currently, our term loan and revolving credit facility both mature in October 2028. We also have outstanding $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of our 8.25% senior notes due 2029, and $238.5 million in aggregate principal amount of our 4.75% senior notes due 2027. In addition, we have $134.3 million outstanding under a non-recourse mortgage note with an interest rate of 4.43% maturing in 2040. Our ability to make payments on our indebtedness, to refinance our indebtedness, and to fund planned capital expenditures will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. This, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory, and other factors that are beyond our control.

The risk exists that our business will be unable to generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings will not be available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness, including our existing senior notes, or to fund our other liquidity needs. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness, including our senior notes, on or before maturity. Our ability to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on acceptable terms, or at all, will be dependent upon a number of factors, including our degree of leverage, the amount of our cash flows, the value of our assets, borrowing and other financial restrictions imposed by lenders, and conditions in the credit markets at the time we refinance. If we are unable to refinance our indebtedness on acceptable terms, we may be forced to agree to otherwise unfavorable financing terms or to sell one or more properties at unattractive prices or on disadvantageous terms. Any one of these options could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are required to repurchase all or a portion of our senior notes upon a change of control, and the debt under our Bank Credit Facility is subject to acceleration upon a change of control.

Upon certain change of control events, as that term is defined in the indentures for our senior notes, including a change of control caused by an unsolicited third party, we are required to make an offer in cash to repurchase all or any part of each holder's notes at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal thereof, plus accrued interest. The source of funds for any such repurchase would be our available cash or cash generated from operations or other sources, including borrowings, sales of equity or funds provided by a new controlling person or entity. Sufficient funds may not be available to us, however, at the time of any change of control event to repurchase all or a portion of the tendered notes pursuant to this requirement. Our failure to offer to repurchase notes, or to repurchase notes tendered, following a change of control will result in a default under the respective indentures, which could lead to a cross-default under our Bank Credit Facility and under the terms of our other indebtedness. A change in control (as described in our Bank Credit Facility), is also a default under our Bank Credit Facility, entitling the lenders to refuse to make further extensions of credit thereunder and to accelerate the maturity of the debt outstanding under the Bank Credit Facility. Prior to repurchasing the notes upon a change of control event, we must either repay outstanding indebtedness under our Bank Credit Facility or obtain the consent of the lenders under our Bank Credit Facility. If we do not obtain the required consents or repay our outstanding indebtedness under our Bank Credit Facility, we would effectively be prevented from offering to repurchase the notes, which would cause a default under the indentures governing the notes.

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Despite current indebtedness levels, we may still incur more debt.

The terms of the indentures for our senior notes and our Bank Credit Facility restrict our ability to incur indebtedness; however, we may nevertheless incur additional indebtedness in the future, and in the future, we may refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness, including our Bank Credit Facility indebtedness, and may incur additional indebtedness as a result so long as we comply with the limitations in our senior notes and Bank Credit Facility while they are in effect. As of December 31, 2025, we had $311.4 million of additional borrowing capacity available under our revolving credit facility. In addition, so long as we comply with the limitations in our senior notes and Bank Credit Facility while they are in effect, we may incur additional debt from time to time when we determine that market conditions and the opportunity to utilize the proceeds therefrom are favorable. If new debt is added to our and our subsidiaries' current debt levels, the related risks that we and they now face could intensify.

Our access to capital may be affected by general macroeconomic conditions.

Credit markets may tighten significantly for various reasons that may or may not result from company-specific activities such that our ability to obtain new capital could be more challenging and more expensive. Further, we can provide no assurance that the banks that have made commitments under our Bank Credit Facility will continue to operate as going concerns in the future or will agree to extend commitments beyond the maturity date. If any of the banks in the lending group were to fail, or fail to renew their commitments, it is possible that the capacity under our Bank Credit Facility would be reduced. In the event that the availability under our Bank Credit Facility was reduced significantly, we could be required to obtain capital from alternate sources in order to continue with our business and capital strategies. Our options for addressing such capital constraints would include, but not be limited to (i) delaying certain capital expenditure projects, (ii) obtaining commitments from the remaining banks in the lending group or from new banks to fund increased or new amounts under the terms of our Bank Credit Facility, (iii) accessing the public or private capital markets, or (iv) retaining more of our cash flow. Such alternatives could be on terms less favorable than under the Bank Credit Facility, which could have an adverse impact on our business, financial position and results of operations.

Activist resistance to the use of public-private partnerships for correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities could impact our ability to obtain financing to grow our business or to refinance existing indebtedness, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our company does not, under longstanding policy, lobby for or against policies or legislation that would determine the basis for, or duration of, an individual's incarceration or detention. This strict policy also applies to external government relations professionals working on our behalf at all levels of government. Nonetheless, contracting for correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities and related services has not achieved complete acceptance by certain governments or the public at large. The operation of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities by private entities has encountered resistance from certain groups, such as immigration advocates, labor unions, prison reform organizations and other special interest groups that believe correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities should only be operated by governmental agencies, or that alternatives to immigrant detention should be utilized to enforce the nation's border policies. Further, opposition to immigration, detention and incarceration policies and the association of private companies with the enforcement of such policies have caused some financial institutions to decline to provide capital, credit or financial services to private entities that own or operate correctional and detention facilities, including CoreCivic, or to otherwise participate in the provision of capital, credit or financial services in connection with the development of correctional and detention facilities that are associated with private companies. Moreover, proposed and future legislation could restrict financial institutions from providing capital, credit or financial services to private entities that own or operate correctional and detention facilities, including CoreCivic. For example, the New York State Legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit New York state chartered banks from investing in and providing financing for privately operated secured facilities. If this legislation becomes law, certain financial institutions may be prohibited from providing us with capital, credit or financial services. While we believe we will continue to have access to capital, restrictions on our access to capital, or increases in the cost of capital, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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An increase in interest rates increases the cost of our variable rate debt.

We have incurred and expect in the future to incur indebtedness that bears interest at variable rates, including indebtedness under our Bank Credit Facility. Accordingly, an increase in interest rates would increase our interest costs, which could have an adverse impact on us and our ability to pay down our debt, return capital to our stockholders and pay maturing debt or cause us to be in default under certain debt instruments.

General Risk Factors

The market price of our equity securities may vary substantially, which may limit our stockholders' ability to liquidate their investment.

Factors that could affect the market price of our equity securities include, but are not limited to, the following:

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actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly results of operations;
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changes in market valuations of companies in the corrections, detention, or residential reentry industries;
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changes in expectations of future financial performance or changes in estimates of securities analysts;
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changes in government policy, legislation and regulations that affect utilization of the private sector for corrections, detention, and residential reentry services including, but not limited to, immigration policies and government funding proposals;
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fluctuations in stock market prices and volumes;
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issuances and re-purchases of common shares or other securities in the future; and
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announcements by us or our competitors of acquisitions, investments or strategic actions.

The number of shares of our common stock available for future sale could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

We cannot predict the effect, if any, of future sales of common stock, or the availability of common stock for future sale, on the market price of our common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of common stock, including stock issued under equity compensation plans, or the perception that these sales could occur, may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock.

Future offerings of debt or equity securities ranking senior to our common stock or incurrence of debt (including under our Bank Credit Facility) may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

If we decide to issue debt or equity securities in the future ranking senior to our common stock or otherwise incur indebtedness (including under our Bank Credit Facility), it is possible that these securities or indebtedness will be governed by an indenture or other instrument containing covenants restricting our operating flexibility and limiting our ability to return capital to our stockholders. Additionally, any convertible or exchangeable securities that we issue in the future may have rights, preferences and privileges, including with respect to distributions, more favorable than those of our common stock and may result in dilution to owners of our common stock. Because our decision to issue debt or equity securities in any future offering or otherwise incur indebtedness will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings or financings, any of which could reduce the market price of our common stock and dilute the value of our common stock.

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Our issuance of preferred stock could adversely affect holders of our common stock and discourage a takeover.

Our Board of Directors has the authority to issue up to 50.0 million shares of preferred stock without any action on the part of our stockholders. Our Board of Directors also has the authority, without stockholder approval, to set the terms of any new series of preferred stock that may be issued, including voting rights, dividend rights, liquidation rights and other preferences superior to our common stock. In the event that we issue shares of preferred stock in the future that have preferences superior to our common stock, the rights of the holders of our common stock or the market price of our common stock could be adversely affected. In addition, the ability of our Board of Directors to issue shares of preferred stock without any action on the part of our stockholders may impede a takeover of us and discourage or prevent a transaction that may be favorable to our stockholders.

Our charter and bylaws and Maryland law could make it difficult for a third party to acquire our company.

The Maryland General Corporation Law and our charter and bylaws contain provisions that could delay, deter, or prevent a change in control of our company or our management. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for our stockholders to elect directors and take other corporate actions. These provisions:

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authorize us to issue "blank check" preferred stock, which is preferred stock that can be created and issued by our Board of Directors, without stockholder approval, with rights senior to those of common stock;
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provide that directors may be removed with or without cause only by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes of shares entitled to vote thereon; and
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establish advance notice requirements for submitting nominations for election to the Board of Directors and for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at a meeting.

We are also subject to anti-takeover provisions under Maryland law, which could delay or prevent a change of control. Together, these provisions of our charter and bylaws and Maryland law may discourage transactions that otherwise could provide for the payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our common stock, and also could limit the price that investors are willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock.

As an owner and operator of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, we are subject to risks relating to acts of God, outbreaks of epidemic or pandemic disease, global climate change, terrorist activity and war.

We may encounter staffing constraints as well as costs and expenses associated with owning and/or operating our correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities as a result of acts of God, outbreaks of epidemic or pandemic disease, global climate change (including the potential for increased inclement weather and natural disasters), wars and other geopolitical conflicts and the potential for war, terrorist activity (including threats of terrorist activity), political unrest, geopolitical uncertainty and other forms of civil strife, in or around locations where we own and/or operate significant properties. These events could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations or the market price of our common stock.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVE D STAFF COMMENTS.

None.

ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY.

Cybersecurity Risk Management and Strategy

We recognize the importance of developing, implementing and maintaining the integrity of our information technology systems and safeguarding the personal data and confidential information we receive, process or transmit, and store in any format. We have a cybersecurity risk management program, which we refer to as our information security risk management program, in place designed to assess, identify, and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats to our information, data, or information technology systems utilizing a defense-in-depth security strategy that integrates our staff, technology, and operations to establish various security barriers across multiple layers of our operations. Our information security risk management program is designed to employ industry standard practices across our operations and business functions, including access controls, monitoring and analysis of the threat environment, vulnerability assessments, and third-party cybersecurity risks; resilience through detecting and responding to cybersecurity events, incidents, and data disclosures or breaches, business continuity, and disaster recovery capabilities; and investments in cybersecurity infrastructure and technology needs. Key aspects of our information security risk management program include, but are not limited to, the following:

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Surveillance controls and technical protective capabilities, including a centralized security incident event management system, or SIEM, continuous threat detection and response monitoring, and full incident response;
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Routine cybersecurity training for all employees, including social engineering techniques, simulated phishing campaigns, physical access such as tailgating, privacy or handling of sensitive data, and other related topics;
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Established policies and procedures that govern information security and cybersecurity which apply to all employees and information systems we control;
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Business continuity, incident response, and disaster recovery procedures, including routine tabletop incident response exercises, disaster recovery tests, unannounced penetration tests, and security control assessments;
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Network, infrastructure, and application security such as database activity monitoring, encryption, secure file transfer protocols, and application firewalls; and
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Maintaining cybersecurity insurance covering certain security and privacy damages and claim expenses resulting from cybersecurity incidents (we periodically meet with our insurer to discuss trends in cybersecurity).

We engage third parties in connection with assessing, identifying and managing our cybersecurity risks, including, but not limited to, the following:

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Incident response expertise to provide intelligence-based cybersecurity solutions and services to assist us with preparing for, investigating, and responding to cybersecurity incidents, including attacks that target on premise, cloud, and critical infrastructure environments;
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Annual security program assessment of the controls, maturity and performance of our information security risk management program and the information security risks associated with our technology and business systems;
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External and internal penetration and intrusion testing using industry standard tools and techniques;
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Compliance assessments with certain information security standards required under some of our federal contracts;

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Established cadence of reviews, reporting and coordination with government agencies to review cybersecurity metrics, findings and any applicable remediation efforts in accordance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework, or NIST CSF; and
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Review processes and procedures designed to control access to information systems as part of our Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or SOX, testing.

In addition to the third parties described above, we regularly engage consultants, advisors, service providers and other third parties to help develop and manage our information security risk management program. Further, our internal audit team conducts annual assessments of our information security risk management program and controls.

To help identify and manage cybersecurity and information security risks associated with our use of third-party service providers, we have implemented processes to assess third-party systems which could be compromised in a manner that adversely impacts us and our technology systems. We conduct diligence of significant third-party service providers who will have access to our data or information technology systems and incorporate certain cybersecurity protections in our engagement contracts with such providers. In addition, we require such third-party service providers to promptly notify us of any actual or suspected breach impacting our data or operations.

Our information security risk management program is designed to, among other things, assess, identify and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats. Cybersecurity risks we face include cyberattacks, computer viruses, malicious or destructive code (such as ransomware), social engineering (including phishing, vishing and smishing), denial of service to information or security breach tactics as well as attacks to our website, financial applications, operational technology, telecommunications and human resources data. Our information security risk management program includes technology and processes designed to maintain active awareness of risks to the security of our information or systems. We do not believe that any risks we have identified to date from cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any previous cybersecurity incidents, have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect us, including our business strategy, results of operations or financial condition. However, we cannot ensure that future cybersecurity incidents will not materially affect our business strategy, results of operations or financial condition.

For more information on the Company’s risks associated with cybersecurity threats and incidents, information and security breaches and technology failures, see Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors - Interruption, delay or failure of the provision of our technology services or information systems, or the compromise of the security thereof, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Governance

Our information security risk management program is integrated into our overall risk management program. Our BOD has a formalized enterprise risk management program, or ERM Program, which the Risk Committee of the BOD, or Risk Committee, on behalf of the BOD and the Audit Committee of the BOD, oversees. Our ERM Program addresses the identification, prioritization and assessment of a broad range of risks (e.g., cybersecurity, financial, operational, business, reputational, governance and managerial), and the formulation of plans to develop and improve controls for managing these risks or mitigating their effects in an integrated effort involving our BOD, relevant committees of the BOD, management, and other personnel. Our ERM Program is led by our General Counsel and is a component of management’s strategic planning process. Our BOD and Risk Committee have primary oversight responsibility regarding our information security risk management program. Our BOD and Risk Committee each receives regular and frequent updates on cybersecurity and information technology matters from management (including our Chief Information and Digital Officer, or CIDO) and, periodically, from outside experts. For example, the CIDO provides reports to our BOD, Technology Steering Committee and Risk Committee regarding information security risks, as well as plans and strategies to mitigate those risks, on a periodic basis.

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In addition, our Enterprise Risk Council, or ERC, is a management-level team comprised of a select group of executive officers, vice presidents, and senior managers overseeing risk, which is responsible for managing enterprise risks and planning and organizing the activities of our organization to minimize the effects of risk on our business, operations and financial results. The ERC is led by our General Counsel and our Managing Director, Litigation & Risk Management. The ERC coordinates enterprise risk management reports to the Risk Committee and/or our BOD. Further, the Risk Committee reviews management’s information security risk management program controls, including management’s assessment of recent information security incidents meeting certain criteria.

We also have a Technology Steering Committee that assists with fulfilling oversight responsibilities of information technology risks, including cybersecurity risks. The Technology Steering Committee is comprised of our executive officers and relevant business leaders from the information security, information technology, legal, human resources, audit, finance, communication and risk functions, and identifies, defines, manages and measures information technology and cybersecurity risks applicable to us on an enterprise level. The Technology Steering Committee meets quarterly, and reviews all cybersecurity risks and incidents meeting certain criteria, and provides oversight with respect to cybersecurity matters at a management level. Further, the Technology Steering Committee reviews management’s information security risk management program controls meeting certain criteria.

Our Technology Cybersecurity Committee is comprised of a subset of our Technology Department, including our CIDO. The Technology Cybersecurity Committee meets bi-weekly and reviews all cybersecurity risks and incidents meeting certain criteria, provides oversight with respect to cybersecurity matters at a technology management level, and reports through our CIDO to the Technology Steering Committee.

We also maintain a management governance structure for reviewing and approving changes related to new and existing systems, software and infrastructure design. Any new items that would require a material change must be reviewed and approved by our architecture review board, or ARB. Non-material changes are governed by the change advisory board, or CAB. The ARB and CAB each meet on a weekly basis and take security impacts into consideration during the decision-making process. All changes, whether approved or rejected, are formally documented in our information technology service management system.

As mentioned above, our SIEM tool monitors threat detection and response continuously. Identified threats create alerts which are monitored and addressed by our information technology team in accordance with internal policies, industry standard practices, and regulatory requirements. Audit logs of external security threats are reviewed weekly as part of general event threat intelligence monitoring procedures. Other ongoing monitoring includes data from our information services team, which maintains an audit trail to detect risks in areas such as unauthorized local connections, network use and remote connections. Vulnerability scans are performed frequently and are supplemented on an ad-hoc basis for specific threats or to test patch status.

Our Sr. Director, Information Security and Privacy Compliance, prepares an incident summary and collaborates with the CIDO to conduct an initial assessment of information and cybersecurity incidents. They perform an impact assessment with respect to information or cybersecurity incidents meeting certain criteria and elevate the review of any such information or cybersecurity incidents for review by our executive officers.

Cybersecurity incidents meeting certain criteria are escalated to our Disclosure Committee for SEC disclosure consideration. The materiality of any cybersecurity incident is ultimately evaluated and determined by our Disclosure Committee in collaboration with our CIDO. Our Disclosure Committee is comprised of our executive officers, our CIDO, our Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, and relevant business leaders from our finance and legal departments. The Disclosure Committee is presented with a detailed overview of the cybersecurity incident by the CIDO. The Disclosure Committee then evaluates the cybersecurity incident and its potential materiality based on SEC guidance and by considering relevant quantitative and qualitative factors.

We have also adopted a cybersecurity incident response plan which provides for controls and procedures in connection with cybersecurity incidents, including these escalation procedures.

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At a management level, our information security risk management program is led by our CIDO, along with our Sr. Director, Information Security and Privacy Compliance. As of the date of this Annual Report, our Technology Department, led by our CIDO, along with our Sr. Director, Information Security and Privacy Compliance, is comprised of nearly 115 technology professionals, with currently 14 of such technology professionals exclusively dedicated to cybersecurity. These security professionals have an average information security/cybersecurity tenure of 6 years and over 30 active certifications from ISC2, ISACA, CompTIA and other industry certification leaders including certifications such as CISSP, CISM, Security+, and CEH, among other advanced Cybersecurity and Technology degrees, tool and process specific certifications, and cybersecurity related work experience. Our Technology Department stays current on cybersecurity issues and trends through continuing education activities such as conferences and participating in webinars, maintaining continuous education requirements for certification bodies, as well as through the monitoring of security and vendor feeds on cybersecurity trends and threats.

ITEM 2. PR OPERTIES.

The properties we owned at December 31, 2025 are described under Item 1 and in Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report, as well as in Schedule III in Part IV of this Annual Report.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

The information required under this item can be found in Note 14 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report and is incorporated by reference in this Part I, Item 3.

ITEM 4. MINE SAF ETY DISCLOSURES.

None.

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PART II.

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOC KHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

Market Price of and Distr ibutions on Capital Stock

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol "CXW." On February 13, 2026, the last reported sale price of our common stock was $18.92 per share and there were approximately 2,100 registered holders and approximately 42,000 beneficial holders, respectively, of our common stock.

Dividend Policy

While we do not currently anticipate paying cash dividends, we expect to return capital to our shareholders through other means, including our share repurchase program described below. Any future determination to pay dividends will be made at the discretion of our Board, subject to applicable laws and will depend upon, among other factors, our results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions and capital requirements.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Period |  | Total Number of Shares Purchased |  |  | Average Price Paid per Share |  |  | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs |  |  | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1) |
October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025 |  |  | 798,293 |  |  | $ | 18.79 |  |  |  | 798,293 |  |  | $ | 182,854,537 |
November 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025 |  |  | 1,879,621 |  |  | $ | 17.06 |  |  |  | 1,879,621 |  |  | $ | 350,784,351 |
December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 |  |  | 2,653,739 |  |  | $ | 18.94 |  |  |  | 2,653,739 |  |  | $ | 300,529,873 |
Total |  |  | 5,331,653 |  |  | $ | 18.25 |  |  |  | 5,331,653 |  |  | $ | 300,529,873 |

(1) On May 12, 2022, the BOD approved a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $150.0 million of the Company's common stock. This original authorization, along with the dates and amounts of subsequent increases to the authorization by the BOD to the share repurchase program, are as follows (in thousands):

Date |  | Amount |
May 12, 2022 |  | $ | 150,000 |
August 2, 2022 |  |  | 75,000 |
May 16, 2024 |  |  | 125,000 |
May 15, 2025 |  |  | 150,000 |
November 10, 2025 |  |  | 200,000 |
Total authorization |  | $ | 700,000 |

Repurchases of the Company's outstanding common stock will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws and may be made at the Company's discretion based on parameters set by the BOD from time to time in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, subject to restricted payment limitations in our debt agreements. The share repurchase program has no time limit and does not obligate the Company to purchase any particular amount of its common stock. The authorization for the share repurchase program may be terminated, suspended, increased or decreased by the BOD in its discretion at any time. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had repurchased a total of 25.7 million shares of the Company's common stock at an aggregate cost of approximately $399.5 million.

I TEM 6. [Reserved]

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, or this Annual Report. In this Annual Report, we use the term, the "Company," "CoreCivic," "we," "us," and "our" to refer to CoreCivic, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless context indicates otherwise. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not limited to, those described under "Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors" and included in other portions of this report.

OVERV IEW

We are a diversified government solutions company with the scale and experience needed to solve tough government challenges in flexible, cost-effective ways. Through three segments, CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties, we provide a broad range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through corrections and detention management, a network of residential reentry centers to help address America's recidivism crisis, and government real estate solutions. We have been a flexible and dependable partner for government for over 40 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.

As of December 31, 2025, through our CoreCivic Safety segment, we operated 44 correctional and detention facilities, 40 of which we owned or controlled via a long-term lease, with a total design capacity of approximately 68,000 beds. Through our CoreCivic Community segment, we operated 20 residential reentry centers, which we owned or controlled via a long-term lease, with a total design capacity of approximately 4,000 beds. In addition, through our CoreCivic Properties segment, we owned five properties, with a total design capacity of approximately 8,000 beds. We are the nation's largest owner of partnership correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities and one of the largest operators of such facilities in the United States. Our size and experience provide us with significant credibility with our current and prospective customers, and enable us to generate economies of scale in purchasing power for food services, health care and other supplies and services we offer to our government partners.

See "Part I, Item 1. Business – Overview" for a description of how we are organized.

Our Business

The solutions we provide to our federal customers continue to be a significant component of our business. We provide an essential governmental service, and believe our ability to provide flexible solutions and fulfill emergent needs of our federal customers would be very difficult and costly to replicate in the public sector.

Upon his inauguration on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued nine executive actions intended to secure the borders of the United States and remove illegal immigrants, prioritizing those with criminal histories. These initial orders included the declaration of a national emergency at the United States southern border. Also included in these executive actions was the issuance of an executive order titled "Protecting the American People Against Invasion" which calls on the federal government to faithfully execute the immigration laws of the United States, including the removal of aliens, particularly those who threaten the safety of the American people. This executive order calls on the Secretary of Homeland Security to “take all appropriate action and allocate all legally available resources or establish contracts to construct, operate, control, or use facilities to detain removable aliens” and “take all appropriate actions to ensure the detention of aliens apprehended for violations of immigration law pending the outcome of their removal proceedings or their removal from the country, to the extent permitted by law.” Effectively, this executive order requires an increase in interior enforcement by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and directs the Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, to detain those arrested by ICE, pending their removal or adjudication.

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In addition, on January 20, 2025, President Trump reversed an executive order issued on January 26, 2021 by then-President Biden that had directed the Attorney General to not renew United States Department of Justice, or DOJ, contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities. Two agencies of the DOJ, the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons, or BOP, and the United States Marshals Service, or USMS, utilize our services. The BOP houses inmates who have been convicted, and the USMS is generally responsible for detainees who are awaiting trial. This executive order only applied to agencies that are part of the DOJ, which includes the BOP and USMS. ICE facilities were not covered by this executive order, as ICE is an agency of the DHS, not the DOJ. It is possible future administrations could issue executive orders restricting the use of private correctional and detention facilities by the federal government.

Further, on January 29, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Laken Riley Act, which had been passed by Congress with bipartisan support. The Laken Riley Act requires ICE to detain certain non-United States nationals who have been charged, arrested, or convicted of crimes including burglary, theft, assault of a law enforcement officer, as well as killing or injuring another person. We believe the Laken Riley Act has contributed to the increased demand for detention beds by ICE, as further described in this Annual Report.

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or OBBBA. OBBBA appropriates a total of $75 billion in mandatory funding to ICE for immigration enforcement activities and to increase detention capacity. Specifically, OBBBA appropriates $45 billion for single adult alien detention capacity and family residential center capacity. This funding is a significant increase in funding historically provided to ICE for border security and immigration detention. The funding will remain available through September 30, 2029, and is in addition to base annual appropriations during that time period. The additional funding is also being used by DHS to hire nearly 10,000 new ICE officers to implement the immigration enforcement initiatives.

Given the recent legislative and executive actions mentioned above, we believe the short-term growth opportunities of our business are particularly attractive as federal government agencies consider their emergent needs. ICE has begun to utilize additional bed capacity in our portfolio at facilities with existing contracts, we have signed new contracts to activate five previously idled facilities, and we have been in discussion with ICE to activate additional idle facilities. The number of people we care for under contracts with ICE has increased by approximately 5,900 individuals, or 58.2%, from the beginning of the year through December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, we had five idle correctional facilities containing approximately 7,000 beds that are operated with a core staffing complement to remain currently available and that are being actively marketed as solutions to the correctional or detention needs of potential customers.

During the first quarter of 2025, we entered into contract modifications at our 2,016-bed Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown, Ohio, our 1,072-bed Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, Nevada, and our 1,600-bed Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing, Oklahoma to collectively add capacity for up to 784 ICE detainees. We subsequently entered into two additional modifications in the second half of 2025 to collectively add additional capacity at the Cimarron facility for up to nearly 300 ICE detainees.

On March 5, 2025, we announced that we had agreed under an amendment to an intergovernmental service agreement, or IGSA, to resume operations and care for up to 2,400 individuals at the 2,400-bed Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Dilley, Texas, or the Dilley Facility. The amended IGSA expires in March 2030 and may be further extended through bilateral modification. We began receiving residents at this facility during April 2025. Activation of the Dilley Facility was completed in September 2025. Previously, after nearly ten years of operation, we received notification from ICE on June 10, 2024 of its intent to terminate funding of the IGSA for services at the Dilley Facility effective August 9, 2024. We did not operate the Dilley Facility from August 9, 2024 until the resumption of operations at the facility on March 5, 2025.

Effective March 7, 2025, we entered into a letter agreement with ICE to begin activation efforts at our 1,033-bed Midwest Regional Reception Center in Leavenworth, Kansas. The letter agreement authorized initial funding up to $5.0 million with maximum funding up to $22.6 million for a six-month period while we worked to negotiate and execute a longer-term contract. On September 29, 2025, we announced that we entered into a new contract with ICE effective September 7, 2025. The City of Leavenworth has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Special Use Permit, or SUP, is required to activate the facility, which has resulted in a delay in the intake process. In December 2025, we filed an application for the SUP. However, we cannot provide assurance that the application will be approved and therefore

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cannot predict if or when we will be able to accept detainee populations. The new agreement, which expires September 6, 2027, provides for a fixed monthly payment plus an incremental per diem payment based on detainee populations, both of which commence once the temporary injunction currently prohibiting the intake of detainees is no longer enforceable. See Note 14 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report for further discussion of the pending litigation.

On April 1, 2025, we entered into a letter agreement with ICE to begin activation efforts at our 2,560-bed California City Immigration Processing Center, or the California City Facility, formerly known as the California City Correctional Center. The letter agreement authorized initial funding up to $10.0 million with maximum funding up to $31.2 million for a six-month period while we worked to negotiate and execute a long-term contract. We began receiving ICE detainees at our California City Facility during August 2025, under terms of the letter agreement. On September 29, 2025, we announced that we entered into a new two-year contract with ICE effective September 1, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, we cared for 1,436 individuals at the facility. We currently expect to reach stabilized occupancy at the facility in the first quarter of 2026. A non-governmental organization and a detainee have filed a lawsuit alleging that a business license must be obtained to operate the facility and seeks injunctive relief that would include operational interruption at the facility. The Company can provide no assurance that it will obtain a favorable ruling in this matter or predict when this matter will be resolved. See Note 14 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report for further discussion of the pending litigation.

On August 14, 2025, we announced that we had been awarded a new contract through an IGSA with ICE to resume operations at our previously idled 600-bed West Tennessee Detention Facility in Mason, Tennessee. The West Tennessee facility had been idle since September 2021. The IGSA expires in August 2030 and may be further extended through bilateral modification. We began receiving ICE detainees at the West Tennessee facility during September 2025 and we expect the facility to be fully activated by the end of the first quarter of 2026.

On October 1, 2025, we announced that we had been awarded a new contract through an IGSA between the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and ICE to resume operations at our previously idled 2,160-bed Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga, Oklahoma. The Diamondback facility had been idle since 2010. The new contract commenced on September 30, 2025, now expires in September 2029, and may be further extended through bilateral modification. We began receiving detainees in December 2025, with stabilized occupancy estimated to be reached in the second quarter of 2026.

While we believe the legislative and executive actions mentioned above will create long-term needs from our federal partners, we also believe the long-term growth opportunities of our business remain attractive as state and county government agencies consider the efficiency and offender programming opportunities we provide as flexible solutions to satisfy their needs. We have been in discussions with several state and county government agencies that have experienced challenges in staffing their public-sector facilities and are seeking solutions from the private sector. Further, several of our existing government partners, as well as prospective government partners, have been experiencing growth in offender populations and overcrowded conditions. Governments are continuing to assess their need for correctional space, and several are considering alternative correctional capacity for their aged or inefficient infrastructure, or are seeking cost savings by utilizing the private sector, which could result in increased future demand for the solutions we provide.

Governments continue to experience many significant spending demands, and competing budget priorities often impede our customers' ability to construct new prison beds of their own or update their older facilities, which we believe could result in further demand for private sector prison capacity solutions in the long-term. We believe the outsourcing of corrections and detention management services to private operators allows governments to manage increasing inmate populations while simultaneously controlling costs. We believe our customers discover that partnering with private operators to provide residential services to their offenders introduces competition to their correctional system, resulting in improvements to the quality and cost of services throughout their correctional system. Further, the use of facilities owned and managed by private operators allows governments to expand correctional capacity without incurring large capital commitments and allows them to avoid long-term pension obligations for their employees.

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We also believe that having beds immediately available to our partners provides us with a distinct competitive advantage when bidding on new contracts. We believe the most significant opportunities for growth are in providing our government partners with available beds within facilities we currently own or that we will develop. Over the long-term, we would like to see meaningful utilization of our available capacity and better visibility from our customers into their potential future needs before we develop new correctional or detention capacity on a speculative basis. We will, however, respond to customer demand and may develop, expand, or acquire correctional and detention facilities when we believe potential long-term returns justify the capital deployment. We also believe that owning the facilities in which we provide management services enables us to more rapidly replace business lost compared with managed-only facilities, since we can offer the same beds to new and existing customers and, with customer consent, may have more flexibility in moving our existing populations to facilities with available capacity. Our management contracts generally provide our customers with the right to terminate our management contracts at any time without cause.

We are actively engaged in marketing our available capacity as solutions to meet the needs of potential customers. Historically, we have been successful in obtaining new contracts when we have an inventory of available beds to provide flexible and immediate solutions to our government customers. As available capacity within existing operating facilities is utilized, we believe increasing demand will result in the utilization of idle bed capacity. Available bed capacity can also be used for emergent needs. As a private enterprise, we believe we have the ability to respond more quickly to changing market conditions, and can offer various types of incentives to attract and retain correctional staff that are more difficult for government agencies to provide. For example, on August 1, 2024, we entered into a management contract with the state of Montana to care for an unspecified number of inmates at facilities we operate. The contract is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2026, and may be extended by mutual agreement for a total term of up to seven years. As of December 31, 2025, we cared for 361 inmates from the state of Montana at our Saguaro facility under this management contract, along with another similar contract with the state of Montana that was entered into during the fourth quarter of 2023. We also care for residents from the state of Hawaii and the state of Idaho at our Saguaro facility. On January 16, 2025, we announced that we were awarded a new management contract with the state of Montana to care for additional inmates outside the state of Montana. As of December 31, 2025, we cared for 239 inmates from the state of Montana at our Tallahatchie facility in Mississippi under this new contract. We also care for residents from Wyoming, Vermont, the U.S. Virgin Islands, USMS, and Tallahatchie and Hinds counties at the Tallahatchie facility. This latest contract with Montana expands the geographic range of our facilities that can serve the state of Montana, where we also manage the fully occupied company-owned Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby, Montana for the state of Montana pursuant to a separate management contract.

We also offer our customers an attractive portfolio of correctional, detention, and reentry facilities that can be leased for various needs as an alternative to providing "turn-key" correctional, detention, and residential reentry bed space and services to our government partners. Over the last six years, we have entered into lease agreements with the states of Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Kentucky for our 1,670-bed Allen Gamble Correctional Center, our 596-bed Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center, and our 656-bed Southeast Correctional Complex, respectively. We retain responsibility for facility maintenance throughout the terms of the leases, which have expiration dates ranging from October 2027 to June 2030. The leases of these three correctional facilities demonstrate our ability to react quickly to our partners' needs with innovative, flexible and cost-effective solutions. We previously operated these three correctional facilities for various government partners. We intend to respond to additional opportunities to lease prison facilities to government agencies in need of correctional capacity.

Through our CoreCivic Safety and CoreCivic Community segments, we are compensated for providing bed capacity and correctional, detention, and residential reentry services at a per diem rate based upon actual or minimum guaranteed occupancy levels. Federal, state, and local governments are constantly under budgetary constraints putting pressure on governments to control correctional budgets, including per diem rates our customers pay to us as well as pressure on appropriations for building new prison capacity. We believe our cost of corrections and detention solutions is competitive, particularly when compared to alternative corrections and detention capacity. We regularly engage and collaborate with our customers to provide them with competitive rates and value for the services we provide. During the fourth quarter of 2025, for example, in response to a request from DHS to provide the agency with budgetary savings, we proposed to reduce the term of four management contracts by one year, which the agency accepted. The government may nonetheless elect to extend such contracts beyond their new terms.

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We also remain steadfast in our efforts to contain costs. Approximately 62% of our operating expenses consist of salaries and benefits. The turnover rate for correctional officers for our company, and for the corrections industry in general, remains high, and staffing challenges were exacerbated by labor shortages and wage pressures in the marketplace as further described under the heading "Results of Operations." We are making investments in systems and processes intended to help manage our workforce more efficiently and effectively, especially with respect to overtime and costs of turnover. We are also focused on workers' compensation and medical benefits costs for our employees due to continued rising healthcare costs throughout the country. Effectively managing these staffing costs requires a long-term strategy to control such costs, and we continue to dedicate resources to enhance our benefits and provide specialized training and career development opportunities to our staff in order to attract and retain quality personnel. Finally, we are evaluating potential cost savings opportunities in areas such as inmate medical expenses, utilities, and maintenance, among others. Through ongoing company-wide initiatives, we continue to focus on efforts to manage costs and improve operating efficiencies.

Through the combination of our operational initiatives to (i) provide valuable and critically needed services that could increase our revenues and increase the utilization of our available beds, (ii) deliver new bed capacity through new facility construction and expansion opportunities, (iii) expand our real estate-only solutions, (iv) grow the utilization of our community corrections facilities, (v) develop or acquire new business offerings that expand the range of solutions we provide to government partners and diversify our cash flows, and (vi) contain our operating expenses, we believe we will be able to maintain our competitive advantage and continue to diversify the range of services we provide to our customers at an attractive price, thereby producing value for our stockholders. As further explained under the heading "Liquidity and Capital Resources," we have been allocating a substantial portion of our free cash flow to returning capital to our shareholders through share repurchases, further enhancing stockholder value.

CRITICAL ACCOUN TING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The consolidated financial statements in this report are prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. As such, we are required to make certain estimates, judgments, and assumptions that we believe are reasonable based upon the information available. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. A summary of our significant accounting policies is described in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report. The significant accounting policies and estimates which we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results include the following:

Asset impairments. The primary risk we face for asset impairment charges is associated with facilities we own. As of December 31, 2025, we had $2.1 billion in property and equipment, net, including $149.7 million in long-lived assets at five idled correctional facilities that are operated with a core staffing complement to remain currently available and that are being actively marketed as solutions to meet the correctional or detention needs of potential customers. The net carrying values of the five idled facilities as of December 31, 2025 were as follows (in thousands):

Prairie Correctional Facility |  | $ | 21,590 |
Huerfano County Correctional Center |  |  | 13,546 |
Marion Adjustment Center |  |  | 9,575 |
Kit Carson Correctional Center |  |  | 47,398 |
North Fork Correctional Facility |  |  | 57,636 |
|  | $ | 149,745 |

We incurred aggregate operating expenses at these five idled facilities of approximately $8.5 million, $7.6 million, and $6.9 million during the period they were idle for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

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We evaluate the recoverability of the carrying values of our long-lived assets annually and when events suggest that an impairment may have occurred. Such events primarily include, but are not limited to, the termination of a management contract, a significant decrease in populations within a facility we own in our Safety and Community segments that we believe will be longer than short-term, and the expiration and non-renewal of lease agreements in our Properties segment.

We perform the impairment analyses for each of our idle facilities as well as any other properties in the period when indicators of impairment exist. Our estimates of recoverability are based on projected undiscounted cash flows that are comparable to historical cash flows from management contracts or lease agreements at facilities similar to the idled facilities, including historical operations for the idled facilities when such facilities were operating. Our undiscounted cash flows factor in assumptions around when idle facilities will commence generating revenues based on our best estimates around contract negotiations and market conditions. Our impairment evaluations also take into consideration our historical experience in securing new management contracts to utilize correctional facilities that had been previously idled for substantial periods of time. Such previously idled correctional facilities are currently being operated under contracts that continue to generate cash flows resulting in the recoverability of the net book value of the previously idled facilities by material amounts. Our experience has shown that our facilities could remain idle for substantially longer periods of time than most other types of commercial real estate and, based upon receipt of a new contract, produce future cash flows that would still result in a recovery of the carrying values in a relatively short period of time based on the undiscounted cash flows. We also perform sensitivity analyses that consider reductions to such cash flows. Our sensitivity analyses include reductions in projected cash flows compared to historical cash flows generated by the respective facility as well as prolonged periods of vacancies.

We also evaluate on a quarterly basis, market developments for the potential utilization of each of its idle facilities in order to identify events that may cause us to reconsider its assumptions with respect to the recoverability of book values as compared to undiscounted cash flows. We consider the cancellation of a contract in our Safety or Community segment or an expiration and non-renewal of a lease agreement in our Properties segment as indicators of impairment and test each of the idled facilities for impairment when it is notified by the respective customers or tenants that they would no longer be utilizing such facility.

We can provide no assurance that we will be able to secure agreements to utilize our idle properties, or that we will not incur impairment charges in the future. By their nature, these estimates contain uncertainties with respect to the extent and timing of the respective cash flows due to potential delays or material changes to historical terms and conditions in contracts with prospective customers that could impact the estimate of cash flows. With respect to idle correctional facilities, we believe the short- and long-term trends favor an increase in the utilization of our correctional facilities and management services. This belief is based on our experience in working with governmental agencies faced with significant budgetary challenges, which is a primary contributing factor to the lack of appropriated funding over the past decade to build new bed capacity by the federal and state governments with which we partner, as well as the extensively aged criminal justice infrastructure in the U.S. today. Due to a variety of factors, the lead time to negotiate contracts with our federal and state partners to utilize idle bed capacity at correctional facilities is generally lengthy.

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Self-funded insurance reserves. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, we had $59.6 million and $51.3 million, respectively, in accrued liabilities for employee health, workers' compensation, and automobile insurance claims. We are self-insured for employee health, workers' compensation, and automobile liability insurance claims. As such, our insurance expense is largely dependent on claims experience and our ability to control our claims. We accrue the estimated liability for employee health insurance claims based on our history of claims experience and the estimated time lag between the incident date and the date we pay the claims. We accrue the estimated liability for workers' compensation claims based on an actuarial valuation of the outstanding liabilities using a combination of actuarial methods used to project ultimate losses, and our automobile insurance claims based on estimated development factors on claims incurred. The liability for employee health, workers' compensation, and automobile insurance includes estimates for both claims incurred and for claims incurred but not reported. In recent history, our methods for determining our exposure have remained consistent, and our historical trends have been appropriately factored into our estimates and reserves. As we obtain additional information and refine our methods regarding the assumptions and estimates we use to recognize liabilities incurred, we will adjust our reserves accordingly. Arriving at these estimates, however, requires subjective judgment, and as a result these estimates are uncertain, and our actual exposure may be different from our estimates. It is possible that future cash flows and results of operations could be materially affected by changes in assumptions and new developments.

RE SULTS OF OPERATIONS

Our results of operations are impacted by the number of correctional and detention facilities we operated, including 40 we owned or controlled via a long-term lease and four owned by our government partners (CoreCivic Safety), the number of residential reentry centers we owned or controlled via a long-term lease (CoreCivic Community), the number of facilities we leased to government agencies (CoreCivic Properties), and the facilities we owned that were not in operation. The following table sets forth the changes in the number of facilities operated for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.

|  | Effective |  | CoreCivic |  |  |  |
|  | Date |  | Safety |  |  | Community |  |  | Properties |  |  | Total |
Facilities as of December 31, 2023 |  |  |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 72 |
Sale and subsequent expiration of the management contract at a residential reentry center in Colorado |  | July 2024 |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | )
Sale of an idled residential reentry center in Oklahoma |  | July 2024 |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | )
Termination of the contract and lease agreement at the South Texas Family Residential Center |  | August 2024 |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | )
Facilities as of December 31, 2024 |  |  |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 69 |
Resumption of operations at the Dilley Facility |  | March 2025 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Transition of the California City Facility to the Safety segment upon activation of a contract with ICE |  | April 2025 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | — |
Acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center in Farmville, Virginia |  | July 2025 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Sale of an idled residential reentry center in Colorado |  | September 2025 |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | )
Sale of an idled non-core facility in California |  | December 2025 |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | )
Facilities as of December 31, 2025 |  |  |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 69 |

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Year Ended December 31, 2025 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2024

During the year ended December 31, 2025, net income was $116.5 million, or $1.08 per diluted share, compared with net income of $68.9 million, or $0.62 per diluted share, for the previous year. Financial results for 2025 reflect $3.0 million of expenses associated with mergers and acquisitions, asset impairments of $1.5 million, and a net gain on the sale of real estate assets of $1.0 million. For the year ended December 31, 2025, income tax expense reflects a net benefit of $1.0 million associated with these special items.

Financial results for 2024 reflect a gain on the sale of real estate assets of $3.3 million and $3.1 million of asset impairments. Financial results for 2024 also reflect $31.3 million of expenses associated with debt repayments and refinancing transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2024, income tax expense reflects a net benefit of $9.8 million associated with these special items.

Our Current Operations

Our ongoing operations are organized into three principal business segments:

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CoreCivic Safety segment, consisting of the 44 correctional and detention facilities that are owned or controlled via a long-term lease and managed by CoreCivic, as well as those correctional and detention facilities owned by third parties but managed by CoreCivic. CoreCivic Safety also includes the operating results of our subsidiary that provides transportation services to governmental agencies, TransCor America, LLC, or TransCor.
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CoreCivic Community segment, consisting of the 20 residential reentry centers that are owned or controlled via a long-term lease and managed by CoreCivic. CoreCivic Community also includes the operating results of our electronic monitoring and case management services.
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CoreCivic Properties segment, consisting of the five correctional real estate properties owned by CoreCivic held for lease to government agencies.

For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, our total segment net operating income, which we define as facility revenue (including interest income associated with finance leases) less operating expenses, was divided among our three business segments as follows:

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Segment: |  |  |  |  |  |
Safety |  |  | 91.7 | % |  |  | 91.1 | %
Community |  |  | 5.1 | % |  |  | 4.6 | %
Properties |  |  | 3.2 | % |  |  | 4.3 | %

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Facility Operations

A key performance indicator we use to measure the revenue and expenses associated with the operation of the correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities we own or manage is expressed in terms of a compensated man-day, which represents the revenue we generate and expenses we incur for one individual in our care for one calendar day. Revenue and expenses per compensated man-day are computed by dividing facility revenue and expenses by the total number of compensated man-days during the period. A compensated man-day represents a calendar day for which we are paid for the occupancy of an individual in our care. We believe the measurement is useful because we are compensated for operating and managing facilities at a per diem rate based upon actual or minimum guaranteed occupancy levels. We also measure our costs on a per compensated man-day basis, which are largely dependent upon the number of individuals in our care we accommodate. Further, per compensated man-day measurements are also used to estimate our potential profitability based on certain occupancy levels relative to design capacity. Revenue and expenses per compensated man-day for all of the correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities placed into service that we owned or managed, exclusive of those held for lease, and for TransCor were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Revenue per compensated man-day |  | $ | 108.86 |  |  | $ | 101.50 |
Operating expenses per compensated man-day: |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed expense |  |  | 60.99 |  |  |  | 57.08 |
Variable expense |  |  | 22.19 |  |  |  | 20.08 |
Total |  |  | 83.18 |  |  |  | 77.16 |
Operating income per compensated man-day |  | $ | 25.68 |  |  | $ | 24.34 |
Operating margin |  |  | 23.6 | % |  |  | 24.0 | %
Average compensated occupancy |  |  | 77.2 | % |  |  | 75.0 | %
Average available beds |  |  | 70,326 |  |  |  | 68,200 |
Average compensated population |  |  | 54,266 |  |  |  | 51,165 |

Revenue

Total revenue consists of management revenue we generate through CoreCivic Safety and CoreCivic Community in the operation of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, as well as the revenue we generate from TransCor and our electronic monitoring and case management services. Total revenue also consists of lease revenue we generate through CoreCivic Properties from facilities we lease to third-party operators. The following table reflects the components of revenue for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | $ Change |  |  | % Change |
Management revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 1,193.8 |  |  | $ | 1,002.2 |  |  | $ | 191.6 |  |  |  | 19.1 | %
State |  |  | 811.9 |  |  |  | 775.4 |  |  |  | 36.5 |  |  |  | 4.7 | %
Local |  |  | 48.6 |  |  |  | 50.0 |  |  |  | (1.4 | ) |  |  | (2.8 | %)
Other |  |  | 138.0 |  |  |  | 107.9 |  |  |  | 30.1 |  |  |  | 27.9 | %
Total management revenue |  |  | 2,192.3 |  |  |  | 1,935.5 |  |  |  | 256.8 |  |  |  | 13.3 | %
Lease revenue |  |  | 18.7 |  |  |  | 26.1 |  |  |  | (7.4 | ) |  |  | (28.4 | %)
Other revenue |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | N/A |
Total revenue |  | $ | 2,211.2 |  |  | $ | 1,961.6 |  |  | $ | 249.6 |  |  |  | 12.7 | %

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The $256.8 million, or 13.3%, increase in total management revenue was primarily a result of an increase in revenue of $145.8 million driven primarily by an increase of 7.3% in average revenue per compensated man-day. The increase in average revenue per compensated man-day primarily resulted from the effect of per diem increases at many of our facilities, along with a change in business mix. The increase in total management revenue was also a result of an increase in revenue of $109.6 million driven by an increase in average daily compensated population from 2024 to 2025, net of the effect of one less day of operations due to a leap year in 2024. Revenue generated from our electronic monitoring and case management services during 2025 increased $1.4 million (from $34.8 million during 2024 to $36.2 million during 2025).

Average daily compensated population increased 3,101, or 6.1%, to 54,266 in 2025 when compared to 51,165 in 2024. The increase in average daily compensated population was primarily a result of an increase in occupancy largely due to higher ICE populations, including from new contracts to reactivate the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, our California City Immigration Processing Center, and our West Tennessee Detention Facility. These three facilities, two of which had not yet reached stabilized occupancy as of December 31, 2025, accounted for an increase in average daily compensated population of 402 in 2025 compared with 2024. We currently expect average daily compensated populations to increase in 2026 as a result of these new contracts. The increase in average daily compensated population also resulted from two new management contracts with the state of Montana. In August 2024, we entered into a contract with the state of Montana which contributed to an increase in populations held at our Saguaro Correctional Facility. In addition, on January 16, 2025, we announced that we were awarded a new management contract with the state of Montana to care for additional inmates outside the state of Montana. During 2025, we cared for an average daily population of 214 Montana inmates at our Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Mississippi under this new contract. In addition, the increase in average daily compensation in 2025 was impacted by our acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center effective July 1, 2025. At December 31, 2025, we cared for 726 individuals at the Farmville facility. Average compensated occupancy in our Safety and Community segments was 77.2% and 75.0% during 2025 and 2024, respectively. This increase in occupancy occurred despite an increase in average available beds due to the activation and transfer of our 2,560-bed California City Facility from the Properties segment to the Safety segment effective April 1, 2025. We began receiving ICE detainees at our California City Facility during August 2025 and, as of December 31, 2025, we cared for 1,436 individuals at the facility.

The solutions we provide to our federal customers, including primarily ICE and the USMS, continue to be a significant component of our business. The federal customers in our Safety and Community segments generated approximately 54% and 51% of our total revenue in 2025 and 2024, respectively, increasing $191.6 million, or 19.1%, in 2025 from 2024. The increase in federal revenue was primarily a result of increased occupancy at certain facilities, particularly those where we have contracts with ICE, and per diem increases. The increase in federal revenue from 2024 to 2025 was partially offset by the effect of one less day of operations due to a leap year in 2024.

As previously described, several executive and legislative actions have gone into effect since the inauguration of President Trump on January 20, 2025 that have resulted in an increase in the number of people detained by ICE, including in our detention facilities where we have existing contracts. During the first quarter of 2025, we entered into contract modifications at our Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, our Nevada Southern Detention Center, and our Cimarron Correctional Facility to collectively add capacity for up to 784 ICE detainees. We subsequently entered into two additional modifications in the second half of 2025 to collectively add additional capacity at the Cimarron facility for up to nearly 300 ICE detainees.

In addition, as previously mentioned, demand from ICE has resulted in the activation of five previously idled facilities. The following table presents the estimated total annual revenue from each of these facilities and the quarter each activation is expected to reach stabilized occupancy:

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|  |  |  |  | Estimated |  |  | Estimated |
|  | Design |  |  | Annual Revenue |  |  | Stabilized |
Facility |  | Capacity |  |  | (in thousands) |  |  | Occupancy |
Dilley Immigration Processing Center |  |  | 2,400 |  |  | $ | 180,000 |  |  | Q3 2025 |
West Tennessee Detention Facility |  |  | 600 |  |  |  | 30,000 |  |  | Q1 2026 |
Midwest Regional Reception Center |  |  | 1,033 |  |  |  | 60,000 |  |  |  | (1 | )
California City Immigration Processing Center |  |  | 2,560 |  |  |  | 130,000 |  |  | Q1 2026 |
Diamondback Correctional Facility |  |  | 2,160 |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  | Q2 2026 |
|  |  | 8,753 |  |  | $ | 500,000 |  |  |  |

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Although we have been successful in hiring staff and have prepared the Midwest Regional Reception Center to accept detainees, the intake process has been delayed by legal challenges previously described herein. The new agreement provides for a fixed monthly payment plus an incremental per diem payment based on detainee populations, both of which commence once the temporary injunction currently prohibiting the intake of detainees is no longer enforceable. However, we cannot predict if or when either our application for a SUP will be approved or the legal challenges will be successfully resolved.

State revenues from contracts at correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities that we operate increased $36.5 million, or 4.7%, from 2024 to 2025. State revenues increased as a result of per diem increases under a number of our state contracts, as certain states have recognized the need to provide additional funding to address increases in the wages of our employees. Most notably, state revenues increased $13.2 million due to higher utilization from the state of Montana resulting from two new management contracts executed during 2024 and 2025, as previously described herein, as well as higher utilization from other states under existing management contracts. State revenues also increased $14.3 million during 2025 when compared to 2024 from the state of Georgia due to increases in average daily populations as well as the impact of per diem increases in 2025. The increase in state revenues in 2025 was partially offset by the effect of one less day of operations due to a leap year in 2024.

The $7.4 million, or 28.4%, decrease in lease revenue from 2024 to 2025 primarily resulted from the expiration and non-renewal of the lease agreement with the state of California at our California City Facility effective March 31, 2024. The California City Facility transitioned from our Properties segment to our Safety segment during the second quarter of 2025, as we entered into an agreement with ICE to reactivate and operate the facility.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses totaled $1,692.5 million and $1,493.4 million in 2025 and 2024, respectively. Operating expenses consist of those expenses incurred in the operation and management of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, as well as those expenses incurred in the operations of TransCor and our electronic monitoring and case management services. Operating expenses also consist of those expenses incurred in the operation of facilities we lease to third-party operators.

Operating expenses incurred by CoreCivic Safety and CoreCivic Community in connection with the operation and management of our correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, as well as those incurred in the operations of TransCor and our electronic monitoring and case management services, increased $203.4 million, or 13.7%, during 2025 when compared with 2024. Operating expenses increased primarily as a result of wage increases across our portfolio. We achieved higher staffing levels during 2025 when compared with 2024, and we continued to see improvement in our attraction and retention of facility staff in the current labor market. In addition, wages and other operating expenses have increased as a result of an increase in our overall staffing levels in response to the increasing demand from the federal government for capacity at our correctional and detention facilities, particularly from ICE, due to recent changes in immigration policies under the current presidential administration. The increase in operating expenses from the prior year was also due to an increase in transportation services expense, which corresponds with the increased populations at certain of our facilities, as well as an overall increase in transportation needs from ICE. In addition, operating expenses increased from 2024 to 2025 as a result of the acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center on July 1, 2025, as further described herein.

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The increase in operating expenses during 2025 when compared with 2024 was partially offset by $11.0 million of employee retention credits, or ERCs, recognized during the first half of 2025. The ERCs were made available to eligible businesses that had employees and were affected during the COVID-19 pandemic under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, which was signed into law in March 2020 and was extended through June 30, 2021. The CARES Act, among other things, incentivized companies to retain employees through an ERC, which compensates employers for wages of employees that were retained and could not perform their job duties at 100% capacity as a result of coronavirus pandemic restrictions. The increase in operating expenses in 2025 was also partially offset by the effect of one less day of operations due to a leap year in 2024.

Total expenses per compensated man-day increased to $83.18 during 2025 from $77.16 during 2024. Expenses per compensated man-day increased as a result of start-up expenses at our California City Facility, our Midwest Regional Reception Center, our West Tennessee Detention Facility, and our Diamondback Correctional Facility. Further, we continue to experience labor shortages and wage pressures in several markets across the country, and have provided customary inflationary wage increases to remain competitive. Although the hiring environment has progressively improved since the COVID-19 pandemic, recruiting remains particularly challenging at certain facilities in particular geographic locations, resulting in incremental expenses to help ensure sufficient staffing levels. While we have been able to reduce the use of these temporary incentives at most facilities due to the improving hiring environment, we expect to continue to incur a certain level of incremental expenses in the future, particularly as demand from the federal government for capacity at our correctional and detention facilities is increasing, particularly from ICE. Incremental expenses include, but may not be limited to, incentive payments to our front-line and field staff, temporary employee housing expenses and other travel related reimbursements, additional paid time off, off-cycle wage increases in certain markets to remain competitive, and registry nursing expenses. These incremental investments have enabled us to increase overall staffing levels, which has contributed to the increase in total expenses per compensated man-day. The increase in total expenses per compensated man-day includes the effect of the termination of the funding of the IGSA associated with the Dilley Facility effective August 9, 2024. The IGSA was subsequently amended and operations resumed at the Dilley Facility in March 2025. These incremental operating expenses were partially offset by the ERCs, as previously mentioned.

We continually monitor compensation levels very closely along with overall economic conditions and will adjust wage levels necessary to help ensure the long-term success of our business. Further, we continually evaluate the structure of our employee benefits package and training programs to ensure we are better able to attract and retain our employees. Salaries and benefits represent the most significant component of our operating expenses, representing approximately 62% and 63% of our total operating expenses during 2025 and 2024, respectively. An inability to attract and retain sufficient personnel could prevent us from caring for additional residential populations for government agencies in need of additional capacity due to an increase in populations or an inability to adequately staff their facilities. An inability to attract and retain sufficient personnel in our existing facilities could also cause our government partners to assess liquidated damages, reduce our residential populations, or in certain circumstances, cancel our contracts. We have also been subjected to revenue deductions for staff vacancies as a result of the labor shortages, which are reflected as reductions to other management revenue. Estimating revenue deduction amounts due to staff vacancies can be complex and subject to management judgment and estimations. Some of our government partners have granted waivers for revenue deductions for staff vacancies in recognition of the unique and challenging labor market, while others have discretionarily adjusted such deductions based on our extraordinary costs, efforts and incentive programs implemented to attract and retain staff.

Variable expenses per compensated man-day increased to $22.19 during 2025 from $20.08 during 2024. The increase in variable expenses per compensated man-day was primarily due to the start-up expenses at four previously idle facilities, combined with the effect of an elevated inflation rate applicable to all of our variable expenses, partially offset by the effect of the termination of the funding of the IGSA associated with the Dilley Facility effective August 9, 2024. The IGSA was subsequently amended and operations resumed at the Dilley Facility on March 5, 2025. In addition, variable expenses per compensated man-day increased from 2024 to 2025 due to an increase in transportation services expense, which corresponds with the increased populations at certain of our facilities, as well as an overall increase in transportation needs from ICE.

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Operating expenses incurred by CoreCivic Properties in connection with facilities we lease to third-party operators decreased $4.2 million, or 30.4%, during 2025 when compared with 2024. The decrease was primarily a result of the expiration and non-renewal of the lease agreement at our California City Facility effective March 31, 2024. The California City Facility transitioned from our Properties segment to our Safety segment during the second quarter of 2025, as we entered into an agreement with ICE to reactivate and operate the facility.

Facility Management Contracts

We enter into facility management contracts to provide bed capacity and management services to governmental entities in our CoreCivic Safety and CoreCivic Community segments for terms typically ranging from one to five years, with additional renewal periods at the option of the contracting governmental agency. Accordingly, a substantial portion of our facility management contracts are scheduled to expire each year, notwithstanding contractual renewal options that a government agency may exercise. Although we generally expect these customers to exercise renewal options or negotiate new contracts with us, one or more of these contracts may not be renewed by the corresponding governmental agency. Further, our government partners can generally terminate our management contracts for non-appropriation of funds or for convenience.

During 2024, ICE issued a request for proposal, or RFP, for up to 600 beds in New Jersey. We have offered the 300-bed Elizabeth Detention Center under this RFP. Our management contract at the Elizabeth Detention Center has continued under numerous short-term extensions, including most recently through February 28, 2026, with an additional extension option through March 31, 2026. We continue to discuss the terms of a long-term contract with ICE, but can provide no assurance that we will be awarded a new contract, or that ICE will continue to sign extensions. We generated total revenue of $22.6 million at this facility during 2025. At December 31, 2025, we cared for 303 detainees at this facility under terms of the most recently extended contract.

Based on information available as of the date of this Annual Report, we believe we will renew all contracts with our government partners that have expired or are scheduled to expire within the next twelve months that could have a material adverse impact on our financial statements. We believe our renewal rate on existing contracts remains high due to a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, the constrained supply of available beds within the U.S. correctional system, our ownership of the majority of the beds we operate, and the cost effectiveness of the services we provide. However, we can provide no assurance that we will continue to achieve high renewal rates in the future.

CoreCivic Safety

CoreCivic Safety includes the operating results of the correctional and detention facilities that we operated during each period. Total revenue generated by CoreCivic Safety increased $252.6 million, or 13.9%, from $1,816.9 million during 2024 to $2,069.5 million during 2025. CoreCivic Safety's facility net operating income increased $48.5 million, or 11.2%, from $434.3 million during 2024 to $482.8 million during 2025. During 2025 and 2024, CoreCivic Safety generated 91.7% and 91.1%, respectively, of our total segment net operating income.

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The following table displays the revenue and expenses per compensated man-day for CoreCivic Safety's correctional and detention facilities placed into service that we own and manage and for the facilities we manage but do not own, inclusive of the transportation services provided by TransCor:

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
CoreCivic Safety Facilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue per compensated man-day |  | $ | 110.19 |  |  | $ | 102.79 |
Operating expenses per compensated man-day: |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed expense |  |  | 61.75 |  |  |  | 57.73 |
Variable expense |  |  | 22.74 |  |  |  | 20.49 |
Total |  |  | 84.49 |  |  |  | 78.22 |
Operating income per compensated man-day |  | $ | 25.70 |  |  | $ | 24.57 |
Operating margin |  |  | 23.3 | % |  |  | 23.9 | %
Average compensated occupancy |  |  | 77.7 | % |  |  | 75.7 | %
Average available beds |  |  | 66,186 |  |  |  | 63,785 |
Average compensated population |  |  | 51,455 |  |  |  | 48,291 |

Operating margins in the CoreCivic Safety segment were negatively impacted during 2025 by start-up expenses incurred during the activation of our previously idled 2,560-bed California City Facility, our 1,033-bed Midwest Regional Reception Center, our 600-bed West Tennessee Detention Facility, and our 2,160-bed Diamondback Correctional Facility in advance of receiving detainee populations. These four facilities are currently in various stages of activation, resulting in facility operating losses of $5.7 million during the second half of 2025. We anticipate our California City Facility, West Tennessee facility, and Diamondback facilities will contribute to an increase in operating margins in future quarters. We also expect the Midwest Regional Reception Center to also contribute to an increase in operating margins in future quarters if the temporary injunction currently prohibiting the intake of detainees is no longer enforceable. In December 2025, we filed an application for the SUP. However, we cannot provide assurance that the legal challenges will be successfully resolved, or that the SUP will be approved and therefore, cannot predict if or when we will be able to accept detainee populations. Despite receiving some fixed revenue under letter agreements at the California City Facility and Midwest Regional Reception Center, we still incurred operating losses due to increasing staffing levels and other start-up expenses at these facilities during the second half of 2025. As further described hereinafter, on September 29, 2025, we announced that we entered into new longer-term contracts at both of these facilities that became effective in September 2025. Total revenue at these four facilities was $70.7 million during 2025.

Operating margins were also negatively impacted relative to 2024 by the termination of funding of the IGSA for services at the Dilley Facility, effective August 9, 2024, as previously described herein. The operating margin at the Dilley Facility exceeded the average operating margin of our portfolio due to the size and scalability of expenses, and due to the unique design and specialized services provided at the facility, and was also inflated in 2024 due to the recognition of the deferred revenue balance upon contract termination in August 2024. Accordingly, the termination of funding of the IGSA associated with the Dilley Facility had a negative impact on operating margins following the termination date. On March 5, 2025, we announced that we had agreed under an amendment to the IGSA to resume operations and care for up to 2,400 individuals at the Dilley Facility. The amended IGSA provides for a fixed monthly payment in accordance with a graduated schedule during the first six months of the agreement to correlate with the activation of the five neighborhoods within the facility, each designed to accommodate up to 480 individuals. Activation of the Dilley Facility was completed in September 2025, which is expected to contribute to an increase in operating margins in future quarters. Total revenue at the Dilley Facility increased to $118.1 million in 2025 from $101.2 million in 2024 and total operating expenses increased to $79.1 million in 2025 from $49.6 million in 2024. Total annual revenue generated by the Dilley Facility, as fully activated, is expected to be approximately $180.0 million.

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Operating margins in 2025 were also temporarily negatively impacted by labor shortages and increased demand—especially from ICE as a result of changes in federal immigration policy—which required above-average wage increases and additional incentives (such as bonuses, housing, and travel reimbursements) to quickly attract and retain staff. Although some temporary incentives have been reduced, ongoing and potentially increased staffing costs are expected as labor demand continues to rise in order to meet customer demand for additional bed capacity, particularly from ICE. The negative impact of higher labor-related expenses has been largely offset by per diem increases at many of our facilities. We have received per diem increases as a result of additional government appropriations funding to address increases in the wages of our employees, and we have been able to achieve higher per diems under new contracts to help ensure we can hire staff at competitive wage rates in order to accept detainee populations as quickly as possible. Operating margins during 2025 were also positively impacted by ERCs received in the Safety segment amounting to $10.6 million during the first half of 2025.

We currently expect demand from the federal government for correctional and detention facilities in our Safety segment to further increase under the current presidential administration, particularly from ICE, as a result of changes in immigration policy and funding levels of our federal government partners charged with correctional and detention responsibilities, as previously described herein. This anticipated increase in demand could result in even higher utilization of our available capacity under existing contracts, as well as through new contracts utilizing our idle correctional and detention facilities or our other existing capacity. The activation of our idle correctional and detention facilities generally requires three to six months to hire, train, and prepare our facilities to accept residential populations, which, depending on the contract structure, could result in substantial expense before we are able to realize additional revenue. However, it is possible that ICE could continue to seek alternative forms of detention capacity, diverting potential utilization away from our facilities. For example, ICE has increased its use of military bases (domestically and at Guantanamo Bay), soft-sided facilities, idled or under-utilized facilities owned and operated by the BOP, facilities owned by state and local government agencies, international options, and has most recently proposed using warehouse-based real estate assets for use in ICE detention. Therefore, we can provide no assurance that the federal government will continue to increase the utilization of our available capacity, or that it will not decrease utilization of our capacity.

On August 14, 2025, we announced that we had been awarded a new contract through an IGSA with ICE to resume operations at our previously idled West Tennessee Detention Facility in Mason, Tennessee. The West Tennessee facility had been idle since September 2021. The IGSA expires in August 2030 and may be further extended through bilateral modification. The agreement provides for a fixed monthly payment plus an incremental per payment based on detainee populations. We began receiving ICE detainees at the West Tennessee facility during September 2025. Revenue generated at the West Tennessee facility amounted to $13.0 million during 2025. Total annual revenue once the facility is fully activated, expected to be complete by the end of the first quarter of 2026, is anticipated to be approximately $30.0 million.

On December 6, 2022, we received notice from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or CDCR, of its intent to terminate the lease agreement for our California City Facility by March 31, 2024, due to the state's declining inmate population. The California City Facility, which was reported at that time in our Properties segment, was idled effective April 1, 2024. Effective April 1, 2025, we entered into a letter agreement with ICE to begin activation efforts at the California City Facility. The letter agreement authorized initial funding up to $10.0 million with maximum funding up to $31.2 million for a six-month period while we worked to negotiate and execute a longer-term contract. Because we are now operating the facility rather than leasing it, the California City Facility transitioned from our Properties segment to our Safety segment during the second quarter of 2025. We began receiving ICE detainees at our California City Facility during August 2025 under terms of the letter agreement. On September 29, 2025, we announced that we entered into a new two-year contract with ICE to utilize the California City Facility, effective September 1, 2025. Revenue generated at the California City Facility amounted to $39.2 million during 2025. As of December 31, 2025, we cared for 1,436 individuals at the facility. We currently expect activation of the facility to be complete in the first quarter of 2026. Total annual revenue once the activation is complete is expected to be approximately $130.0 million.

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Effective March 7, 2025, we entered into a letter agreement with ICE to begin activation efforts at our Midwest Regional Reception Center in Leavenworth, Kansas. The letter agreement authorized initial funding up to $5.0 million with maximum funding up to $22.6 million for a six-month period while we worked to negotiate and execute a long-term contract. On September 29, 2025, we announced that we entered into a new two-year contract with ICE to utilize the Midwest Regional Reception Center, effective September 7, 2025. Although we have been successful in hiring staff and have prepared the facility to accept detainees, the intake process has been delayed by a lawsuit filed by the City of Leavenworth alleging that a SUP is required to operate the facility. Following negative court rulings in this matter, which remain under appeal, in December 2025, we filed an application for the SUP. However, we cannot provide assurance that our legal appeal will be successful, or that the SUP will be approved and, therefore, cannot predict if or when we will be able to accept detainee populations. The new agreement, which expires September 6, 2027, provides for a nominal fixed payment intended to partially offset start-up expenses through March 31, 2026 and then a fixed monthly payment plus an incremental per diem payment based on detainee populations, both of which commence once the temporary injunction currently prohibiting the intake of detainees is no longer enforceable. Total revenue generated at the Midwest Regional Reception Center amounted to $14.8 million during 2025. Total annual revenue once the facility is fully activated is expected to be approximately $60.0 million. Newly-hired employees have been offered opportunities to be redeployed at our other activations until matters concerning the SUP are resolved.

On October 1, 2025, we announced that we had been awarded a new contract through an IGSA between the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and ICE to resume operations at our previously idled 2,160-bed Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga, Oklahoma. The Diamondback facility had been idle since 2010. The new contract commenced on September 30, 2025, now expires in September 2029, and may be further extended through bilateral modification. We began receiving detainees in December 2025, with stabilized occupancy estimated to be reached in the second quarter of 2026. The agreement provides for a fixed monthly payment plus an incremental per diem payment based on detainee populations. Total annual revenue once the facility reaches stabilized occupancy is expected to be approximately $100.0 million.

During the fourth quarter of 2025, in response to a request from DHS to provide the agency with budgetary savings, we proposed to reduce the term of four management contracts, including the contract at our Diamondback Correctional Facility, by one year, which the agency accepted. The government may nonetheless elect to extend such contracts beyond their new terms.

On July 1, 2025, we acquired the Farmville Detention Center, a 736-bed facility located in Farmville, Virginia. The acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center was consummated through the acquisition of 100% of the membership interests in entities that owned and operated the facility. The aggregate purchase price was $71.4 million, including the acquisition of working capital accounts, but excluding $1.9 million of transaction-related expenses. The Farmville Detention Center provides transportation, care, and civil detention services for adult male non-citizens through an IGSA with ICE, which expires in March 2029, and is expected to result in total annual incremental revenue of approximately $40.0 million. During 2025, we generated total revenue at this facility of $21.8 million.

On August 1, 2024, we entered into a management contract with the state of Montana to care for an unspecified number of inmates at facilities we operate. The contract is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2026, and may be extended by mutual agreement for a total term of up to seven years. As of December 31, 2025, we cared for 361 inmates from the state of Montana at our Saguaro facility under this management contract, along with another similar contract with the state of Montana that was entered into during the fourth quarter of 2023. On January 16, 2025, we announced that we were awarded a new management contract with the state of Montana to care for additional inmates outside the state of Montana. As of December 31, 2025, we cared for 239 inmates from the state of Montana at our Tallahatchie facility in Mississippi under this new contract. This latest contract with Montana expands the geographic range of our facilities that can serve the state of Montana, where we also manage the fully occupied company-owned Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby, Montana for the state of Montana pursuant to a separate management contract. During 2025, management revenue from the state of Montana at the Saguaro and Tallahatchie facilities increased $12.7 million from 2024.

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CoreCivic Community

CoreCivic Community includes the operating results of the residential reentry centers that we operated during each period, along with the operating results of our electronic monitoring and case management services. Total revenue generated by CoreCivic Community increased $4.2 million, or 3.5%, from $118.7 million during 2024 to $122.8 million during 2025. CoreCivic Community's facility net operating income increased $5.0 million, or 23.0%, from $21.7 million during 2024 to $26.7 million during 2025. During 2025 and 2024, CoreCivic Community generated 5.1% and 4.6%, respectively, of our total segment net operating income.

The following table displays the revenue and expenses per compensated man-day for CoreCivic Community's residential reentry facilities placed into service that we own and manage, but exclusive of the electronic monitoring and case management services given that revenue is not generated on a per compensated man-day basis for these services:

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CoreCivic Community Facilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue per compensated man-day |  | $ | 84.42 |  |  | $ | 79.68 |
Operating expenses per compensated man-day: |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed expense |  |  | 47.02 |  |  |  | 46.09 |
Variable expense |  |  | 12.18 |  |  |  | 13.17 |
Total |  |  | 59.20 |  |  |  | 59.26 |
Operating income per compensated man-day |  | $ | 25.22 |  |  | $ | 20.42 |
Operating margin |  |  | 29.9 | % |  |  | 25.6 | %
Average compensated occupancy |  |  | 67.9 | % |  |  | 65.1 | %
Average available beds |  |  | 4,140 |  |  |  | 4,415 |
Average compensated population |  |  | 2,811 |  |  |  | 2,874 |

Operating margins in our CoreCivic Community segment were positively impacted during 2025 by an increase in average revenue per compensated man-day, which increased from 2024 primarily as a result of per diem increases at several of our facilities, as well as for ERCs received in the Community segment amounting to $0.4 million during the first half of 2025. In addition, variable expenses per compensated man-day decreased as a result of a settlement of a legal matter at a facility in the Community segment recognized during the third quarter of 2024. The effect on operating margins of the increased average revenue per compensated man-day, the ERCs, and the decrease in variable expenses per compensated man-day was partially offset by increased fixed expenses per man-day, which were driven primarily by higher wage rates and inflationary increases in other fixed expenses. Because facilities in our Community segment are typically smaller in size than those in our Safety segment, occupancy fluctuations have a larger impact on operating margin per compensated man-day. Accordingly, modest changes in occupancy can have a notable impact in our Community segment.

Operating margins in the Community segment were also favorably impacted in 2025 relative to 2024 due to the sale of three residential reentry facilities, which performed below our average operating margin. In January 2024, we completed the sale of the 120-bed Dahlia Facility, a residential reentry center in Denver, Colorado. We continued to operate the Dahlia facility through the expiration of the management contract in June 2024. In July 2024, we completed the sale of the idled 390-bed Tulsa Transitional Center, a residential reentry center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In September 2025, we completed the sale of the idled 60-bed Columbine Facility in Denver, Colorado. During 2024, these three facilities incurred facility net operating losses totaling $0.2 million.

During the third quarter of 2025, we and Boulder County, Colorado entered into a short-term extension through January 2026 of the contract at our Longmont Community Treatment Center in Longmont, Colorado. Upon expiration of the contract in January 2026, Boulder County transferred the residential population to a new sentencing facility it constructed. We have engaged a broker and are committed to a process to sell the Longmont facility resulting in the classification of the facility as held for sale as of December 31, 2025. This facility generated facility net operating income of $0.2 million during 2025.

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CoreCivic Properties

CoreCivic Properties includes the operating results of the properties we leased to government agencies during each period. Total revenue generated by CoreCivic Properties decreased $7.4 million, or 28.3%, from $26.1 million during 2024 to $18.7 million during 2025. CoreCivic Properties' facility net operating income decreased $3.2 million, or 25.8%, from $12.3 million during 2024 to $9.1 million during 2025. During 2025 and 2024, CoreCivic Properties generated 3.2% and 4.3%, respectively, of our total segment net operating income.

On December 6, 2022, we received notice from the CDCR of its intent to terminate the lease agreement for our 2,560-bed California City Facility by March 31, 2024, due to the state's declining inmate population. The California City Facility was idled effective April 1, 2024. Effective April 1, 2025, we entered into a letter agreement with ICE to begin activation efforts at the California City Facility, and on September 29, 2025, we announced that we were awarded a new two-year contract at this facility. We began receiving detainees at the California City facility in August 2025, and currently expect the activation to be complete in the first quarter of 2026. Because we are now operating the facility rather than leasing it, the California City Facility transitioned from our Properties segment to our Safety segment during the second quarter of 2025. Rental revenue generated from the CDCR at the California City Facility was $8.5 million during the period the lease was active in 2024. Facility net operating income was $3.8 million during 2024, including carrying expenses we continued to incur following the lease termination. Facility net operating loss was $0.9 million during the first quarter of 2025 at the California City Facility while the facility was still being reported in our Properties segment.

General and administrative expense

For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, general and administrative expenses totaled $169.6 million and $152.1 million, respectively. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of corporate management salaries and benefits, professional fees, and other administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses increased during 2025 when compared to 2024 primarily as a result of an increase in corporate salaries and benefits, which was largely related to higher incentive-based compensation. In addition, general and administrative expenses increased as a result of $3.0 million of expenses incurred in 2025 associated with mergers and acquisitions, primarily related to the acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center on July 1, 2025.

Depreciation and Amortization

For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $128.9 million and $128.0 million, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense increased in 2025 when compared to 2024 primarily as a result of additional expense resulting from the acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center on July 1, 2025. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense was partially offset as a result of certain assets, including certain information technology assets, becoming fully depreciated. Further, we have begun to incur expenses associated with the purchase of "software as a service", or SaaS, technology, which reduces our need to install, maintain, and update certain software applications, but often results in higher operating expenses.

Asset impairments

During the third quarter of 2025, we and Boulder County, Colorado entered into a short-term extension through January 2026 of the contract at our Longmont Community Treatment Center in Longmont, Colorado, a facility in our Community segment. Upon expiration of the contract in January 2026, Boulder County transferred the residential population to a new sentencing facility it constructed. We have engaged a broker and are committed to a process to sell the Longmont facility resulting in the need to test the facility for impairment. As a result, an impairment charge of $1.5 million was recognized during the third quarter of 2025 to reduce the net book value of the Longmont facility to its estimated fair value.

During the third quarter of 2024, we recognized an impairment charge of $3.1 million associated with the terminations of the IGSA and lease agreement with respect to the Dilley Facility effective August 9, 2024.

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Interest expense, net and expenses associated with debt repayments and refinancing transactions

Interest expense is reported net of interest income and capitalized interest for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. Gross interest expense, net of capitalized interest, was $76.0 million and $79.7 million in 2025 and 2024, respectively. Gross interest expense was based on outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility, or Revolving Credit Facility, our outstanding term loan, or Term Loan, or collectively, our Bank Credit Facility, our outstanding senior unsecured notes, and our outstanding non-recourse mortgage note, as well as the amortization of loan costs and unused facility fees. Gross interest income was $13.8 million and $12.3 million in 2025 and 2024, respectively. Gross interest income is earned on notes receivable, investments, cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Interest income also includes interest income associated with the 20-year finance receivable associated with the Lansing Correctional Facility lease to the Kansas Department of Corrections, which commenced in January 2020, and amounted to $8.1 million and $8.3 million, in 2025 and 2024, respectively. During 2025, interest income also included $3.7 million for interest collected from the Internal Revenue Service on our ERCs. Total capitalized interest was $0.5 million during 2025. Net interest expense during 2025 decreased when compared to 2024 as a result of a decrease in the interest rates associated with our debt, as further described hereinafter, along with interest income associated with the ERCs.

On March 12, 2024, we completed an underwritten registered public offering of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.25% senior unsecured notes due in April 2029, or the 8.25% Senior Notes. During March and April 2024, we used the net proceeds from the offering, along with cash on hand, to tender and redeem in full our remaining 8.25% senior unsecured notes due in April 2026, amounting to $593.1 million. During 2024, we recorded charges totaling $31.3 million associated with the cash tender offer and redemption of such senior unsecured notes.

Based on our total leverage ratio, during the first quarter of 2024, interest on loans under our Bank Credit Facility bore interest at a base rate plus a margin of 2.25% or at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or Term SOFR, plus a margin of 3.25%, and a commitment fee equal to 0.45% of the unfunded balance of the Revolving Credit Facility. Based on our total leverage ratio as of March 31, 2024, during the second quarter of 2024, the interest rate spread for base rate loans declined to 2.00%, the interest rate spread for Term SOFR loans was reduced to 3.00%, and the commitment fee decreased to 0.40%. Based on our total leverage ratio as of June 30, 2024 and each quarter since then, the interest rate spread for base rate loans further declined to 1.75%, the interest rate spread for Term SOFR loans was reduced to 2.75%, and the commitment fee decreased to 0.35%.

Gain/Loss on sale of real estate assets, net

On September 30, 2025, we completed the sale of our idled 60-bed Columbine Facility in Colorado that was reported in our Community segment for a net sales price of $3.7 million, resulting in a net gain on sale of real estate assets of $2.5 million. On May 3, 2024, we entered into a purchase and sale agreement for the sale of our idled 240-bed Leo Chesney Correctional Center in California that was reported in our Safety segment. The sale had been extended several times and during the fourth quarter of 2025, we agreed to sell the facility for $1.2 million. The sale was completed in the fourth quarter of 2025, which resulted in a loss on sale of real estate assets of $1.5 million.

Gain on sale of real estate assets, net during 2024, includes a $1.2 million gain on the sale of our idled 390-bed Tulsa Transitional Center in July 2024 and a $0.5 million gain on the sale of our 120-bed Dahlia Facility in January 2024, both reported in our Community segment. During 2024, we also sold two unused parcels of land in Texas generating net sales proceeds of $1.9 million and resulting in an aggregate gain on sale of $1.6 million.

Income tax expense

We recorded income tax expense of $40.7 million and $23.1 million during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and increased due to an increase in pre-tax income in 2025 compared with 2024. The income tax expense related to operations for 2025 and 2024 was net of an income tax benefit associated with stock-based compensation vesting generally during the first quarter of each year and amounted to $2.5 million and $2.3 million during 2025 and 2024, respectively. Income tax expense related to operations for 2025 was net of an income tax benefit of $1.0 million associated with asset impairments and the acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center, net of the gain on sale of real estate assets, all as previously described herein. In addition, income tax expense related to

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operations for 2024 was net of an income tax benefit of $9.8 million for expenses associated with asset impairments and refinancing transactions, net of the gain on sale of real estate assets, all as previously described herein.

Our effective tax rate could fluctuate in the future based on changes in estimates of taxable income, the implementation of additional tax planning strategies, changes in federal or state tax rates or laws affecting tax credits available to us, changes in other tax laws, limits on certain deductible expenses, changes in estimates related to uncertain tax positions, or changes in state apportionment factors, as well as changes in the valuation allowance applied to our deferred tax assets that are based primarily on the amount of state net operating losses and tax credits that could expire unused.

Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2023

Pursuant to Regulation S-K item 303, a detailed review of our performance for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to our performance for the year ended December 31, 2023 is set forth in "Part 2, Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 21, 2025.

LIQUIDITY AND CA PITAL RESOURCES

Our principal capital requirements are for working capital, capital expenditures, and debt service payments, as well as outstanding commitments and contingencies, as further discussed in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this Annual Report. We may also use our free cash flow to purchase our outstanding debt in open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, or to return capital to our shareholders, which could include share repurchases and/or future dividends. Any future dividend is subject to our Board of Directors', or BODs', determinations as to the amount of distributions and the timing thereof, as well as limitations under the Company's debt covenants. Any such debt repurchases will depend upon prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual requirements, applicable securities laws requirements, alternative opportunities to deploy capital, and other factors.

During 2022, the BOD approved a share repurchase program to purchase up to $225.0 million of our common stock, which has subsequently been increased to up to $700.0 million through a series of increases, including two increases during 2025 of $150.0 million on May 15, 2025 and $200.0 million on November 10, 2025. Repurchases of our outstanding common stock are made in accordance with applicable securities laws and may be made at our discretion based on parameters set by our BOD from time to time in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, subject to restricted payment limitations in our debt agreements. The share repurchase program has no time limit and does not obligate us to purchase any particular amount of our common stock. The authorization for the share repurchase program may be terminated, suspended, increased or decreased by the BOD in its discretion at any time. During 2025, we completed the repurchase of 11.2 million shares of our common stock at a total cost of $218.4 million, or $19.48 per share, excluding costs associated with the share repurchase program. As of December 31, 2025, we had repurchased a total of 25.7 million common shares at an aggregate cost of $399.5 million, or $15.52 per share, using cash on hand, cash provided by operations, and borrowing capacity under our Revolving Credit Facility, and had $300.5 million of repurchase authorization available under the share repurchase program.

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We may also pursue attractive growth opportunities, including new development opportunities in our Properties segment, to meet the need to modernize outdated correctional infrastructure across the country, and explore potential opportunities to expand the scope of non-residential correctional alternatives we provide in our Community segment. We may also consider other opportunities for growth, including, but not limited to, potential acquisitions of correctional and detention facilities and businesses within our lines of business and those that provide complementary services, provided we believe such opportunities will enhance our business, diversify our cash flows, and/or increase the services we can provide to our customers, or when we believe the potential long-term returns justify the capital deployment. On July 1, 2025, we acquired the Farmville Detention Center, a 736-bed facility located in Farmville, Virginia. The acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center was consummated through the acquisition of 100% of the membership interests in entities that owned and operated the facility and was funded with cash on hand and borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility. The aggregate purchase price was $71.4 million, including the acquisition of working capital accounts, but excluding $1.9 million of transaction-related expenses. The Farmville Detention Center provides transportation, care, and civil detention services for adult male non-citizens through an IGSA with ICE, which expires in March 2029, and is expected to result in total annual incremental revenue of approximately $40.0 million.

During 2025, we invested $75.0 million of capital expenditures associated with previously idled facilities we are activating and for additional potential idle facility activations, in order to prepare these facilities to quickly accept residential populations if opportunities arise, as well as to provide increased transportation services. We currently estimate capital expenditures of $35.0 million to $40.0 million in 2026 for this purpose. We could decide to incur additional capital expenditures in anticipation of additional activations if we have better visibility on specific needs and if the lead time to complete the capital expenditures exceeds the period needed to hire, train, and prepare a facility to accept residential populations. The significant reduction in capital expenditures expected on idle facilities in 2026, combined with an expectation of higher cash flows from operations in 2026 compared with 2025 primarily resulting from the activation of five idle facilities during 2025, provides us with more flexibility to deploy capital, which may include share repurchases (subject to restricted payment limitations in our debt agreements) and other growth opportunities.

As of December 31, 2025, we had cash on hand of $97.9 million, and $311.4 million available under our Revolving Credit Facility. During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, we generated $194.6 million and $269.2 million, respectively, in cash through operating activities. We currently expect to be able to meet our cash expenditure requirements for the next year and beyond utilizing cash on hand, cash flows from operations, and availability under our Revolving Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2025, we had no debt maturities until October 2027.

Our cash flow is subject to the receipt of sufficient funding of and timely payment by contracting governmental entities. If the appropriate governmental agency does not receive sufficient appropriations to cover its contractual obligations, it may terminate our contract or delay or reduce payment to us. Delays in payment from our major customers, which could include the deferral of payments to us during government shutdowns or the termination of contracts from our major customers, could have an adverse effect on our cash flow and financial condition. We continue to experience delays in payments from our federal customers following the most recent government shutdown, and due to newly added approval requirements of certain invoices by DHS. Our federal customers are required to pay us for services we perform including during government shutdowns, with interest, once the government reopens, and for all invoices not paid within set deadlines.

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Debt

As of December 31, 2025, we had $238.5 million remaining aggregate principal amount outstanding of our 4.75% senior unsecured notes issued in October 2017 with an original principal amount of $250.0 million, or the 4.75% Senior Notes, and $500.0 million principal amount outstanding of the 8.25% Senior Notes, or collectively, the Senior Notes. In addition, we had $134.3 million outstanding under the non-recourse senior secured notes of CoreCivic of Kansas, LLC, or the Kansas Notes, with a fixed stated interest rate of 4.43%, $112.5 million outstanding under our Term Loan with a variable interest rate of 6.8%, and $245.0 million outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility with a variable interest rate of 7.3%. We had $18.6 million of letters of credit outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility at December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, our total weighted average effective interest rate was 7.4%, while our total weighted average maturity was 4.0 years, and we have no debt maturities until 2027. In the future, we could elect to use our free cash flow to purchase outstanding senior unsecured notes in open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. We could also use our effective shelf registration statement to issue additional debt securities when we determine that market conditions and the opportunity to utilize the proceeds therefrom are favorable.

On December 1, 2025, we amended our Bank Credit Facility to, among other things, increase the size of the accordion feature that provides for uncommitted incremental extensions of credit from the greater of $200.0 million or 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fixed quarters most recently ended to the greater of $300.0 million or 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fixed quarters most recently ended, and to exercise the accordion feature by expanding the capacity under our revolving credit facility from $275.0 million to $575.0 million. We believe that expanding the size of our revolving credit facility provides us with enhanced balance sheet flexibility while remaining positioned for strategic investments and long-term value creation, such as through our share repurchase program.

Operating Activities

Our net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $194.6 million compared with $269.2 million in 2024. Cash provided by operating activities represents our net income plus depreciation and amortization, changes in various components of working capital, and various non-cash charges. Cash provided by operating activities was unfavorably impacted by a decrease in cash caused by changes in working capital balances of $130.1 million in 2025 compared to 2024, partially offset by an increase in facility net operating income of $50.3 million.

Investing Activities

Our net cash flow used in investing activities was $206.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 and was primarily attributable to capital expenditures for facility development and expansions of $7.3 million and $133.3 million for facility maintenance and information technology capital expenditures, of which $75.0 million was for facility activations and transportation vehicles. Our net cash flow used in investing activities in 2025 also included $73.5 million primarily attributable to the acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center, partially offset by $4.9 million in net proceeds from the sale of assets, each as previously described herein.

Our net cash flow used in investing activities was $53.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 and was primarily attributable to capital expenditures for facility development and expansions of $8.7 million and $62.4 million for facility maintenance and information technology capital expenditures, partially offset by $13.7 million in net proceeds from the sale of assets.

Financing Activities

Our net cash flow provided by financing activities was $1.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 and was primarily attributable to $245.0 million of net borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility during 2025. These cash inflows were largely offset by $12.1 million of scheduled principal repayments under our Term Loan and our non-recourse mortgage note. Cash outflows during 2025 also included $229.0 million for the share repurchase program our BOD authorized during the second quarter of 2022, as well as the purchase and retirement of stock to satisfy withholding taxes in connection with equity-based compensation.

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Our net cash flow used in financing activities was $222.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 and was primarily attributable to debt repayments related to the $593.1 million tender and redemption of 8.25% senior notes due in April 2026, the $4.6 million purchase of 4.75% senior notes, and $34.9 million of payments of debt defeasance, issuance and other financing related costs. In addition, our net cash flow used in financing activities was attributable to $11.6 million of scheduled principal repayments under our Term Loan and our non-recourse mortgage note. Our net cash flow used in financing activities also included $77.2 million for the share repurchase program, as well as the purchase and retirement of common stock to satisfy withholding taxes in connection with equity-based compensation. Our net cash flow used in financing activities was partially offset by the $500.0 million gross proceeds from the issuance of the 8.25% Senior Notes. We also borrowed $47.0 million on our Revolving Credit Facility, and repaid such amount during the year.

Supplemental Guarantor Information

All of the domestic subsidiaries of CoreCivic (as the parent corporation) that guarantee the Bank Credit Facility have provided full and unconditional guarantees of our Senior Notes. All of CoreCivic's subsidiaries guaranteeing the Senior Notes are 100% owned direct or indirect subsidiaries of CoreCivic, and the subsidiary guarantees are full and unconditional and are joint and several obligations of the guarantors.

As of December 31, 2025, neither CoreCivic nor any of its subsidiary guarantors had any material or significant restrictions on CoreCivic's ability to obtain funds from its subsidiaries by dividend or loan or to transfer assets from such subsidiaries.

The indentures governing our Senior Notes contain certain customary covenants that, subject to certain exceptions and qualifications, restrict CoreCivic's ability to, among other things, create or permit to exist certain liens and consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of CoreCivic's assets. In addition, if CoreCivic experiences specific kinds of changes in control, CoreCivic must offer to repurchase all or a portion of the Senior Notes. The offer price for the Senior Notes in connection with a change in control would be 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the notes repurchased to the date of purchase. The indenture related to our 8.25% Senior Notes additionally limits our ability to incur indebtedness, make restricted payments and investments and prepay certain indebtedness.

The following tables present summarized information for CoreCivic and the subsidiary guarantors, on a combined basis after elimination of (i) intercompany transactions and balances among CoreCivic and the subsidiary guarantors and (ii) equity in earnings from, and any investments in, any subsidiary that is a non-guarantor (in thousands).

|  |  | December 31, |
|  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Current assets |  |  | $ | 601,230 |  |  | $ | 439,388 |
Real estate and related assets |  |  |  | 2,317,198 |  |  |  | 2,253,129 |
Other assets |  |  |  | 199,771 |  |  |  | 93,617 |
Total non-current assets |  |  |  | 2,516,969 |  |  |  | 2,346,746 |
Current liabilities |  |  |  | 352,122 |  |  |  | 271,220 |
Long-term debt, net |  |  |  | 1,079,337 |  |  |  | 841,208 |
Other liabilities |  |  |  | 277,584 |  |  |  | 179,670 |
Total long-term liabilities |  |  |  | 1,356,921 |  |  |  | 1,020,878 |

|  |  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Revenue |  |  | $ | 2,208,608 |  |  | $ | 1,958,953 |
Operating expenses |  |  |  | 1,691,087 |  |  |  | 1,491,980 |
Other expenses |  |  |  | 298,485 |  |  |  | 280,093 |
Total expenses |  |  |  | 1,989,572 |  |  |  | 1,772,073 |
Income before income taxes |  |  |  | 154,285 |  |  |  | 86,598 |
Net income |  |  |  | 113,612 |  |  |  | 63,503 |

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Funds from Operations

Funds From Operations, or FFO, is a widely accepted supplemental non-GAAP measure utilized to evaluate the operating performance of real estate companies. The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, defines FFO as net income computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from sales of property and extraordinary items, plus depreciation and amortization of real estate and impairment of depreciable real estate and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures calculated to reflect funds from operations on the same basis. As a company with extensive real estate holdings, we believe FFO is an important supplemental measure of our operating performance and believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of REITs and other real estate operating companies, many of which present FFO when reporting results.

We also present Normalized FFO as an additional supplemental measure as we believe it is more reflective of our core operating performance. We may make adjustments to FFO from time to time for certain other income and expenses that we consider non-recurring, infrequent or unusual, even though such items may require cash settlement, because such items do not reflect a necessary or ordinary component of our ongoing operations. Normalized FFO excludes the effects of such items.

FFO and Normalized FFO are supplemental non-GAAP financial measures of real estate companies' operating performance, which do not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and therefore should not be considered an alternative for net income or as a measure of liquidity. Our method of calculating FFO and Normalized FFO may be different from methods used by other REITs and real estate operating companies and, accordingly, may not be comparable to such REITs and other real estate operating companies.

Our reconciliation of net income to FFO and Normalized FFO for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 is as follows (in thousands):

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income |  | $ | 116,503 |  |  | $ | 68,868 |  |  | $ | 67,590 |
Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets |  |  | 101,373 |  |  |  | 99,865 |  |  |  | 98,076 |
Impairment of real estate assets |  |  | 1,482 |  |  |  | 2,418 |  |  |  | — |
Gain on sale of real estate assets, net |  |  | (1,007 | ) |  |  | (3,262 | ) |  |  | (798 | )
Income tax expense (benefit) for special items |  |  | (127 | ) |  |  | 242 |  |  |  | 226 |
Funds From Operations |  |  | 218,224 |  |  |  | 168,131 |  |  |  | 165,094 |
Expenses associated with debt repayments and refinancing transactions |  |  | — |  |  |  | 31,316 |  |  |  | 686 |
Expenses associated with mergers and acquisitions |  |  | 3,016 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Income tax expense associated with change in corporate tax structure and other special tax items |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 930 |
Other asset impairments |  |  | — |  |  |  | 690 |  |  |  | 2,710 |
Income tax benefit for special items |  |  | (837 | ) |  |  | (10,023 | ) |  |  | (984 | )
Normalized Funds From Operations |  | $ | 220,403 |  |  | $ | 190,114 |  |  | $ | 168,436 |

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Material Cash Requirements

The following table summarizes our material cash requirements related to borrowings, contracts and leases by the indicated period as of December 31, 2025 (in thousands):

|  | Payments Due By Year Ending December 31, |
|  | 2026 |  |  | 2027 |  |  | 2028 |  |  | 2029 |  |  | 2030 |  |  | Thereafter |  |  | Total |
Long-term debt |  | $ | 15,701 |  |  | $ | 257,823 |  |  | $ | 342,995 |  |  | $ | 507,985 |  |  | $ | 8,073 |  |  | $ | 97,730 |  |  | $ | 1,230,307 |
Interest on senior and mortgage notes |  |  | 58,425 |  |  |  | 58,136 |  |  |  | 46,497 |  |  |  | 25,536 |  |  |  | 4,552 |  |  |  | 22,708 |  |  |  | 215,854 |
Contractual facility developments and other commitments |  |  | 28,982 |  |  |  | 2,392 |  |  |  | 2,392 |  |  |  | 2,392 |  |  |  | 2,392 |  |  |  | 11,938 |  |  |  | 50,488 |
Dilley Facility lease |  |  | 51,421 |  |  |  | 51,421 |  |  |  | 51,421 |  |  |  | 51,421 |  |  |  | 9,142 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 214,826 |
Other leases |  |  | 5,569 |  |  |  | 4,945 |  |  |  | 4,414 |  |  |  | 3,826 |  |  |  | 3,466 |  |  |  | 4,921 |  |  |  | 27,141 |
Total |  | $ | 160,098 |  |  | $ | 374,717 |  |  | $ | 447,719 |  |  | $ | 591,160 |  |  | $ | 27,625 |  |  | $ | 137,297 |  |  | $ | 1,738,616 |

The cash obligations in the table above do not include future cash obligations for variable interest expense associated with our Term Loan or the balance outstanding on our Revolving Credit Facility, if any, as projections would be based on future outstanding balances as well as future variable interest rates, and we are unable to make reliable estimates of either. Certain of our other ongoing construction projects are not currently under contract and thus are not included as a contractual obligation above as we may generally suspend or terminate such projects without substantial penalty. With respect to the Dilley Facility, the cash obligations included in the table above reflect the full contractual obligations of the lease of the site, excluding contingent payments, even though the lease agreement provides us with the ability to terminate if ICE terminates the amended IGSA associated with the facility.

We had $18.6 million of letters of credit outstanding at December 31, 2025 primarily to support our requirement to repay fees and claims under our self-insured workers' compensation plan in the event we do not repay the fees and claims due in accordance with the terms of the plan, and for a debt service reserve requirement under terms of the Kansas Notes. The letters of credit are renewable annually. We did not have any draws under these outstanding letters of credit during 2025, 2024, or 2023.

INFLA TION

Many of our contracts include provisions for inflationary indexing, which may mitigate an adverse impact of inflation on net income. However, a substantial increase in personnel costs, workers' compensation, utilities, food, and medical expenses could have an adverse impact on our results of operations in the future to the extent that these expenses increase at a faster pace than the per diem or fixed rates we receive for our management services. We outsource our food service operations to a third party. The contract with our outsourced food service vendor contains certain protections against increases in food costs.

SEASONALITY AND Q UARTERLY RESULTS

Certain aspects of our business are subject to seasonal fluctuations. Because we are generally compensated for operating and managing correctional, detention, and reentry facilities at a per diem rate, our financial results are impacted by the number of calendar days in a fiscal quarter. Our fiscal year follows the calendar year and therefore, our daily profits for the third and fourth quarters include two more days than the first quarter (except in leap years) and one more day than the second quarter. Further, salaries and benefits represent the most significant component of operating expenses. Significant portions of our unemployment taxes are recognized during the first quarter, when base wage rates reset for unemployment tax purposes. Quarterly results are also affected by government funding initiatives, acquisitions, the timing of the opening of new facilities, or the commencement of new management contracts and related start-up expenses which may mitigate or exacerbate the impact of other seasonal influences. Because of seasonality factors, and other factors described herein, results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for the full fiscal year.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITAT IVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Our primary market risk exposure is to changes in U.S. interest rates. We are exposed to market risk related to our Bank Credit Facility because the interest rates on these loans are subject to fluctuations in the market. If the interest rate for our outstanding indebtedness under the Bank Credit Facility was 100 basis points higher or lower (but not less than 0%) during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, our interest expense, would have been increased or decreased by $1.6 million, $1.3 million, and $1.1 million, respectively.

As of December 31, 2025, we had outstanding $238.5 million of the 4.75% Senior Notes and $500.0 million of the 8.25% Senior Notes. We also had $134.3 million outstanding under the Kansas Notes with a fixed interest rate of 4.43%. Because the interest rates with respect to these instruments are fixed, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase or decrease in market interest rates would not have a material impact on our financial statements.

We may, from time to time, invest our cash in a variety of short-term financial instruments. These instruments generally consist of highly liquid investments with original maturities at the date of purchase of three months or less. While these investments are subject to interest rate risk and will decline in value if market interest rates increase, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase or decrease in market interest rates would not materially affect the value of these instruments. See the risk factor discussion captioned "An increase in interest rates increases the cost of our variable rate debt" under Part 1, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more discussion on interest rate risks that may affect our financial condition.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMEN TS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

The financial statements and supplementary data required by Regulation S-X are included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K commencing on Page F-1.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOU NTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Management's Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our senior management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report. Based on that evaluation, our officers, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms and information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. The Company's internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

i.
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;

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ii.
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and
iii.
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework released in 2013. Based on this assessment, management believes that, as of December 31, 2025, the Company's internal control over financial reporting was effective.

The Company's independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP, has issued an attestation report on the Company's internal control over financial reporting. That report begins on page 90.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth fiscal quarter of 2025 that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

The Company is in the process of implementing a new enterprise resource planning, or ERP, system. As this phased implementation occurs during fiscal years 2026 and 2027, the Company will change its processes and procedures which, in turn, could result in changes to its internal control over financial reporting. As such changes occur, the Company will evaluate quarterly whether such changes materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of CoreCivic, Inc.

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited CoreCivic, Inc. and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, CoreCivic, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(2) and our report dated February 20, 2026 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP |  |
Nashville, Tennessee |  |
February 20, 2026 |  |

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ITEM 9B. OTHE R INFORMATION

Except as disclosed below, during the three months ended December 31, 2025, no director or officer (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of the Company adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (in each case, as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K) for the purchase or sale of the Company’s securities.

On November 14, 2025, Cole Carter, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, adopted a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement for the sale of up to 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c). Mr. Carter's Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement terminates on the earlier of October 1, 2026 or the date such shares are all sold.

ITEM 9C. DI SCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.

None.

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PART III.

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OF FICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

The information required by this Item 10 will appear in, and is hereby incorporated by reference from, the information under the headings "Proposal 1 – Election of Directors – Incumbent Directors Standing for Re-Election," "Executive Officers," "Corporate Governance – Board Meetings and Committees," "Corporate Governance – Director Independence," "Corporate Governance – Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions," "Corporate Governance – Insider Trading Policy," and, if applicable, "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management – Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports" in our definitive proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Our Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct applicable to the members of our Board of Directors and our officers, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. In addition, the Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines and charters for our Audit Committee, Risk Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee and Executive Committee. You can access our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, Corporate Governance Guidelines and current committee charters under the "Investor Relations" tab on our website at www.corecivic.com.

ITEM 11. EXECUTI VE COMPENSATION.

The information required by this Item 11 will appear in, and is hereby incorporated by reference from, the information under the headings "Corporate Governance – Equity Grant Practices" and "Executive and Director Compensation" in our definitive proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OW NERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

The information required by this Item 12 will appear in, and is hereby incorporated by reference from, the information under the heading "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management – Ownership of Common Stock – Directors and Executive Officers," and "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management – Ownership of Common Stock – Principal Stockholders" in our definitive proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

## Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table sets forth certain information as of December 31, 2025 regarding compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance.

Plan Category |  | (a) Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options |  |  | (b) Weighted – Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options |  |  | (c) Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Reflected in Column (a)) |  |
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | 4,373,208 |  | (1)
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |
Total |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | 4,373,208 |  |

(1)
Reflects shares of common stock available for issuance under our Amended and Restated 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, the only equity compensation plan approved by our stockholders under which we continue to grant awards.

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

The information required by this Item 13 will appear in, and is hereby incorporated by reference from, the information under the heading "Corporate Governance – Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions" and "Corporate Governance – Director Independence" in our definitive proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOU NTING FEES AND SERVICES.

The information required by this Item 14 will appear in, and is hereby incorporated by reference from, the information under the heading "Proposal 2 – Non-Binding Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" in our definitive proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

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PART IV.

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINA NCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report:

(1)
Financial Statements:

The financial statements as set forth under Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K have been filed herewith, beginning on page F-1 of this Annual Report.

(2)
Financial Statement Schedules:

Schedule III-Real Estate Assets and Accumulated Depreciation.

Information with respect to this item begins on page F-38 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Other schedules are omitted because of the absence of conditions under which they are required or because the required information is given in the financial statements or notes thereto.

(3)
Exhibits:

* Filed herewith.

** Furnished herewith.

*** As directed by Item 601(a)(5) or 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, as applicable, certain schedules and exhibits to this exhibit are omitted from this filing. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request.

# Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

Other exhibits have previously been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and are incorporated herein by reference:

3.1 |  | Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on May 20, 2013 and incorporated herein by this reference).
3.2 |  | Articles of Amendment of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on November 10, 2016 and incorporated herein by this reference).
3.3 |  | Eleventh Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on December 15, 2023 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.1 |  | Specimen of certificate representing shares of the Company's Common Stock (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on November 10, 2016 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.2 |  | Indenture (2022 Notes, 2026 Notes and 2027 Notes), dated as of September 25, 2015, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on September 25, 2015 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.3 |  | Indenture, (2029 Notes), dated as of March 12, 2024, by and among the Company and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as Trustee (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on March 12, 2024 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.4 |  | Form of 4.75% Senior Note due 2027 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.10 hereof).

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4.5 |  | Form of 8.25% Senior Note due 2029 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on March 12, 2024 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.6 |  | Second Supplemental Indenture (2027 Notes), dated as of October 13, 2017, by and among the Company, the Guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on October 13, 2017 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.7 |  | Supplemental Indenture (2027 Notes), dated as of January 7, 2019, by and among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, and Regions Bank, successor-in-interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (previously filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Commission File No. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on May 9, 2019 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.8 |  | Supplemental Indenture (2027 Notes), dated as of February 3, 2020, by and among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, and Regions Bank, successor-in-interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (previously filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Commission File No. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on May 7, 2020 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.9 |  | Supplemental Indenture (2029 Notes) dated as of March 12, 2024, by and among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as Trustee (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on March 12, 2024 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.10 |  | Description of Securities of CoreCivic, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 4.16 to the Company's Current Report on Form 10-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on February 20, 2024 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.1*** |  | Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated October 11, 2023 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109, filed with the Commission on October 12, 2023 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.2 |  | First Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated December 1, 2025, to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2023 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on December 2, 2025 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.3# |  | The Company's Non-Employee Directors' Compensation Plan (previously filed as Appendix C to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement relating to its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on April 11, 2003 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.4# |  | Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August 16, 2007 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.5# |  | Amendment to the Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on February 24, 2010 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.6# |  | Amended and Restated Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August 16, 2007 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.7# |  | Form of Indemnification Agreement (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August 18, 2009 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.8# |  | The Company's 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on May 18, 2020 and incorporated herein by this reference).

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10.9# |  | Form of Executive Time-Based Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement for the Company's 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August 6, 2020 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.10# |  | Form of Executive Performance-Based Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement for the Company's 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August 6, 2020 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.11# |  | Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Share Unit Agreement for the Company's 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August 6, 2020 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.12# |  | Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Share Unit Agreement with deferral provisions for the Company's 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August 6, 2020 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.13# |  | The Company's Amended and Restated 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on May 16, 2022 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.14# |  | CoreCivic, Inc. Amended and Restated Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan, adopted July 17, 2025 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on July 18, 2025 and incorporated herein by this reference).
10.15# |  | Transition Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2025, by and between the Company and Damon T. Hininger (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August 18, 2025 and incorporated herein by this reference).
19* |  | Third Amended and Restated Insider Trading Guidelines
21.1* |  | Subsidiaries of the Company.
22.1* |  | List of Guarantor Subsidiaries.
23.1* |  | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
31.1* |  | Certification of the Company's Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2* |  | Certification of the Company's Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1** |  | Certification of the Company's Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2** |  | Certification of the Company's Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
97 |  | CoreCivic, Inc. NYSE Executive Compensation Recoupment Policy (previously filed as Exhibit 97 to the Company's Current Report on Form 10-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on February 20, 2024 and incorporated herein by this reference).
101.INS* |  | Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

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101.SCH* |  | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.
101.CAL* |  | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.
101.DEF* |  | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.
101.LAB* |  | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.
101.PRE* |  | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.
104* |  | The cover page from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, formatted in Inline XBRL (included in Exhibit 101).

ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

None.

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SIGNA TURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

| CORECIVIC, INC.
Date: February 20, 2026 | By: | /s/ Patrick D. Swindle
|  | Patrick D. Swindle, President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Annual Report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

/s/ Patrick D. Swindle |  | February 20, 2026
Patrick D. Swindle, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer and Director) |  |

/s/ David M. Garfinkle |  | February 20, 2026
David M. Garfinkle, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |  |

/s/ Mark A. Emkes |  | February 20, 2026
Mark A. Emkes, Chairman of the Board of Directors |  |

/s/ Alexander R. Fischer |  | February 20, 2026
Alexander R. Fischer |  |
/s/ Catherine Hernandez-Blades |  | February 20, 2026
Catherine Hernandez-Blades |  |
/s/ Stacia A. Hylton |  | February 20, 2026
Stacia A. Hylton, Director |  |

/s/ Harley G. Lappin |  | February 20, 2026
Harley G. Lappin, Director |  |

/s/ Thurgood Marshall, Jr. |  | February 20, 2026
Thurgood Marshall, Jr., Director |  |

/s/ Devin I. Murphy |  | February 20, 2026
Devin I. Murphy, Director |  |

/s/ John R. Prann, Jr. |  | February 20, 2026
John R. Prann, Jr., Director |  |
/s/ S. Dawn Smith |  | February 20, 2026
S. Dawn Smith, Director |  |
/s/ Stacey M. Tank |  | February 20, 2026
Stacey M. Tank, Director |  |
/s/ Nina A. Tran |  | February 20, 2026
Nina A. Tran, Director |  |

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULE

Consolidated Financial Statements of CoreCivic, Inc. and Subsidiaries |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 000 42) | F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 | F-4
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 | F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 | F-6
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 | F-7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | F-8
Schedule III | F-38

F-1

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGIST ERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of CoreCivic, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CoreCivic, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(2) (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2025, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our report dated February 20, 2026 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

F-2

| Impairment of Idle Facilities
Description of the Matter | At December 31, 2025, the Company’s property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation, was $2.1 billion, which includes $149.7 million related to five idle correctional facilities. As discussed in Note 2 and Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements, long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment when circumstances indicate the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. The Company estimates undiscounted cash flows for each asset group (i.e., facility) with an impairment indicator, including the idle facilities described above. When the estimated undiscounted cash flows associated with the asset or group of assets are less than their carrying value, an impairment is recognized as the difference between the carrying value of the asset and its fair value. Auditing management’s evaluation of idle facilities for impairment was subjective due to the estimation uncertainty in determining the future undiscounted cash flows of the idle facilities, including whether and when the Company will obtain contracts to utilize these facilities in the future. These assumptions can be affected by expectations about market conditions as well as management’s intent to hold and operate each facility over the term and in the manner assumed in the analysis.
How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit | We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of controls over the Company’s long-lived asset impairment review process over idle facilities, including controls over management’s review of assumptions supporting the projected utilization of idle facilities and the estimated undiscounted cash flows for each facility. To test the Company’s long-lived asset impairment analysis, we performed audit procedures that included, among others, evaluating evidence supporting the projected utilization of idle facilities and the recoverability of net book values based on anticipated cash flows. We also performed sensitivity analyses to evaluate the impact of changes in assumptions on estimated undiscounted cash flows of idle facilities.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP |  |
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2002. |  |
Nashville, Tennessee |  |
February 20, 2026 |  |

F-3

CORECIVIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED B ALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except per share data)

|  | December 31, |
ASSETS |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 97,929 |  |  | $ | 107,487 |
Restricted cash |  |  | 14,517 |  |  |  | 14,623 |
Accounts receivable, net of credit loss reserve of $4,506 and $4,471, respectively |  |  | 446,224 |  |  |  | 288,738 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  |  | 49,904 |  |  |  | 38,970 |
Assets held for sale |  |  | 2,513 |  |  |  | — |
Total current assets |  |  | 611,087 |  |  |  | 449,818 |
Real estate and related assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $2,012,353 and $1,905,508, respectively |  |  | 2,132,206 |  |  |  | 2,060,024 |
Other real estate assets |  |  | 182,479 |  |  |  | 193,105 |
Goodwill |  |  | 8,551 |  |  |  | 4,844 |
Other assets |  |  | 322,420 |  |  |  | 224,100 |
Total assets |  | $ | 3,256,743 |  |  | $ | 2,931,891 |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |  | $ | 353,173 |  |  | $ | 273,724 |
Current portion of long-term debt |  |  | 15,701 |  |  |  | 12,073 |
Total current liabilities |  |  | 368,874 |  |  |  | 285,797 |
Long-term debt, net |  |  | 1,205,037 |  |  |  | 973,073 |
Deferred revenue |  |  | 8,719 |  |  |  | 12,399 |
Non-current deferred tax liabilities |  |  | 98,364 |  |  |  | 89,207 |
Other liabilities |  |  | 170,500 |  |  |  | 78,064 |
Total liabilities |  |  | 1,851,494 |  |  |  | 1,438,540 |
Commitments and contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock – $0.01 par value; 50,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025 and 2024 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Common stock – $0.01 par value; 300,000 shares authorized; 100,051 and 109,861 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively |  |  | 1,001 |  |  |  | 1,099 |
Additional paid-in capital |  |  | 1,527,724 |  |  |  | 1,732,231 |
Accumulated deficit |  |  | (123,476 | ) |  |  | (239,979 | )
Total stockholders' equity |  |  | 1,405,249 |  |  |  | 1,493,351 |
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |  | $ | 3,256,743 |  |  | $ | 2,931,891 |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-4

CORECIVIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEM ENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
REVENUE |  | $ | 2,211,182 |  |  | $ | 1,961,646 |  |  | $ | 1,896,635 |
EXPENSES: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating |  |  | 1,692,528 |  |  |  | 1,493,357 |  |  |  | 1,462,430 |
General and administrative |  |  | 169,580 |  |  |  | 152,081 |  |  |  | 136,084 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 128,905 |  |  |  | 128,011 |  |  |  | 127,316 |
Asset impairments |  |  | 1,482 |  |  |  | 3,108 |  |  |  | 2,710 |
|  |  | 1,992,495 |  |  |  | 1,776,557 |  |  |  | 1,728,540 |
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense, net |  |  | (62,229 | ) |  |  | (67,415 | ) |  |  | (72,960 | )
Expenses associated with debt repayments and refinancing transactions |  |  | — |  |  |  | (31,316 | ) |  |  | (686 | )
Gain on sale of real estate assets, net |  |  | 1,007 |  |  |  | 3,262 |  |  |  | 798 |
Other income (expense) |  |  | (289 | ) |  |  | 2,343 |  |  |  | 576 |
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES |  |  | 157,176 |  |  |  | 91,963 |  |  |  | 95,823 |
Income tax expense |  |  | (40,673 | ) |  |  | (23,095 | ) |  |  | (28,233 | )
NET INCOME |  | $ | 116,503 |  |  | $ | 68,868 |  |  | $ | 67,590 |
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE |  | $ | 1.09 |  |  | $ | 0.62 |  |  | $ | 0.59 |
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE |  | $ | 1.08 |  |  | $ | 0.62 |  |  | $ | 0.59 |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-5

CORECIVIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEM ENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income |  | $ | 116,503 |  |  | $ | 68,868 |  |  | $ | 67,590 |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 128,905 |  |  |  | 128,011 |  |  |  | 127,316 |
Asset impairments |  |  | 1,482 |  |  |  | 3,108 |  |  |  | 2,710 |
Amortization of debt issuance costs and other non-cash interest |  |  | 3,559 |  |  |  | 3,672 |  |  |  | 4,446 |
Expenses associated with acquisitions |  |  | 3,016 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Expenses associated with debt repayments and refinancing transactions |  |  | — |  |  |  | 31,316 |  |  |  | 686 |
Deferred income taxes |  |  | 9,157 |  |  |  | (7,708 | ) |  |  | (2,703 | )
Gain on sale of real estate assets, net |  |  | (1,007 | ) |  |  | (3,262 | ) |  |  | (798 | )
Other expenses and non-cash items |  |  | 9,356 |  |  |  | 659 |  |  |  | 6,294 |
Non-cash revenue and other income |  |  | (387 | ) |  |  | (7,601 | ) |  |  | (2,783 | )
Non-cash equity compensation |  |  | 27,672 |  |  |  | 25,681 |  |  |  | 20,760 |
Changes in assets and liabilities, net: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets |  |  | (145,046 | ) |  |  | 15,022 |  |  |  | 6,704 |
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities |  |  | 41,385 |  |  |  | 11,387 |  |  |  | 1,679 |
Net cash provided by operating activities |  |  | 194,595 |  |  |  | 269,153 |  |  |  | 231,901 |
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expenditures for facility development and expansions |  |  | (7,297 | ) |  |  | (8,747 | ) |  |  | (4,886 | )
Expenditures for other capital improvements |  |  | (133,331 | ) |  |  | (62,424 | ) |  |  | (65,369 | )
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |  |  | (73,538 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Net proceeds from sale of assets |  |  | 4,903 |  |  |  | 13,738 |  |  |  | 11,068 |
Other investing activities |  |  | 3,187 |  |  |  | 3,609 |  |  |  | 313 |
Net cash used in investing activities |  |  | (206,076 | ) |  |  | (53,824 | ) |  |  | (58,874 | )
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from issuance of debt and borrowings from credit facility |  |  | 435,000 |  |  |  | 547,000 |  |  |  | 250,000 |
Scheduled principal repayments |  |  | (12,073 | ) |  |  | (11,598 | ) |  |  | (9,895 | )
Principal repayments of credit facility |  |  | (190,000 | ) |  |  | (47,000 | ) |  |  | (125,000 | )
Other repayments of debt |  |  | — |  |  |  | (597,713 | ) |  |  | (272,936 | )
Payment of debt defeasance, issuance and other refinancing and related costs |  |  | (1,449 | ) |  |  | (34,944 | ) |  |  | (4,632 | )
Payment of lease obligations for financing leases |  |  | (629 | ) |  |  | (613 | ) |  |  | (595 | )
Purchase and retirement of common stock |  |  | (228,987 | ) |  |  | (77,171 | ) |  |  | (43,047 | )
Dividends paid on restricted stock units |  |  | (45 | ) |  |  | (136 | ) |  |  | (131 | )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |  |  | 1,817 |  |  |  | (222,175 | ) |  |  | (206,236 | )
NET DECREASE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH |  |  | (9,664 | ) |  |  | (6,846 | ) |  |  | (33,209 | )
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, beginning of period |  |  | 122,110 |  |  |  | 128,956 |  |  |  | 162,165 |
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, end of period |  | $ | 112,446 |  |  | $ | 122,110 |  |  | $ | 128,956 |
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net establishment (lease modification) of right of use assets and lease liabilities |  | $ | 118,363 |  |  | $ | (56,804 | ) |  | $ | 2,551 |
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid during the period for: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest (net of amounts capitalized of $0.5 million in 2025) |  | $ | 71,914 |  |  | $ | 77,725 |  |  | $ | 81,765 |
Income taxes paid |  | $ | 37,022 |  |  | $ | 37,108 |  |  | $ | 25,888 |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-6

CORECIVIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATE MENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025, 2024 AND 2023

(in thousands)

|  | Stockholders' Equity |
|  | Common Stock |  |  | Additional |  |  |  |  |  | Total |
|  |  |  |  | Par |  |  | Paid-in |  |  | Accumulated |  |  | Stockholders' |
|  | Shares |  |  | Value |  |  | Capital |  |  | Deficit |  |  | Equity |
Balance as of December 31, 2022 |  |  | 114,988 |  |  | $ | 1,150 |  |  | $ | 1,807,689 |  |  | $ | (376,431 | ) |  | $ | 1,432,408 |
Net income |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 67,590 |  |  |  | 67,590 |
Retirement of common stock |  |  | (3,936 | ) |  |  | (40 | ) |  |  | (43,146 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (43,186 | )
Dividends on RSUs |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | (6 | )
Restricted stock compensation, net of forfeitures |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 20,760 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 20,760 |
Restricted stock grants |  |  | 1,681 |  |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | (17 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance as of December 31, 2023 |  |  | 112,733 |  |  | $ | 1,127 |  |  | $ | 1,785,286 |  |  | $ | (308,847 | ) |  | $ | 1,477,566 |
Net income |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 68,868 |  |  |  | 68,868 |
Retirement of common stock |  |  | (5,111 | ) |  |  | (50 | ) |  |  | (78,714 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (78,764 | )
Restricted stock compensation, net of forfeitures |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 25,681 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 25,681 |
Restricted stock grants |  |  | 2,239 |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | (22 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance as of December 31, 2024 |  |  | 109,861 |  |  | $ | 1,099 |  |  | $ | 1,732,231 |  |  | $ | (239,979 | ) |  |  | 1,493,351 |
Net income |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 116,503 |  |  |  | 116,503 |
Retirement of common stock |  |  | (11,861 | ) |  |  | (118 | ) |  |  | (232,159 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (232,277 | )
Restricted stock compensation, net of forfeitures |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 27,672 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 27,672 |
Restricted stock grants |  |  | 2,051 |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance as of December 31, 2025 |  |  | 100,051 |  |  | $ | 1,001 |  |  | $ | 1,527,724 |  |  | $ | (123,476 | ) |  | $ | 1,405,249 |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-7

CORECIVIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2025, 2024 AND 2023

1.
ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

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 operators of such facilities in the United States ("U.S."). Through three segments, CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties, the Company provides a broad range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through corrections and detention management, a network of residential reentry centers to help address America's recidivism crisis, and government real estate solutions. As of December 31, 2025, through its CoreCivic Safety segment, the Company operated 44 correctional and detention facilities, 40 of which the Company owned or controlled via a long-term lease, with a total design capacity of approximately 68,000 beds. Through its CoreCivic Community segment, the Company operated 20 residential reentry centers, which it owned or controlled via a long-term lease, with a total design capacity of approximately 4,000 beds. In addition, through its CoreCivic Properties segment, the Company owned five properties, with a total design capacity of approximately 8,000 beds.

In addition to providing fundamental residential services, CoreCivic's correctional, detention, and reentry 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.

2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and include the accounts of CoreCivic on a consolidated basis with its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

CoreCivic considers all liquid deposits and investments with a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash at December 31, 2025 and 2024 included deposit accounts that are restricted in use totaling $14.5 million and $14.6 million, respectively, and related primarily to the Lansing Correctional Facility to ensure the timely payment of certain operating expenses, capital expenditures and debt service, as further discussed in Note 9. The restricted cash accounts are required under the terms of the indebtedness securing such property. Restricted cash also includes inmate trust funds used for commissary transactions pursuant to customer contracts. The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported on the consolidated balance sheets that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

|  | December 31, 2025 |  |  | December 31, 2024 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 97,929 |  |  | $ | 107,487 |
Restricted cash |  |  | 14,517 |  |  |  | 14,623 |
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows |  | $ | 112,446 |  |  | $ | 122,110 |

F-8

Accounts Receivable and Credit Loss Reserve

At December 31, 2025 and 2024, accounts receivable of $446.2 million and $288.7 million, respectively, were net of credit loss reserve totaling $4.5 million in both years. Accounts receivable consist primarily of amounts due from federal, state, and local government agencies for the utilization of CoreCivic's properties, including amounts due for operating and managing the Company's correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities, as well as its electronic monitoring and case management services operations.

Accounts receivable are stated at estimated net realizable value, which is the amount expected to be collected. Credit loss reserves are maintained for customers using an expected loss model based on a variety of factors, including the nature of the accounts receivable, risks of loss, length of time receivables are past due, and historical experience. If circumstances related to customers change, estimates of the recoverability of receivables would be further adjusted.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are carried at cost. Assets acquired by CoreCivic in conjunction with acquisitions are recorded at estimated fair value at the time of purchase. Betterments, renewals and significant repairs that extend the life of an asset are capitalized; other repair and maintenance costs are expensed. Interest is capitalized to the asset to which it relates in connection with the construction or expansion of real estate properties. Construction costs directly associated with the development of a property are capitalized as part of the cost of the development project. Such costs are written-off to expense whenever a project is abandoned. The cost and accumulated depreciation applicable to assets retired are removed from the accounts and the gain or loss on disposition is recognized in income. Depreciation is computed over the estimated useful lives of depreciable assets using the straight-line method. Useful lives for property and equipment are as follows:

Land improvements | 5 – 20 years
Buildings and improvements | 5 – 50 years
Equipment and software | 3 – 10 years
Office furniture and fixtures | 5 years

Other Real Estate Assets

Other real estate assets are accounted for in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 853, "Service Concession Arrangements". ASC 853 stipulates that the facilities subject to the standard may not be accounted for as a lease, nor should the infrastructure used in the service concession arrangement be recognized as property and equipment by the operating entity. Instead, the contracts should be accounted for under the applicable revenue standards. The Company owns four facilities that are accounted for as service concession arrangements.

For facilities which CoreCivic constructed for the public entity, two separate and distinct performance obligations exist. Service revenue is recognized as provided. All revenues and costs related to the construction of the facilities were recognized upon adoption of ASC 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASC 606”), in 2018. Revenue recognized related to the construction of the facilities for which cash has not yet been received is recorded as a contract asset and is amortized and evaluated for impairment on an on-going basis. For facilities contributed to a service contract, the cost of the facility is accounted for as costs to fulfill the service contract and the cost is recognized over the term of the service contract. The costs related to contract assets and costs to fulfill the service contracts are recoverable if the contract is terminated or not renewed due to the existence of residual interest options.

These assets represent the cost of all infrastructure to be transferred to the public entity grantors should the grantors exercise their residual interest. The costs related to the facilities constructed for a governmental entity were deferred as an other real estate asset, and the deferred costs were amortized in proportion to revenue recognized over the term of the related services arrangement. The costs related to the facilities that were constructed before entering into the service concession arrangement were amortized in proportion to revenue recognized over the term of the related service contract as an investment in the service contract.

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Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment when circumstances indicate the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. The Company estimates undiscounted cash flows for each asset or asset group (i.e., facility) with an impairment indicator. An impairment is recognized when the estimated undiscounted cash flows associated with the asset or group of assets are less than their carrying value. If impairment exists, an adjustment is made to write the asset down to its fair value, and a loss is recorded as the difference between the carrying value and fair value. Fair values are determined based on quoted market values, comparable sales data, discounted cash flows or internal and external appraisals, as applicable.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the cost in excess of the fair value of net assets of businesses acquired and goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually. Goodwill was $8.6 million and $4.8 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, all of which was related to the Company's CoreCivic Safety segment. CoreCivic performs its impairment tests during the fourth quarter in connection with its annual budgeting process, and whenever circumstances indicate the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable. CoreCivic performs a qualitative assessment to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, the Company determines it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then the Company performs a quantitative impairment test. The Company will record an impairment charge based on the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value. There were no goodwill impairments recorded during the periods presented.

Debt Issuance Costs

Debt issuance costs, excluding those costs incurred related to CoreCivic's revolving credit facility, are presented as a direct deduction from the face amount of the related liability on the consolidated balance sheets. Debt issuance costs related to the Company's revolving credit facility are included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. Generally, debt issuance costs are capitalized and amortized into interest expense using the interest method, or on a straight-line basis over the term of the related debt, if not materially different than the interest method. Certain debt issuance costs incurred in connection with debt refinancings are charged to expense in accordance with ASC 470-50, "Modifications and Extinguishments".

Revenue Recognition

In CoreCivic Safety and CoreCivic Community, revenue is recognized over time when control of the promised service is transferred to CoreCivic's customers, in an amount that reflects consideration CoreCivic expects to be entitled for those services which is typically in the form of a fixed rate. These services are considered to be a single performance obligation and are generally satisfied in one to thirty days depending on the performance obligation. CoreCivic maintains contracts with certain governmental entities to manage their facilities for fixed per diem rates. CoreCivic also maintains contracts with various federal, state, and local governmental entities for the housing of offenders in company-owned facilities at fixed per diem rates or monthly fixed rates. These contracts usually contain expiration dates with renewal options ranging from annual to multi-year renewals. Most of these contracts have current terms that require renewal every two to five years. Additionally, most facility management contracts contain clauses that allow the government agency to terminate a contract without cause and are generally subject to legislative appropriations. CoreCivic generally expects to renew these contracts for periods consistent with the remaining renewal options allowed by the contracts or other reasonable extensions; however, no assurance can be given that such renewals will be obtained. Fixed monthly rate revenue is recorded in the month earned, and fixed per diem revenue, including revenue under those contracts that include guaranteed minimum populations, is recorded based on the per diem rate multiplied by the number of offenders housed or guaranteed during the respective period.

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Certain of the government agencies also have the authority to audit and investigate CoreCivic's contracts with them. If the agency determines that CoreCivic has improperly allocated costs to a specific contract or otherwise was unable to perform certain contractual services, CoreCivic may not be reimbursed for those costs and could be required to refund the amount of any such costs that have been reimbursed, or to pay liquidated damages. In these instances, the amounts that are required to be returned to the customer are considered to be variable consideration and are classified as reductions to revenue.

In CoreCivic Properties, lease revenue is recognized in accordance with ASC 842, "Leases". In accordance with ASC 842, minimum lease revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease. Lease incentives are recognized as a reduction to lease revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease. Lease revenue associated with expense reimbursements from tenants is recognized in the period that the related expenses are incurred based upon the tenant lease provision.

Other revenue consists primarily of revenues associated with the Company's electronic monitoring and case management services, as well as ancillary revenues associated with operating correctional, detention and residential reentry facilities in our CoreCivic Safety and CoreCivic Community segments. Other revenue is also generated from prisoner transportation services for governmental agencies. Revenue is recorded at a point in time when goods are provided or over time when services are provided.

Self-Funded Insurance and Litigation Reserves

CoreCivic is self-insured for employee health, workers' compensation, automobile liability claims, and general liability claims. As such, CoreCivic's insurance expense is largely dependent on claims experience and CoreCivic's ability to control its claims experience. CoreCivic accrues the estimated liability for employee health insurance based on its history of claims experience and time lag between the incident date and the date the cost is paid by CoreCivic. CoreCivic accrues the estimated liability for workers' compensation claims based on an actuarially determined liability using a combination of actuarial methods used to project ultimate losses, and the Company's automobile insurance claims based on estimated development factors on claims incurred. The liability for employee health, workers' compensation, and automobile insurance includes estimates for both claims incurred and for claims incurred but not reported.

CoreCivic records its best estimate of the probable costs for the resolution of certain claims and legal proceedings in which it is involved, if estimable. In addition, the Company is subject to current and potential future claims and legal proceedings for which little or no accrual has been reflected because the Company's current assessment of the potential exposure is nominal, or because the Company cannot reasonably estimate the amount of loss or range of loss, if any, that may result. These estimates have been developed in consultation with CoreCivic's General Counsel's office and, as appropriate, outside counsel handling these matters, and are based upon an analysis of potential results, assuming a combination of litigation and settlement strategies. These estimates could change in the future.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the provisions of ASC 740, "Income Taxes". ASC 740 generally requires CoreCivic to record deferred income taxes for the tax effect of differences between book and tax bases of its assets and liabilities. Deferred income taxes reflect the available net operating losses and the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in the consolidated statement of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. Realization of the future tax benefits related to deferred tax assets is dependent on many factors, including CoreCivic's past earnings history, expected future earnings, the character and jurisdiction of such earnings, unsettled circumstances that, if unfavorably resolved, would adversely affect utilization of its deferred tax assets, carryback and carryforward periods, and tax strategies that could potentially enhance the likelihood of realization of a deferred tax asset.

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CoreCivic's deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as non-current on the consolidated balance sheets. See Note 11 for further discussion of the significant components of CoreCivic's deferred tax assets and liabilities.

Income tax contingencies are accounted for under the provisions of ASC 740. ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The guidance prescribed in ASC 740 establishes a recognition threshold of more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination. The measurement attribute requires that a tax position be measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

To meet the reporting requirements of ASC 825, "Financial Instruments", regarding fair value of financial instruments, CoreCivic calculates the estimated fair value of financial instruments using market interest rates, quoted market prices of similar instruments with observable Level 1 inputs for publicly traded debt, or discounted cash flow techniques with Level 2 inputs for all other financial instruments, as defined in ASC 820, "Fair Value Measurement". At December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no material differences between the carrying amounts and the estimated fair values of CoreCivic's financial instruments, other than as follows (in thousands):

|  | December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
|  | Carrying Amount |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Carrying Amount |  |  | Fair Value |
Debt |  | $ | (1,230,307 | ) |  | $ | (1,245,724 | ) |  | $ | (997,380 | ) |  | $ | (1,005,425 | )

Use of Estimates in Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

Concentration of Credit Risks

CoreCivic's credit risks relate primarily to cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and accounts receivable. Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash are primarily held in bank accounts and overnight investments. CoreCivic maintains deposits of cash in excess of federally insured limits with certain financial institutions. CoreCivic's accounts receivable represents amounts due primarily from governmental agencies. CoreCivic's financial instruments are subject to the possibility of loss in carrying value as a result of either the failure of other parties to perform according to their contractual obligations or changes in market prices that make the instruments less valuable.

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CoreCivic derives its revenues primarily from amounts earned under federal, state, and local government contracts. For each of the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, federal correctional and detention authorities represented 54%, 51%, and 52%, respectively, of CoreCivic's total revenue. Federal correctional and detention authorities consist primarily of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") and the United States Marshals Service ("USMS"). ICE accounted for 35%, 29%, and 30% of total revenue for 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, all in the Company's CoreCivic Safety segment. The USMS accounted for 18%, 21%, and 21% of total revenue for 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, all in the Company's CoreCivic Safety segment. State revenues from contracts at correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities that CoreCivic operates represented 37%, 40%, and 39% of total revenue during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. With the exception of the state of Tennessee, which generated 10% of CoreCivic's total revenue in 2024 and 2023, all in the Company's CoreCivic Safety segment, no other state customer generated 10% or more of our total revenue in 2025, 2024, or 2023. Although the revenue generated from each of these agencies is derived from numerous management contracts and various types of properties (i.e., correctional, detention, and reentry) the loss or substantial reduction in value of one or more of such contracts could have a material impact on CoreCivic's financial condition and results of operations.

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

CoreCivic accounts for restricted stock-based compensation under the recognition and measurement principles of ASC 718, "Compensation-Stock Compensation". CoreCivic estimates the fair value of restricted stock units ("RSUs") and amortizes the fair value as of the grant date of RSU awards over the vesting period using the straight-line method. For time-based RSUs, the Company uses its closing price on the grant date of award to calculate fair value. For performance-based RSUs, the Company uses the Monte Carlo simulation method to estimate fair value. The fair value of performance-based RSUs is amortized over the vesting period as long as CoreCivic considers it probable that it will meet the performance criteria. To the extent performance-based RSUs are expected to increase or decrease based on revised estimates of performance, the related expense is adjusted accordingly. If achievement of the performance criteria becomes improbable, an adjustment is made to reverse the expense previously recognized. The Company estimates the number of awards expected to be forfeited and adjusts the estimate when it is likely to change.

Leases

Leases are accounted for under the provisions of Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)" and ASU 2018-11, "Targeted Improvements – Leases (Topic 842)", cumulatively "ASC 842". For finance leases and operating leases, CoreCivic recognizes on the balance sheet a liability to make lease payments and a right-of-use ("ROU") asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term, with each initially measured at the present value of the lease payments. The Company also applies the "short-term lease exception" permitted by ASC 842 for all classes of underlying assets. With the exception of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center ("the Dilley Facility") lease, as further described in Note 4, the Company accounts for each separate lease component of a contract and its associated non-lease components as a single lease component. All rental payments associated with the Dilley Facility lease were classified as operating expenses.

For those operating leases that contain renewal options, the Company includes the renewal period in the lease terms, and the related payments are reflected in the ROU asset and lease liability, when it is reasonably certain that a renewal option will be exercised. The ROU asset is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets, while the current portion of the lease liability is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses, and the long-term portion of the liability is included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. Because CoreCivic does not generally have access to the interest rates implicit in its leases, the Company utilizes its incremental borrowing rate, based upon the terms and tenure of each base lease, as the discount rate when calculating the present value of future minimum lease payments for each lease arrangement.

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For leases where the Company is the lessor, the Company applies the practical expedient provided by ASC 842 to not separate non-lease components from the associated lease component if certain criteria are met for each class of underlying assets. Lease components are elements of an arrangement that provide the customer with the right to use an identified asset. Non-lease components are distinct elements of a contract that are not related to securing the use of the leased asset and revenue is recognized in accordance with ASC 606. The Company considers common area maintenance ("CAM") and service income associated with tenant work orders to be non-lease components because they represent delivery of a separate service but are not considered a cost of securing the identified asset. In the case of the Company's business, the identified asset would be the leased real estate. The Company has concluded that the timing and pattern of transfer for non-lease components and the associated lease component are the same. The Company has also determined that the predominant component is the lease component and as such its leases qualify as operating leases. The Company accounts for and presents the lease component and the non-lease component as a single component in revenue.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU No. 2023-09, "Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (Topic 740)" ("ASU 2023-09"). ASU 2023-09 requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity's effective tax rate reconciliation as well as additional information on income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 retrospectively for each period presented in the fourth quarter of 2025. See Note 11 for the required additional disclosures.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, "Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses". This ASU requires an entity to disclose the amounts of purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, and intangible asset amortization included in each relevant expense caption. It also requires an entity to include certain amounts that are already required to be disclosed under current GAAP in the same disclosure. Additionally, it requires an entity to disclose a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively, and to disclose the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. An entity may apply the disclosure requirements prospectively for reporting periods after the effective date or retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the financial statements. While this ASU will impact only the Company's disclosures and not its financial condition and results of operations, the Company is currently evaluating the effects of ASU 2025-06 upon adoption on our financial statements.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, "Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software" ("ASU 2025-06") that clarifies and modernizes the accounting and disclosure requirements for costs related to internal-use software outlined in ASC 350-40, "Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software". Among other amendments, ASU 2025-06 removes all references to project stages throughout ASC 350-40 and clarifies the threshold entities apply to begin capitalizing costs. ASU 2025-06 is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027 and may be applied using a prospective, retrospective or modified transition approach. The Company is currently evaluating when it will adopt ASU 2025-06.

Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the SEC applicable to financial statements beginning January 1, 2025 or later did not, or are not expected to, have a material effect on the Company's results of operations or financial position.

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3.
REAL ESTATE AND RELATED ASSETS

At December 31, 2025, CoreCivic owned or controlled via long-term leases 65 correctional, detention, and residential reentry real estate properties, including five correctional properties in the Company's CoreCivic Properties segment. At December 31, 2025, CoreCivic also managed four correctional and detention facilities owned by governmental agencies.

Property and equipment, at cost, consists of the following (in thousands):

|  | December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Land and improvements |  | $ | 244,346 |  |  | $ | 240,050 |
Buildings and improvements |  |  | 3,327,578 |  |  |  | 3,210,239 |
Equipment and software |  |  | 534,139 |  |  |  | 478,134 |
Office furniture and fixtures |  |  | 38,496 |  |  |  | 37,109 |
|  |  | 4,144,559 |  |  |  | 3,965,532 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (2,012,353 | ) |  |  | (1,905,508 | )
|  | $ | 2,132,206 |  |  | $ | 2,060,024 |

Depreciation expense was $128.1 million, $127.6 million, and $126.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

Nine of the facilities owned by CoreCivic are subject to options that allow various governmental agencies to purchase those facilities. Certain of these options to purchase are based on a depreciated book value while others are based on a fair market value calculation. Four of the facilities that are subject to options are accounted for in accordance with ASC 853 and are recorded in other real estate assets on the consolidated balance sheets, as further described in Note 2. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, CoreCivic had $182.5 million and $193.1 million, respectively, in other real estate assets, including $127.8 million and $132.5 million, respectively, accounted for as a contract cost and $54.7 million and $60.6 million, respectively, accounted for as costs of fulfilling the related service contract.

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LEASES

Lessee

As further described in Note 2, CoreCivic accounts for leases in accordance with ASC 842. CoreCivic leases land and buildings from third-party lessors for multiple properties under operating leases that expire over varying dates through 2032. The ROU asset related to these leases amounted to $137.0 million and $42.4 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, while the current portion of the lease liability amounted to $23.8 million and $3.3 million and the long-term portion of the liability amounted to $100.1 million and $17.7 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, the weighted-average lease term of the operating leases was 4.3 years, and the weighted average discount rate associated with the operating leases was 6.8%.

The Company received notification from ICE of its intent to terminate an intergovernmental service agreement ("IGSA") for services at the 2,400-bed Dilley Facility in Dilley, Texas effective August 9, 2024, after nearly ten years of operation. CoreCivic leased the Dilley Facility and the site upon which it was constructed from a third-party lessor. CoreCivic's lease agreement with the third-party lessor was over a base period concurrent with the IGSA with ICE and provided CoreCivic with the ability to terminate the lease with a notification period of at least 60 days if ICE terminated the IGSA. Upon being notified by ICE of its intent to terminate funding of the IGSA at the Dilley Facility, CoreCivic provided notice to the third-party lessor of its intent to terminate the lease agreement effective August 9, 2024. In accordance with ASC 842, in the second quarter of 2024, CoreCivic remeasured the lease liability and recorded a corresponding adjustment of $57.0 million to the associated right of use asset to reflect the reduction to the lease term. Given the lease termination, as of December 31, 2024, there were no balances remaining associated with a ROU asset or lease liability for the Dilley Facility site.

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On March 5, 2025, CoreCivic announced that it had agreed under an amendment to the IGSA discussed above to resume operations and care for up to 2,400 individuals at the Dilley Facility. The amended IGSA expires in March 2030 and may be further extended through bilateral modification. The agreement provides for a fixed monthly payment in accordance with a graduated schedule during the first six months, subject to acceleration, to correlate with the activation of the five neighborhoods within the facility, each designed to accommodate up to 480 individuals. ICE's termination rights permit ICE to terminate the amended IGSA for convenience or non-appropriation of funds without penalty by providing CoreCivic with at least a 60-day prior notice. Simultaneously, the Company entered into a new operating lease agreement with the same third-party lessor over a period co-terminus with the term of the IGSA. The new lease also contains a graduated lease rate over the first six months consistent with the IGSA to correlate with the activation of the five neighborhoods within the facility. As a result, in the first quarter of 2025, CoreCivic recorded the establishment of a ROU asset and liability in accordance with ASC 842 amounting to $116.9 million to reflect the new lease associated with the Dilley Facility, which is included in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025. The new lease agreement provides CoreCivic with the ability to terminate the lease if ICE terminates the amended IGSA associated with the Dilley Facility upon at least a 60-day prior notice.

The expense incurred for all operating leases, inclusive of short-term and variable leases, but exclusive of the non-lease food services component of the Dilley lease, was $28.8 million, $20.9 million, and $34.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The cash payments for operating leases are reflected as cash flows from operating activities on the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows and cash payments for financing leases are reflected as cash flows from financing activities. Future minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2025 for the Company's operating lease liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

2026 |  | $ | 33,668 |
2027 |  |  | 33,134 |
2028 |  |  | 32,685 |
2029 |  |  | 32,215 |
2030 |  |  | 7,966 |
Thereafter |  |  | 3,347 |
Total future minimum lease payments |  |  | 143,015 |
Less amount representing interest |  |  | (19,077 | )
Total present value of minimum lease payments |  | $ | 123,938 |

Lessor

Through its CoreCivic Properties segment, as of December 31, 2025, the Company owned $161.7 million in property and equipment at five properties, four of which are currently leased to government agencies under operating and finance leases that expire over varying dates through 2040 and some of which contain renewal options. In accordance with ASC 842, minimum lease revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease. Lease incentives are recognized as a reduction to lease revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease. Lease revenue associated with expense reimbursements from tenants is recognized in the period that the related expenses are incurred based upon the tenant lease provision. Future minimum lease payments to be received from third-party lessees as of December 31, 2025 for the Company's operating leases are as follows (in thousands):

2026 |  | $ | 16,213 |
2027 |  |  | 15,668 |
2028 |  |  | 12,004 |
2029 |  |  | 12,308 |
2030 |  |  | 10,279 |
Thereafter |  |  | 4,000 |

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Financing Leasing Transactions

On January 24, 2018, CoreCivic entered into a 20-year lease agreement with the Kansas Department of Corrections ("KDOC") for a 2,432-bed correctional facility to be constructed by the Company in Lansing, Kansas. The new facility, reported in the Company's CoreCivic Properties segment, replaced the Lansing Correctional Facility, Kansas' largest correctional complex for adult male inmates, originally constructed in 1863. CoreCivic will be responsible for facility maintenance throughout the 20-year term of the lease, at which time ownership will revert to the state of Kansas. Construction of the facility commenced in the first quarter of 2018, and construction was completed in January 2020, at which time the lease commenced. CoreCivic accounts for the lease with the KDOC partially as a financing receivable under ASC 842, with the remaining portion of the lease payments attributable to maintenance services and capital expenditures as revenue streams under ASC 606. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the financing receivable was $131.2 million an d $135.3 million, respectively, included in Other Assets on the consolidated balance sheets. For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Lansing Correctional Facility generate d $2.6 million, $2.7 million, and $2.6 million, respectively, of revenue associated with the non-lease services components of the arrangement, and $8.1 million, $8.3 million, and $8.5 million of interest income, respectively. Future minimum lease payments to be received from the third-party lessee as of December 31, 2025 for the Company's finance lease is as follows (in thousands):

2026 |  | $ | 16,804 |
2027 |  |  | 17,130 |
2028 |  |  | 17,462 |
2029 |  |  | 17,801 |
2030 |  |  | 18,146 |
Thereafter |  |  | 181,810 |
Total future minimum lease payments to be received |  |  | 269,153 |
Less amount representing interest |  |  | (67,831 | )
Less amount representing maintenance services and capital expenditures |  |  | (70,122 | )
Total present value of minimum lease payments to be received |  | $ | 131,200 |

5.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Assets Held For Sale and Dispositions

On September 30, 2025, CoreCivic completed the sale of an idled 60-bed facility in Colorado that was reported in its CoreCivic Community segment. The sale generated net sales proceeds of $3.7 million, resulting in a net gain on sale of real estate assets of $2.5 million reported in other income in the consolidated statement of operations for the third quarter of 2025.

During the third quarter of 2025, the Company and Boulder County, Colorado entered into a short-term extension through January 2026 of the contract at the Company's Longmont Community Treatment Center in Longmont, Colorado, a facility in the Company's Community segment. Upon expiration of the contract, Boulder County transferred the residential population to a new sentencing facility it constructed. The Company has engaged a broker and is committed to a process to sell the Longmont facility resulting in the need to test the facility for impairment. As a result, an impairment charge of $1.5 million was recognized during the third quarter of 2025 to reduce the net book value of the facility to its estimated fair value, less cost to sell based on a comparable market analysis. The Longmont Facility was classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2025.

On May 3, 2024, CoreCivic entered into a purchase and sale agreement for the sale of an idled non-core facility in Live Oak, California that was reported in CoreCivic's Safety segment. The sale had been extended several times and during the fourth quarter of 2025, CoreCivic agreed to sell the facility for a sales price of $1.2 million. The sale was completed in the fourth quarter of 2025, which resulted in a loss on sale of real estate assets of $1.5 million.

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CoreCivic incurred an asset impairment charge of $3.1 million in the third quarter of 2024 associated with property and equipment at the Dilley Facility based on a cash flow method for determining fair value. See Note 4 for further detail regarding the IGSA and lease agreements associated with the Dilley Facility. The Dilley Facility is reported in the Company's CoreCivic Safety segment.

During 2024, CoreCivic completed the sales of two facilities reported in CoreCivic's Community segment and two vacant parcels of land. The sales of these four assets generated aggregate net sales proceeds of $13.3 million, resulting in an aggregate net gain on sale of $3.3 million after transaction costs.

During 2023, CoreCivic completed the sales of three community corrections facilities leased to government agencies that were reported in CoreCivic's Properties segment and one vacant parcel of land. The sales of these four assets generated aggregate net sales proceeds of $10.8 million, resulting in an aggregate net gain on sale of $0.8 million after transaction costs.

Idle Facilities

Under new contracts with ICE, during 2025, CoreCivic activated four previously idled facilities with a collective net carrying value of $175.6 million at December 31, 2024, reducing the number of idle facilities to five a s of December 31, 2025. These remaining five idle facilities are operated with a core staffing complement to remain currently available and are being actively marketed as solutions to meet the correctional or detention needs of potential customers. The following table summarizes each of the idled facilities and their respective net carrying values, excluding equipment and other assets that could generally be transferred and used at other facilities CoreCivic owns without significant cost (dollars in thousands):

|  | Net Carrying Values at December 31, |
Facility |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Prairie Correctional Facility |  | $ | 21,590 |  |  | $ | 12,390 |
Huerfano County Correctional Center |  |  | 13,546 |  |  |  | 13,625 |
Marion Adjustment Center |  |  | 9,575 |  |  |  | 9,811 |
Kit Carson Correctional Center |  |  | 47,398 |  |  |  | 46,279 |
North Fork Correctional Facility |  |  | 57,636 |  |  |  | 57,444 |
|  | $ | 149,745 |  |  | $ | 139,549 |

CoreCivic incurred aggregate operating expenses at these five idled facilities of approximately $8.5 million, $7.6 million, and $6.9 million during the period they were idle for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.

CoreCivic evaluates, on a quarterly basis, market developments for the potential utilization of each of its idle facilities in order to identify events that may cause CoreCivic to reconsider its assumptions with respect to the recoverability of book values as compared to undiscounted cash flows. CoreCivic considers the cancellation of a contract in its Safety or Community segment or an expiration and non-renewal of a lease agreement in its CoreCivic Properties segment as indicators of impairment and tests each of the idled facilities for impairment when it is notified by the respective customers or tenants that they would no longer be utilizing such facility.

F-18

During the third quarter of 2025, the Company and Boulder County, Colorado entered into a short-term extension through January 2026 of the contract at the Company's Longmont Community Treatment Center. Upon expiration of the contract, Boulder County transferred the residential population to a new sentencing facility it constructed. The Company has engaged a broker and is committed to a process to sell the Longmont facility resulting in the need to test the facility for impairment. As a result, the Company tested the facility for impairment, and reported an impairment charge of $1.5 million during the third quarter of 2025. The Longmont facility notwithstanding, as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company estimated undiscounted cash flows for each facility with an impairment indicator and concluded no impairments had occurred. The C ompany's estimated undiscounted cash flows reflected the Company’s most recent expectations around potential utilization and/or sale of the facilities and projected cash flows based on historical cash flows, cash flows of comparable facilities, and recent contract negotiations for utilization, as applicable.

6.
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

On July 1, 2025, the acquisition date, CoreCivic acquired the Farmville Detention Center, a 736-bed facility located in Farmville, Virginia. The Farmville Detention Center provides transportation, care, and civil detention services for adult male non-citizens through an IGSA with ICE, which expires in March 2029. The acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center was consummated through the acquisition of 100% of the membership interests in entities that owned and operated the facility. The aggregate purchase price was $71.4 million, including the acquisition of working capital accounts, but excluding $1.9 million of transaction-related expenses. The transaction-related expenses for this business combination were recognized as incurred and are reported in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2025. The acquisition was funded using cash on hand and borrowings under the Company's Revolving Credit Facility.

In allocating the purchase price for the transaction, CoreCivic recorded at fair value as of the acquisition date the following (in thousands):

Real property (land, buildings and improvements) |  | $ | 54,745 |
Personal property |  |  | 1,255 |
Working capital, net |  |  | 10,033 |
Other liabilities assumed |  |  | (660 | )
Contract-related intangible asset |  |  | 2,300 |
Goodwill |  |  | 3,707 |
Total consideration |  | $ | 71,380 |

The initial accounting for the Farmville acquisition is provisional and subject to adjustment as additional information becomes available and further analyses are completed, including final settlement of working capital accounts. CoreCivic acquired land, buildings and improvements of the Farmville Detention Center. The Company determined the fair value of the real property using a combination of cost and market approaches. In determining the fair value using the cost approach, we estimated the reproduction cost by applying inflation trending indices to the historical capitalized costs. In applying the market approach, we relied on comparable market sales information. The working capital amounts acquired consisted primarily of accounts receivable o f $11.2 mi llion, and other insignificant balances including customary prepaid expenses, trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses.

The contract-related intangible asset was valued based on the present value of the incremental after-tax cash flows attributable to the contract which has a term that expires in March 2029, or 3.75 years estimated useful life. The fair value for the contract-related intangible asset is based on a valuation method prepared using Level 3 inputs and assumptions in accordance with ASC 820.

F-19

Several factors gave rise to the goodwill recorded in the acquisition of the Farmville Detention Center, such as the expected benefit from acquiring a business with an assembled workforce, which expands the detention solutions the Company provides. The results of operations for this business combination have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements from the date of the acquisition and are reported in the CoreCivic Safety segment.

7.
OTHER ASSETS

Other assets consist of the following (in thousands):

|  | December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $3,521 and $2,761, respectively |  | $ | 8,258 |  |  | $ | 6,719 |
Financing receivable - Kansas lease |  |  | 131,200 |  |  |  | 135,327 |
ROU lease assets |  |  | 136,990 |  |  |  | 42,399 |
Debt issuance costs for revolving credit facility, less accumulated amortization of $1,789 and $962, respectively |  |  | 3,384 |  |  |  | 2,762 |
Cash equivalents and cash surrender value of life insurance held in rabbi trust |  |  | 16,957 |  |  |  | 16,720 |
Straight-line rent receivable |  |  | 1,354 |  |  |  | 1,231 |
Insurance receivable |  |  | 21,640 |  |  |  | 16,129 |
Other |  |  | 2,637 |  |  |  | 2,813 |
|  | $ | 322,420 |  |  | $ | 224,100 |

The gross carrying amount of intangible assets amounted to $11.8 million and $9.5 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $0.8 million, $0.5 million, and $0.5 million for 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively, and was reported as depreciation and amortization in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the respective periods.

As of December 31, 2025, the estimated amortization expense related to intangible assets for each of the next five years is as follows (in thousands):

2026 |  | $ | 1,067 |
2027 |  |  | 1,067 |
2028 |  |  | 1,067 |
2029 |  |  | 607 |
2030 |  |  | 454 |

F-20

8.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

|  | December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Trade accounts payable |  | $ | 82,277 |  |  | $ | 72,866 |
Accrued salaries and wages |  |  | 95,418 |  |  |  | 76,707 |
Commissary and related resident payables |  |  | 40,742 |  |  |  | 33,379 |
Income taxes payable |  |  | 1,919 |  |  |  | 1,943 |
Accrued workers' compensation and auto liability |  |  | 10,707 |  |  |  | 9,384 |
Accrued litigation |  |  | 20,745 |  |  |  | 7,406 |
Accrued employee medical insurance |  |  | 6,950 |  |  |  | 7,188 |
Accrued property taxes |  |  | 26,468 |  |  |  | 26,689 |
Accrued interest |  |  | 12,499 |  |  |  | 12,319 |
Lease liabilities |  |  | 23,859 |  |  |  | 3,253 |
Deferred revenue |  |  | 16,881 |  |  |  | 12,233 |
Construction payable |  |  | 2,866 |  |  |  | 259 |
Other |  |  | 11,842 |  |  |  | 10,098 |
|  | $ | 353,173 |  |  | $ | 273,724 |

Other long-term liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):

|  | December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Intangible contract liability |  | $ | 3,096 |  |  | $ | 3,482 |
Accrued workers' compensation |  |  | 41,976 |  |  |  | 34,765 |
Accrued deferred compensation |  |  | 16,504 |  |  |  | 15,347 |
Lease financing obligation |  |  | 6,474 |  |  |  | 6,739 |
Lease liabilities |  |  | 100,079 |  |  |  | 17,731 |
Other |  |  | 2,371 |  |  |  | - |
|  | $ | 170,500 |  |  | $ | 78,064 |

F-21

9.
DEBT

Debt outstanding consists of the following (in thousands):

|  | December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Revolving Credit Facility maturing October 2028. Interest payable periodically at variable interest rates. The rate at December 31, 2025 was 7.3%. |  | $ | 245,000 |  |  | $ | — |
Term Loan maturing October 2028. Interest payable periodically at variable interest rates. The rate at December 31, 2025 and 2024 was 6.8% and 7.2%, respectively. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted to $0.9 million and $1.1 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. |  |  | 112,500 |  |  |  | 118,750 |
4.75% Senior Notes maturing October 2027. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted to $0.7 million and $1.1 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. |  |  | 238,468 |  |  |  | 238,468 |
8.25% Senior Notes maturing April 2029. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted to $5.7 million and $7.5 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. |  |  | 500,000 |  |  |  | 500,000 |
4.43% Lansing Correctional Center Non-Recourse Mortgage Note maturing January 2040. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted to $2.3 million and $2.5 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. |  |  | 134,339 |  |  |  | 140,162 |
Total debt |  |  | 1,230,307 |  |  |  | 997,380 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  | (9,569 | ) |  |  | (12,234 | )
Current portion of long-term debt |  |  | (15,701 | ) |  |  | (12,073 | )
Long-term debt, net |  | $ | 1,205,037 |  |  | $ | 973,073 |

Bank Credit Facility. On October 11, 2023, CoreCivic entered into a Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (referred to herein as the "Bank Credit Facility") in an aggregate principal amount of $400.0 million, consisting of a $125.0 million term loan (the "Term Loan") and a revolving credit facility with a borrowing capacity of $275.0 million (the "Revolving Credit Facility"). The Bank Credit Facility has a maturity of October 2028. On December 1, 2025, the Company amended its Bank Credit Facility to, among other things, increase the size of the accordion feature that provides for uncommitted incremental extensions of credit from the greater of $200.0 million or 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended to the greater of $300.0 million or 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four quarters most recently ended, and to exercise the accordion feature by expanding the capacity under its revolving credit facility from $275.0 million to $575.0 million. At CoreCivic's option, interest on outstanding borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility is based on either a base rate plus a margin ranging from 1.75% to 3.5% based upon the Company’s then-current total leverage ratio, or at Term SOFR (as defined in the Bank Credit Facility), which is a forward-looking term rate based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus a margin ranging from 2.75% to 4.5% based on the Company’s then-current total leverage ratio. The Revolving Credit Facility includes a $25.0 million sublimit for swing line loans that enables CoreCivic to borrow at the base rate plus the applicable margin from the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Bank Credit Facility) on same-day notice.

Based on the Company's total leverage ratio, as of December 31, 2025, interest on loans under the Bank Credit Facility was at a base rate plus a margin of 1.75% or at the Term SOFR plus a margin of 2.75%, and a commitment fee equal to 0.35% of the unfunded balance of the Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility also has a $100.0 million sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit. As of December 31, 2025, CoreCivic had $245.0 million outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2025, CoreCivic had $18.6 million in letters of credit outstanding, resulting in $311.4 million available under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Term Loan, which had an outstanding principal balance of $112.5 million as of December 31, 2025, requires scheduled quarterly principal payments through October 2028, and is pre-payable without penalty.

F-22

The Bank Credit Facility requires CoreCivic to meet certain financial covenants, including, without limitation, a total leverage ratio of not more than 4.50 to 1.00, a secured leverage ratio of not more than 2.50 to 1.00, and a fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.75 to 1.00. As of December 31, 2025, CoreCivic was in compliance with all such covenants. The Bank Credit Facility is secured by a pledge of all of the capital stock (or other ownership interests) of CoreCivic's domestic restricted subsidiaries, 65% of the capital stock (or other ownership interests) of CoreCivic's "first-tier" foreign subsidiaries, all of the accounts receivable of the Company and its domestic restricted subsidiaries, and substantially all of the deposit accounts of the Company and its domestic restricted subsidiaries. In the event that (a) the consolidated total leverage equals or exceeds 4.25 to 1.00 or (b) the Company incurs certain debt above a specified threshold, each known as a "springing lien" event, certain intangible assets and unencumbered real estate assets that meet a 50% loan-to-value requirement are required to be added as collateral. In addition, the Bank Credit Facility contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit the incurrence of additional indebtedness, payment of dividends and other customary restricted payments, permitted investments, transactions with affiliates, asset sales, mergers and consolidations, liquidations, prepayments and modifications of other indebtedness, liens and other encumbrances and other matters customarily restricted in such agreements, and in each case subject to customary carveouts. The Bank Credit Facility is subject to cross-default provisions with respect to the terms of certain of CoreCivic's other material indebtedness and is subject to acceleration upon the occurrence of a change of contro l.

Senior Notes. Interest on the $238.5 million remaining aggregate principal amount of CoreCivic's 4.75% senior unsecured notes issued in October 2017 with an original principal amount of $250.0 million (the "4.75% Senior Notes") accrues at the stated rate and is payable in April and October of each year. The 4.75% Senior Notes are scheduled to mature on October 15, 2027. During 2024 and 2023, the Company purchased $11.5 million principal amount of the 4.75% Senior Notes through open market purchases, reducing the outstanding balance of the 4.75% Senior Notes to $238.5 million. Interest on the aggregate principal amount of CoreCivic's 8.25% senior unsecured notes issued in March 2024 with a principal amount of $500.0 million (the "8.25% Senior Notes") accrues at the stated rate and is payable in April and October of each year. The 8.25% Senior Notes are scheduled to mature on April 15, 2029. During 2024, CoreCivic recorded charges totaling $31.3 million associated with the cash tender offer and redemption of senior notes with an outstanding balance of $593.1 million, including the non-cash write-off of unamortized loan issuance costs and original issue premium, that were originally scheduled to mature in April 2026.

The 4.75% Senior Notes and the 8.25% Senior Notes (collectively, the "Senior Notes") are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and are guaranteed by all of the Company's existing and future subsidiaries that guarantee the Bank Credit Facility. CoreCivic may redeem all or part of the 4.75% Senior Notes at any time prior to three months before their maturity date at a "make-whole" redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date. Thereafter, the 4.75% Senior Notes are redeemable at CoreCivic's option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date. The Company may redeem all or part of the 8.25% Senior Notes at any time prior to April 15, 2026, in whole or in part, at a "make-whole" redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date. Thereafter, the 8.25% Senior Notes are redeemable at CoreCivic's option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof, which percentage is 104.125% beginning on April 15, 2026, 102.063% beginning on April 15, 2027, and 100% beginning on April 15, 2028, plus, in each such case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the redemption date.

The indentures governing the Senior Notes contain certain customary covenants that, subject to certain exceptions and qualifications, restrict CoreCivic's ability to, among other things, create or permit to exist certain liens and consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of CoreCivic's assets. In addition, if CoreCivic experiences specific kinds of changes in control, CoreCivic must offer to repurchase all or any portion of the Senior Notes. The offer price for the Senior Notes in connection with a change in control would be 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the notes repurchased to the date of purchase. The indenture related to the 8.25% Senior Notes additionally limits CoreCivic's ability to incur indebtedness, make restricted payments and investments and prepay certain indebtedness. The Senior Notes are also subject to cross-default provisions with certain of CoreCivic's other indebtedness, which includes the Bank Credit Facility.

F-23

Lansing Correctional Facility Non-Recourse Mortgage Note. On April 20, 2018, CoreCivic of Kansas, LLC (the "Issuer"), a wholly-owned unrestricted subsidiary of the Company, priced $159.5 million in aggregate principal amount of non-recourse senior secured notes of the Issuer (the "Kansas Notes"), in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Kansas Notes have a yield to maturity of 4.43% and are scheduled to mature in January 2040, 20 years following completion of the project, which occurred in January 2020. Principal and interest on the Kansas Notes are payable in quarterly payments, which began in July 2020 and continue until maturity. CoreCivic may redeem all or part of the Kansas Notes at any time upon written notice of not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment, with a "make-whole" amount, together with interest on the Kansas Notes accrued to, but not including, the redemption date. Because the Issuer has been designated as an unrestricted subsidiary of the Company under terms of the Bank Credit Facility, the issuance and service of the Kansas Notes, and the revenues and expenses associated with the facility lease, do not impact the financial covenants associated with the Bank Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2025, the outstanding balance of the Kansas Notes was $134.3 million.

Guarantees and Covenants. All of the restricted domestic subsidiaries of CoreCivic (as the parent corporation) have provided full and unconditional guarantees of the Senior Notes. All of CoreCivic's subsidiaries guaranteeing the Senior Notes are 100% owned subsidiaries of CoreCivic; and the subsidiary guarantees are full and unconditional and are joint and several obligations of the guarantors.

As of December 31, 2025, neither CoreCivic nor any of its subsidiary guarantors had any material or significant restrictions on CoreCivic's ability to obtain funds from its subsidiaries by dividend or loan or to transfer assets from such subsidiaries.

Other Debt Transactions

Letters of Credit. At December 31, 2025 and 2024, CoreCivic had $18.6 million and $18.0 million, respectively, in outstanding letters of credit. The letters of credit were issued primarily to secure CoreCivic's workers' compensation and general liability insurance policies, performance bonds, and for a debt service reserve requirement under terms of the Kansas Notes.

Debt Maturities

Scheduled principal payments as of December 31, 2025 for the next five years and thereafter were as follows (in thousands):

2026 |  | $ | 15,701 |
2027 |  |  | 257,823 |
2028 |  |  | 342,995 |
2029 |  |  | 507,985 |
2030 |  |  | 8,073 |
Thereafter |  |  | 97,730 |
Total debt |  | $ | 1,230,307 |

F-24

Cross-Default Provisions

The provisions of CoreCivic's debt agreements relating to the Bank Credit Facility and the Senior Notes contain certain cross-default provisions. Any events of default under the Bank Credit Facility that result in the lenders' actual acceleration of amounts outstanding thereunder also result in an event of default under the Senior Notes. Additionally, any events of default under the Senior Notes that give rise to the ability of the holders of such indebtedness to exercise their acceleration rights also result in an event of default under the Bank Credit Facility.

If CoreCivic were to be in default under the Bank Credit Facility, and if the lenders under the Bank Credit Facility elected to exercise their rights to accelerate CoreCivic's obligations under the Bank Credit Facility, such events could result in the acceleration of all or a portion of CoreCivic's Senior Notes, which would have a material impact on CoreCivic's liquidity and financial position. CoreCivic does not have sufficient working capital to satisfy its debt obligations in the event of an acceleration of all or a substantial portion of CoreCivic's outstanding indebtedness.

10.
DEFERRED REVENUE

The Company has contracts that require up-front payments from customers resulting in deferred revenue balances over the expected contract terms. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the current portion of deferred revenue amounting to $16.9 million and $12.2 million, respectively, was reported in accounts payable and accrued expenses and the long-term portion of deferred revenue was $8.7 million and $12.4 million, respectively, on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

11.
INCOME TAXES

CoreCivic recorded an income tax expense of $40.7 million, $23.1 million, and $28.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Income tax expense is comprised of the following components (in thousands):

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Current income tax expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 25,031 |  |  | $ | 26,621 |  |  | $ | 25,037 |
State |  |  | 6,485 |  |  |  | 4,182 |  |  |  | 5,899 |
|  |  | 31,516 |  |  |  | 30,803 |  |  |  | 30,936 |
Deferred income tax expense (benefit) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 8,933 |  |  |  | (7,100 | ) |  |  | (2,156 | )
State |  |  | 224 |  |  |  | (608 | ) |  |  | (547 | )
|  |  | 9,157 |  |  |  | (7,708 | ) |  |  | (2,703 | )
Income tax expense |  | $ | 40,673 |  |  | $ | 23,095 |  |  | $ | 28,233 |

F-25

Significant components of CoreCivic's deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, are as follows (in thousands):

|  | December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Noncurrent deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset reserves and liabilities not yet deductible for tax |  | $ | 14,243 |  |  | $ | 22,458 |
Accrued compensation not yet deductible for tax |  |  | 16,713 |  |  |  | 14,252 |
Accrued workers compensation liabilities not yet deductible for tax |  |  | 13,280 |  |  |  | 11,126 |
Depreciation |  |  | 8,443 |  |  |  | 8,296 |
ROU lease assets |  |  | 34,785 |  |  |  | 5,887 |
Losses and tax credit carryforwards |  |  | 1,092 |  |  |  | 1,367 |
Intangible assets |  |  | 6,829 |  |  |  | 6,882 |
Other |  |  | 5,949 |  |  |  | 7,522 |
Total noncurrent deferred tax assets |  |  | 101,334 |  |  |  | 77,790 |
Less valuation allowance |  |  | (1,066 | ) |  |  | (1,066 | )
Total noncurrent deferred tax assets |  |  | 100,268 |  |  |  | 76,724 |
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation |  |  | (153,958 | ) |  |  | (150,481 | )
Lease liabilities |  |  | (33,089 | ) |  |  | (5,290 | )
Intangible liabilities |  |  | (6,944 | ) |  |  | (7,411 | )
Other |  |  | (4,641 | ) |  |  | (2,749 | )
Total noncurrent deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (198,632 | ) |  |  | (165,931 | )
Net total noncurrent deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | (98,364 | ) |  | $ | (89,207 | )

A reconciliation in both percentages and U.S. dollars of the income tax provision at the statutory income tax rate and the effective tax rate as a percentage of income from continuing operations before income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 is as follows (amounts in thousands):

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
US federal statutory tax rate |  | $ | 33,007 |  |  | 21.0 | % |  | $ | 19,312 |  |  | 21.0 | % |  | $ | 20,123 |  |  | 21.0 | %
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit* |  |  | 4,469 |  |  | 2.8 |  |  |  | 2,711 |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | 3,070 |  |  | 3.2 |
Changes in valuation allowance |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | 218 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Nontaxable or nondeductible items: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disallowed executive compensation |  |  | 4,662 |  |  | 3.0 |  |  |  | 3,418 |  |  | 3.7 |  |  |  | 2,304 |  |  | 2.4 |
Disallowed meals and entertainment |  |  | 937 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 827 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |  | 1,227 |  |  | 1.3 |
Other nondeductible items |  |  | 984 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 1,198 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  |  | 599 |  |  | 0.6 |
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | (494 | ) |  | (0.5 | ) |  |  | 59 |  |  | 0.1 |
Other adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income tax benefit of equity compensation |  |  | (2,538 | ) |  | (1.6 | ) |  |  | (2,288 | ) |  | (2.5 | ) |  |  | (289 | ) |  | (0.3 | )
Revaluation of deferred tax items |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | 931 |  |  | 1.0 |
Prior year return to provision |  |  | 141 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | (942 | ) |  | (1.0 | ) |  |  | 1,095 |  |  | 1.1 |
Other items, net |  |  | (989 | ) |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  | (865 | ) |  | (0.9 | ) |  |  | (886 | ) |  | (0.9 | )
|  | $ | 40,673 |  |  | 25.9 | % |  | $ | 23,095 |  |  | 25.1 | % |  | $ | 28,233 |  |  | 29.5 | %

F-26

*State taxes in Arizona and Texas made up the majority (greater than 50%) of the tax effect in this category for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023.

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Pretax income from continuing operations |  | $ | 157,176 |  |  | $ | 91,963 |  |  | $ | 95,823 |
Federal statutory income tax rate |  |  | 21.0 | % |  |  | 21.0 | % |  |  | 21.0 | %
Expected income tax expense |  |  | 33,007 |  |  |  | 19,312 |  |  |  | 20,123 |
5% disaggregation threshold |  |  | 5.0 | % |  |  | 5.0 | % |  |  | 5.0 | %
Reconciling item threshold |  | $ | 1,650 |  |  | $ | 966 |  |  | $ | 1,006 |

Annual income taxes paid, net of refunds received and disaggregated by jurisdiction, for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 are as follows (in thousands):

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Federal |  | $ | 31,666 |  |  | $ | 31,420 |  |  | $ | 20,770 |
State |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
State of Arizona |  |  | 1,325 |  |  |  | 1,984 |  |  |  | 1,184 |
State of Texas |  |  | 1,398 |  |  |  | 1,382 |  |  |  | 1,500 |
All other states (individually less than 5% of total) |  |  | 2,633 |  |  |  | 2,322 |  |  |  | 2,434 |
Total income taxes paid |  | $ | 37,022 |  |  | $ | 37,108 |  |  | $ | 25,888 |

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") was passed by the U.S. Congress in 2025 and signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. The OBBBA includes a broad range of tax reform provisions, such as the permanent extension of certain expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, modifications to the international tax framework and the restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain business provisions. The legislation has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in 2025 and others implemented through 2027. The Company adopted the tax provisions in the current period when the provisions were signed into law.

CoreCivic had no liabilities for uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. CoreCivic recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax positions in income tax expense. CoreCivic does not currently anticipate that the total amount of unrecognized tax positions will significantly change in the next twelve months.

CoreCivic's U.S. federal income tax returns for tax years 2022 through 2024 remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"). The majority of states in which CoreCivic files income tax returns follow the same statute of limitations as the federal government. Certain states in which CoreCivic files income tax returns have statutes that remain open from 2021.

12.
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Dividends on Common Stock

On August 5, 2020, the Board of Directors ("BOD") voted unanimously to approve a plan to revoke the Company’s real estate investment trust ("REIT") election and become a taxable C Corporation, effective January 1, 2021; the BOD also voted unanimously to discontinue the then-current quarterly dividend and prioritize allocating the Company's free cash flow to reduce debt levels.

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Common Stock

Share Repurchase Program. On May 12, 2022, having achieved targeted debt levels, the BOD approved a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $150.0 million of the Company's common stock. This original authorization, along with the dates and amounts of subsequent increases to the authorization by the BOD to the share repurchase program, are as follows (in thousands):

Date |  | Amount |
May 12, 2022 |  | $ | 150,000 |
August 2, 2022 |  |  | 75,000 |
May 16, 2024 |  |  | 125,000 |
May 15, 2025 |  |  | 150,000 |
November 10, 2025 |  |  | 200,000 |
Total authorization |  | $ | 700,000 |

Repurchases of the Company's outstanding common stock will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws and may be made at the Company's discretion based on parameters set by the BOD from time to time in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, subject to restricted payment limitations in our debt agreements. The share repurchase program has no time limit and does not obligate the Company to purchase any particular amount of its common stock. The authorization for the share repurchase program may be terminated, suspended, increased or decreased by the BOD in its discretion at any time. During 2025, the Company repurchased 11.2 million shares of its common stock at a total cost of $218.4 million, or $19.48 per share, excluding costs associated with the share repurchase program. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had repurchased a total of 25.7 million common shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $399.5 million, or $15.52 per share, and had approximately $300.5 million of repurchase authorization available under the share repurchase program.

Restricted stock units. During 2025, CoreCivic issued approximately 1.2 million RSUs to certain of its employees and non-employee directors, with an aggregate value of $23.9 million, including 1.1 million RSUs to employees and non-employee directors whose compensation is charged to general and administrative expense and 0.1 million RSUs to employees whose compensation is charged to operating expense. During 2024, CoreCivic issued approximately 1.6 million RSUs to certain of its employees and non-employee directors, with an aggregate value of $23.5 million, including 1.5 million RSUs to employees and non-employee directors whose compensation is charged to general and administrative expense and 0.1 million RSUs to employees whose compensation is charged to operating expense.

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CoreCivic has established performance-based vesting conditions on a portion of the RSUs awarded to its officers and executive officers that, unless earlier vested under the terms of the agreements, are subject to vesting over a three-year period based upon the satisfaction of certain annual performance criteria. The RSUs awarded to officers and executive officers in 2023, 2024 and 2025 consist of a combination of awards with performance-based conditions and time-based conditions. Unless earlier vested under the terms of the RSU agreements, the RSUs with time-based vesting conditions vest in equal amounts over three years on the later of (i) the anniversary date of the grant or (ii) the delivery of the audited financial statements by the Company's independent registered public accountant for the applicable fiscal year. The RSUs with performance-based vesting conditions are divided into one-third increments, each of which is subject to vesting based upon satisfaction of certain annual performance criteria established at the beginning of the fiscal years ending December 31, 2023, 2024, and 2025 for the 2023 awards, December 31, 2024, 2025, and 2026 for the 2024 awards, and December 31, 2025, 2026, and 2027 for the 2025 awards, and which can be increased up to 150% or decreased to 0% based on performance relative to the annual performance criteria, and further increased or decreased using a modifier of 80% to 120% based on CoreCivic's total shareholder return relative to a peer group. Based on performance achieved for 2025, the RSUs subject to performance-based vesting criteria were increased by 150%; and were further increased by a 114.9% modifier based on CoreCivic's total shareholder return relative to the peer group. Because the performance criteria for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2026 and 2027 have not yet been established, the values of the third RSU increment of the 2024 awards and of the second and third increments of the 2025 awards for financial reporting purposes will not be determined until such criteria are established. A portion of the RSU award granted to CoreCivic's Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") in 2024 contains a single performance-based vesting condition that results in full vesting on the later of (i) the second anniversary of the award or (ii) the delivery of the audited financial statements by the Company's independent registered public accountant for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, if the performance criteria is met for the year ending December 31, 2025, or no vesting if the performance criteria is not met for such year. The performance-based vesting condition for this award was met resulting in full vesting of the award. Time-based RSUs issued to other employees, unless earlier vested under the terms of the agreements, generally vest in equal amounts over three years on the later of (i) the anniversary date of the grant or (ii) the delivery of the audited financial statements by the Company's independent registered public accountant for the applicable fiscal year. RSUs issued to non-employee directors generally vest one year from the date of award.

Nonvested RSU transactions as of December 31, 2025 and activity for the year then ended are summarized below (in thousands, except per share amounts).

|  | Shares of RSUs |  | Weighted average grant date fair value
Nonvested at December 31, 2024 |  | 3,213 |  | $13.38
Granted |  | 1,200 |  | $19.93
Forfeited |  | (132) |  | $15.36
Vested |  | (1,685) |  | $13.14
Nonvested at December 31, 2025 |  | 2,596 |  | $17.21

During 2025, 2024, and 2023, CoreCivic expensed $27.7 million ($1.1 million of which was recorded in operating expenses and $26.6 million of which was recorded in general and administrative expenses), $25.7 million ($1.6 million of which was recorded in operating expenses and $24.1 million of which was recorded in general and administrative expenses), and $20.8 million ($1.6 million of which was recorded in operating expenses and $19.2 million of which was recorded in general and administrative expenses), net of forfeitures, relating to RSUs, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, CoreCivic had $17.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to RSUs that is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average period of 1.5 years. The total fair value of RSUs that vested during 2025, 2024, and 2023 was $37.1 million, $32.1 million, and $17.8 million, respectively.

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At CoreCivic's 2022 annual meeting of stockholders held in May 2022, CoreCivic's stockholders approved the CoreCivic, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Stock Incentive Plan that authorized the issuance of new awards to an aggregate of up to 5.9 million shares, plus remaining shares that were available for grant under the CoreCivic, Inc. 2020 Stock Incentive Plan. As of December 31, 2025, CoreCivic had 4.4 million shares available for issuance under the Amended and Restated 2020 Stock Incentive Plan.

Preferred Stock

CoreCivic has the authority to issue 50.0 million shares of $0.01 par value per share preferred stock (the "Preferred Stock"). The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time upon authorization by the BOD, in such series and with such preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications or other provisions as may be fixed by CoreCivic's BOD.

13.
EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the entity. For CoreCivic, diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares after considering the additional dilution related to restricted stock-based awards.

A reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic earnings per share computation to the numerator and denominator of the diluted earnings per share computation is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
NUMERATOR |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income |  | $ | 116,503 |  |  | $ | 68,868 |  |  | $ | 67,590 |
Diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income |  | $ | 116,503 |  |  | $ | 68,868 |  |  | $ | 67,590 |
DENOMINATOR |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average common shares outstanding |  |  | 107,028 |  |  |  | 110,939 |  |  |  | 113,798 |
Diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average common shares outstanding |  |  | 107,028 |  |  |  | 110,939 |  |  |  | 113,798 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock-based awards |  |  | 740 |  |  |  | 902 |  |  |  | 852 |
Weighted average shares and assumed conversions |  |  | 107,768 |  |  |  | 111,841 |  |  |  | 114,650 |
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE |  | $ | 1.09 |  |  | $ | 0.62 |  |  | $ | 0.59 |
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE |  | $ | 1.08 |  |  | $ | 0.62 |  |  | $ | 0.59 |

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14.
COMM ITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings

The nature of CoreCivic's business results in claims and litigation alleging that it is liable for damages arising from the conduct of its employees, offenders or others. The nature of such claims includes, but is not limited to, claims arising from employee or offender misconduct, medical malpractice, employment matters, property loss, contractual claims, including claims regarding compliance with contract performance requirements, and personal injury or other damages resulting from contact with CoreCivic's facilities, personnel or offenders, including damages arising from an offender's escape or from a disturbance at a facility. CoreCivic maintains insurance to cover many of these claims, which may mitigate the risk that any single claim would have a material effect on CoreCivic's consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows, provided the claim is one for which coverage is available. The combination of self-insured retentions and deductible amounts means that, in the aggregate, CoreCivic is subject to self-insurance risk.

Based upon management's review of the potential claims and outstanding litigation, and based upon management's experience and history of estimating losses, and taking into consideration CoreCivic's self-insured retention amounts, management believes a loss in excess of amounts already recognized would not be material to CoreCivic's consolidated financial statements. Adversarial proceedings and litigation are, however, subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable decisions and rulings resulting from legal proceedings could occur which could have a material impact on CoreCivic's consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows for the period in which such decisions or rulings occur, or future periods. Expenses associated with legal proceedings may also fluctuate from quarter to quarter based on changes in CoreCivic's assumptions, new developments, or by the effectiveness of CoreCivic's litigation and settlement strategies.

CoreCivic records a liability in the consolidated financial statements for loss contingencies when a loss is known or considered probable, and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If the reasonable estimate of a known or probable loss is a range, and no amount within the range is a better estimate than any other, the minimum amount of the range is accrued. If a loss is reasonably possible but not known or probable, and can be reasonably estimated, the estimated loss or range of loss is disclosed. When determining the estimated loss or range of loss, significant judgment is required to estimate the amount and timing of a loss to be recorded. Any receivable for insurance recoveries is recorded separately from the corresponding litigation reserve, and only if recovery is determined to be probable and the amount of payment can be determined. CoreCivic does not accrue for anticipated legal fees and costs and expenses those items as incurred.

ICE Detainee Labor and Related Matters. On May 31, 2017, two former ICE detainees, who were detained at the Company's Otay Mesa Detention Center ("OMDC") in San Diego, California, filed a class action lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. The complaint alleged that the Company forces detainees to perform labor under threat of punishment in violation of state and federal anti-trafficking laws and that OMDC's Voluntary Work Program ("VWP") violates state labor laws including state minimum wage laws. ICE requires that CoreCivic offer and operate the VWP in conformance with ICE standards and ICE prescribes the minimum rate of pay for VWP participants. The Plaintiffs seek compensatory damages, exemplary damages, restitution, penalties, and interest as well as declaratory and injunctive relief on behalf of former and current detainees. On April 1, 2020, the district court certified a nationwide anti-trafficking claims class of former and current detainees who participated in an ICE VWP at a CoreCivic facility. It also certified a state law class of former and current detainees who participated in a VWP wherever the Company held ICE detainees in California. The Company has exhausted appeals of the class certification order. On May 6, 2024, the district court stayed the filing of dispositive motions on state law claims under California law pending the outcome of a related case being prosecuted by another private prison company. That case is currently on appeal in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The claims resulting in certified classes are proceeding in all other respects in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, where the discovery process has commenced. A second California lawsuit concerning the VWP at OMDC has been stayed pending the outcome of class proceedings in the first California case described above.

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Due to the stage of the ongoing proceedings, the Company cannot reasonably predict the outcomes, nor can it estimate the amount of loss or range of loss, if any, that may result. As a result, the Company has not recorded an accrual relating to these matters at this time, as losses are not considered probable or reasonably estimable at this stage of these lawsuits.

City of Leavenworth. Effective March 7, 2025, CoreCivic entered into a letter agreement with ICE to begin activation efforts at the Company's 1,033-bed Midwest Regional Reception Center in Leavenworth, Kansas. On September 29, 2025, CoreCivic announced that it entered into a new two-year contract with ICE effective September 7, 2025. On March 31, 2025, the City of Leavenworth filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas alleging that a Special Use Permit ("SUP") must be obtained to operate the facility. The City's initial lawsuit was dismissed in federal court. The City subsequently re-filed its lawsuit in the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas, where the Court granted a temporary restraining order barring CoreCivic from housing detainees at the Midwest Regional Reception Center without first obtaining an SUP. CoreCivic plans to continue vigorously defending this matter on the basis that an SUP is not applicable under existing statute, and has filed an appeal in the Court of Appeals of the State of Kansas. On August 8, 2025, the Company filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas alleging that the City’s conduct constitutes ongoing violations of the United States Constitution and other federal rights. On September 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") filed a Statement of Interest in support of CoreCivic in that case arguing that the City's actions violate the Constitution's Supremacy Clause and urging the court to enjoin the City from further unlawful interference. In December 2025, the federal court dismissed the Company's lawsuit. In December 2025, the Company filed an application for the SUP. The Company can provide no assurance that its legal appeal will be successful, or that the SUP will be approved and therefore, cannot predict if or when the Company will be able to accept detainee populations at this facility.

California City Immigration Processing Center Litigation. Effective April 1, 2025, CoreCivic entered into a letter agreement with ICE to begin activation efforts at the California City Immigration Processing Center in California City, California. In August 2025, the California City facility began receiving detainees. On September 29, 2025, CoreCivic announced that it entered into a new two-year contract with ICE effective September 1, 2025. On September 16, 2025, a non-governmental organization and a detainee filed a lawsuit alleging that a business license must be obtained to operate the facility and seeks injunctive relief that would include operational interruption at the facility. CoreCivic removed the case to federal district court for the Eastern District of California and plans to vigorously defend this matter on numerous grounds. Plaintiff filed a motion for temporary injunctive relief, and the judge denied the motion. The Company can provide no assurance that it will obtain a favorable ruling in this matter or predict when this matter will be resolved. If Plaintiff continues to pursue injunctive relief and the court orders such relief as requested, the Court could require cessation of new intakes or closure of the facility until such time the Company meets any requirements established by the Court, which would negatively impact the financial performance of the facility.

On November 12, 2025, a separate putative class action case was filed by seven ICE detainees against ICE, seeking injunctive relief related to operation of the California City facility. The case was filed by attorneys affiliated with three non-governmental organizations. The Company is not a party to the lawsuit, but the injunctive relief sought by Plaintiffs could impact operation of the California City facility. On February 6, 2026, the Court provisionally granted class certification for at least 120 days, and ordered ICE to ensure access to medical care, disability accommodations, and recreation opportunities to detainees housed at the California City facility. If Plaintiffs continue to pursue injunctive relief and the Court orders such relief as requested, such relief could negatively impact the financial performance of the facility.

Inmate Litigation Matter. On April 24, 2025, a jury returned a verdict in favor of a plaintiff against CoreCivic in the amount of $27.8 million, which is substantially covered by the Company's insurance. The plaintiff was an inmate at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby, Montana, in 2018 when he was assaulted by another inmate. The jury determined that the plaintiff proved that the Company violated his civil rights by not adequately protecting him from the inmate-on-inmate assault. The Company appealed this decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. While the case was on appeal, in January 2026, the parties settled this matter. The Company has recorded a receivable for the amount expected to be covered by insurance. The settlement of this matter is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

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U.S. Department of Justice Investigation

In August 2024, the state of Tennessee was notified by letter that the DOJ was commencing an investigation under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act of conditions in the Company-owned and operated Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, which the Company manages on behalf of the Tennessee Department of Corrections. The Company is cooperating with the investigation.

Insurance Contingencies

Each of CoreCivic's management contracts and the statutes of certain states require the maintenance of insurance. CoreCivic maintains various insurance policies including employee health, workers' compensation, automobile liability, and general liability insurance. These policies are fixed premium policies with various deductible amounts that are self-funded by CoreCivic. Reserves are provided for estimated incurred claims for which it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the range of such loss can be estimated.

Retirement Plan

All employees of CoreCivic are eligible to participate in the CoreCivic 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (the "Plan") upon reaching age 18 and completing six months of qualified service. Eligible employees may contribute up to 90% of their eligible compensation, subject to IRS limitations. For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, CoreCivic provided a discretionary matching contribution equal to 100% of the employee's contributions up to 5% of the employee's eligible compensation to employees with at least 500 hours of employment in the plan year. Employer matching contributions paid into the Plan each pay period vest immediately pursuant to safe harbor provisions adopted by the Plan. During 2025, 2024, and 2023, CoreCivic's discretionary contributions and expense to the Plan were $15.0 million, $14.0 million, and $14.4 million, respectively.

Deferred Compensation Plans

CoreCivic provides two non-qualified deferred compensation plans (the "Deferred Compensation Plans") for non-employee directors and for certain senior executives. The Deferred Compensation Plans are unfunded plans maintained for the purpose of providing CoreCivic's directors and certain of its senior executives the opportunity to defer a portion of their compensation. Under the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plans, certain senior executives may elect to contribute on a pre-tax basis up to 50% of their base salary and up to 100% of their cash bonus, and non-employee directors may elect to contribute on a pre-tax basis up to 100% of their director retainer and meeting fees. During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, CoreCivic matched 100% of employee contributions up to 5% of total cash compensation. CoreCivic also contributes a fixed rate of return on balances in the Deferred Compensation Plans, determined at the beginning of each plan year. Matching contributions and investment earnings thereon become vested 20% after two years of service, 40% after three years of service, 80% after four years of service, and 100% after five or more years of service. Distributions are generally payable no earlier than five years subsequent to the date an individual becomes a participant in the Plan, or upon termination of employment (or the date a director ceases to serve as a director of CoreCivic), at the election of the participant. Distributions to senior executives must commence on or before the later of 60 days after the participant's separation from service or the fifteenth day of the month following the month the individual attains age 65.

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During 2025, 2024, and 2023, CoreCivic provided a fixed return of 5.5%, 5.2%, and 5.0%, respectively, to participants in the Deferred Compensation Plans. CoreCivic has purchased life insurance policies on the lives of certain employees of CoreCivic, which are intended to fund distributions from the Deferred Compensation Plans. CoreCivic is the sole beneficiary of such policies. At the inception of the Deferred Compensation Plans, CoreCivic established an irrevocable Rabbi Trust to secure the plans' obligations. However, assets in the Deferred Compensation Plans are subject to creditor claims in the event of bankruptcy. During 2025, 2024, and 2023, CoreCivic recorded $0.6 million, $0.3 million, and $0.3 million, respectively, of matching contributions as general and administrative expense associated with the Deferred Compensation Plans. Assets in the Rabbi Trust were $17.0 million and $16.7 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and were reflected in other assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, CoreCivic's liability related to the Deferred Compensation Plans was $17.2 million and $16.1 million, respectively, which was reflected in accounts payable and accrued expenses and other liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Executive Severance and Change in Control Plan

CoreCivic currently has an executive severance and change in control plan, which provides for the payment of certain severance amounts upon termination of employment under certain circumstances or a change of control, as defined in the plan.

15.
SEGMENT REPORTING

The President and CEO of the Company is identified as the CODM as defined by ASU 2023-07. The CODM routinely reviews segment net operating income compared to budget and prior periods to assess performance and allocate resources within reportable segments. As of December 31, 2025, CoreCivic operated 44 correctional and detention facilities, 40 of which the Company owned or controlled via a long-term lease. In addition, CoreCivic operated 20 residential reentry centers, which it owned or controlled via a long-term lease, and owned five properties held for lease to government agencies. All revenues are attributed to CoreCivic's operations and long-lived assets located in the U.S. Management views CoreCivic's operating results in three operating segments, CoreCivic Safety, CoreCivic Community, and CoreCivic Properties, each of which is a reportable segment. CoreCivic Safety includes the operating results of those correctional and detention facilities placed into service that were owned or controlled via a long-term lease and managed by CoreCivic, as well as those correctional and detention facilities owned by a third party and managed by CoreCivic. CoreCivic Safety also includes the operating results of TransCor America, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company that provides transportation services to governmental agencies. CoreCivic Community includes the operating results of those residential reentry centers placed into service that were owned or controlled via a long-term lease and managed by CoreCivic. CoreCivic Community also includes the operating results of the Company's electronic monitoring and case management services. CoreCivic Properties includes the operating results of those properties held for lease to government agencies. The operating performance of the three segments can be measured based on their net operating income. CoreCivic defines facility net operating income as a facility's revenues less operating expenses.

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The revenue and facility net operating income for each of the three segments and a reconciliation to CoreCivic's income before income taxes is as follows for the three years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 (in thousands):

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Safety |  | $ | 2,069,494 |  |  | $ | 1,816,850 |  |  | $ | 1,731,421 |
Community |  |  | 122,842 |  |  |  | 118,656 |  |  |  | 115,068 |
Properties |  |  | 18,715 |  |  |  | 26,085 |  |  |  | 49,875 |
Total segment revenue |  |  | 2,211,051 |  |  |  | 1,961,591 |  |  |  | 1,896,364 |
Operating expenses:(1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Safety |  |  | 1,586,707 |  |  |  | 1,382,520 |  |  |  | 1,356,496 |
Community |  |  | 96,127 |  |  |  | 96,932 |  |  |  | 91,895 |
Properties |  |  | 9,621 |  |  |  | 13,823 |  |  |  | 13,829 |
Total segment operating expenses |  |  | 1,692,455 |  |  |  | 1,493,275 |  |  |  | 1,462,220 |
Facility net operating income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Safety |  |  | 482,787 |  |  |  | 434,330 |  |  |  | 374,925 |
Community |  |  | 26,715 |  |  |  | 21,724 |  |  |  | 23,173 |
Properties |  |  | 9,094 |  |  |  | 12,262 |  |  |  | 36,046 |
Total facility net operating income |  |  | 518,596 |  |  |  | 468,316 |  |  |  | 434,144 |
Other revenue (expense): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other revenue |  |  | 131 |  |  |  | 55 |  |  |  | 271 |
Other operating expense |  |  | (73 | ) |  |  | (82 | ) |  |  | (210 | )
General and administrative |  |  | (169,580 | ) |  |  | (152,081 | ) |  |  | (136,084 | )
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | (128,905 | ) |  |  | (128,011 | ) |  |  | (127,316 | )
Asset impairments |  |  | (1,482 | ) |  |  | (3,108 | ) |  |  | (2,710 | )
Interest expense, net |  |  | (62,229 | ) |  |  | (67,415 | ) |  |  | (72,960 | )
Expenses associated with debt repayments and refinancing transactions |  |  | — |  |  |  | (31,316 | ) |  |  | (686 | )
Gain on sale of real estate assets, net |  |  | 1,007 |  |  |  | 3,262 |  |  |  | 798 |
Other income |  |  | (289 | ) |  |  | 2,343 |  |  |  | 576 |
Income before income taxes |  | $ | 157,176 |  |  | $ | 91,963 |  |  | $ | 95,823 |

(1) Salaries and benefits expense is the only significant reportable segment expense regularly reviewed by the CODM for both the Safety and Community segments and represents the majority of segment-level operating expenses given that substantial staff are required to operate the facilities and is the primary factor that drives operating expenses and profitability. Conversely, the Properties segment does not have a significant segment expense given the fact that those properties are operated by government agencies. The following table summarizes the significant segment expense, along with other segment operating expenses to reconcile to total segment operating expenses for both the Safety and Community segments for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):

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|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Safety: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Salaries and benefits |  | $ | 994,215 |  |  | $ | 876,954 |  |  | $ | 830,418 |
Other segment operating expenses(1) |  |  | 592,492 |  |  |  | 505,566 |  |  |  | 526,078 |
Safety operating expenses |  |  | 1,586,707 |  |  |  | 1,382,520 |  |  |  | 1,356,496 |
Community: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Salaries and benefits |  |  | 54,061 |  |  |  | 53,521 |  |  |  | 48,971 |
Other segment operating expenses(1) |  |  | 42,066 |  |  |  | 43,411 |  |  |  | 42,924 |
Community operating expenses |  | $ | 96,127 |  |  | $ | 96,932 |  |  | $ | 91,895 |

(1) Other segment operating expenses for each reportable segment include, but are not limited to, utilities, property taxes, repairs and maintenance, food, medical, travel, vocational and educational programming, personal care and other resident supplies.

The following table summarizes capital expenditures including accrued amounts for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 (in thousands):

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Capital expenditures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Safety |  | $ | 125,094 |  |  | $ | 51,368 |  |  | $ | 51,070 |
Community |  |  | 7,135 |  |  |  | 4,484 |  |  |  | 3,138 |
Properties |  |  | 2,271 |  |  |  | 4,542 |  |  |  | 2,324 |
Corporate and other |  |  | 7,309 |  |  |  | 10,028 |  |  |  | 11,217 |
Total capital expenditures |  | $ | 141,809 |  |  | $ | 70,422 |  |  | $ | 67,749 |

The total assets are as follows (in thousands):

|  | December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Safety |  | $ | 2,556,748 |  |  | $ | 2,147,369 |
Community |  |  | 203,210 |  |  |  | 204,782 |
Properties |  |  | 301,888 |  |  |  | 386,913 |
Corporate and other |  |  | 194,897 |  |  |  | 192,827 |
Total assets |  | $ | 3,256,743 |  |  | $ | 2,931,891 |

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16.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

During the first quarter of 2026 as of the date of this filing, CoreCivic issued approximately 1.3 million RSUs to certain of CoreCivic's employees and non-employee directors, with an aggregate value of $24.8 million. Unless earlier vested under the terms of the RSU agreement, approximately 0.9 million RSUs with time-based vesting conditions vest in equal amounts over three years on the later of (i) the anniversary date of the grant or (ii) the delivery of the audited financial statements by the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the applicable fiscal year. Approximately 0.3 million RSUs with performance-based vesting conditions issued to officers and executive officers are divided into one-third increments, each of which is subject to vesting based upon satisfaction of certain annual performance criteria for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2026, 2027, and 2028, and which can be increased or decreased based on performance relative to the annual performance criteria, and further increased or decreased based on total shareholder return relative to a peer group. Approximately 0.1 million RSUs issued to non-employee directors vest on the first anniversary of the award. Any RSUs that become vested will be settled in shares of CoreCivic's common stock.

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SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

DECEMBER 31, 2025

(in thousands)

|  |  |  | Initial Cost to Company |  |  |  |  |  | Gross Amount at Which Carried at Close of Period |  |  |  |  |  |
Description |  | Location |  | Land |  |  | Buildings and Improvements |  |  | Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition |  |  | Land and Land Improvements |  |  | Buildings and Leasehold Improvements |  |  | Total (A) |  |  | Accumulated Depreciation (B) |  |  | Date Constructed/ Acquired
Adams County Correctional Center |  | Adams County, Mississippi |  | $ | 874 |  |  | $ | 119,565 |  |  | $ | 5,797 |  |  | $ | 1,194 |  |  | $ | 125,042 |  |  | $ | 126,236 |  |  | $ | (43,609 | ) |  | 2008
Adams Transitional Center |  | Denver, Colorado |  |  | 6,090 |  |  |  | 853 |  |  |  | 857 |  |  |  | 6,354 |  |  |  | 1,446 |  |  |  | 7,800 |  |  |  | (596 | ) |  | 2017
Allen Gamble Correctional Center |  | Holdenville, Oklahoma |  |  | 250 |  |  |  | 66,701 |  |  |  | 51,332 |  |  |  | 2,046 |  |  |  | 116,237 |  |  |  | 118,283 |  |  |  | (56,047 | ) |  | 1996
Arapahoe Community Treatment Center |  | Englewood, Colorado |  |  | 3,760 |  |  |  | 1,239 |  |  |  | 1,514 |  |  |  | 3,766 |  |  |  | 2,747 |  |  |  | 6,513 |  |  |  | (894 | ) |  | 2017
Austin Residential Reentry Center |  | Del Valle, Texas |  |  | 4,190 |  |  |  | 1,058 |  |  |  | 782 |  |  |  | 4,215 |  |  |  | 1,815 |  |  |  | 6,030 |  |  |  | (667 | ) |  | 2015
Austin Transitional Center |  | Del Valle, Texas |  |  | 19,488 |  |  |  | 4,607 |  |  |  | 1,952 |  |  |  | 19,526 |  |  |  | 6,521 |  |  |  | 26,047 |  |  |  | (2,221 | ) |  | 2015
Bent County Correctional Facility |  | Las Animas, Colorado |  |  | 550 |  |  |  | 13,115 |  |  |  | 73,450 |  |  |  | 1,601 |  |  |  | 85,514 |  |  |  | 87,115 |  |  |  | (39,490 | ) |  | 1992
CAI Boston Avenue |  | San Diego, California |  |  | 800 |  |  |  | 11,440 |  |  |  | 1,566 |  |  |  | 891 |  |  |  | 12,915 |  |  |  | 13,806 |  |  |  | (5,840 | ) |  | 2013
California City Immigration Processing Center |  | California City, California |  |  | 1,785 |  |  |  | 125,337 |  |  |  | 21,927 |  |  |  | 3,775 |  |  |  | 145,274 |  |  |  | 149,049 |  |  |  | (77,674 | ) |  | 1999
Centennial Community Transition Center |  | Englewood, Colorado |  |  | 4,905 |  |  |  | 1,256 |  |  |  | 1,049 |  |  |  | 5,023 |  |  |  | 2,187 |  |  |  | 7,210 |  |  |  | (756 | ) |  | 2016
Central Arizona Florence Correctional Complex |  | Florence, Arizona |  |  | 1,298 |  |  |  | 133,531 |  |  |  | 59,310 |  |  |  | 5,427 |  |  |  | 188,712 |  |  |  | 194,139 |  |  |  | (107,057 | ) |  | 1994/1999
Cheyenne Transitional Center |  | Cheyenne, Wyoming |  |  | 5,567 |  |  |  | 2,092 |  |  |  | 1,179 |  |  |  | 5,567 |  |  |  | 3,271 |  |  |  | 8,838 |  |  |  | (1,335 | ) |  | 2015
Cibola County Corrections Center |  | Milan, New Mexico |  |  | 444 |  |  |  | 16,215 |  |  |  | 35,674 |  |  |  | 1,647 |  |  |  | 50,686 |  |  |  | 52,333 |  |  |  | (30,038 | ) |  | 1994
Cimarron Correctional Facility |  | Cushing, Oklahoma |  |  | 250 |  |  |  | 71,303 |  |  |  | 54,840 |  |  |  | 1,289 |  |  |  | 125,104 |  |  |  | 126,393 |  |  |  | (59,630 | ) |  | 1997
Coffee Correctional Facility (C) |  | Nicholls, Georgia |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | 1998
Commerce Transitional Center |  | Commerce City, Colorado |  |  | 5,166 |  |  |  | 1,758 |  |  |  | 670 |  |  |  | 5,171 |  |  |  | 2,423 |  |  |  | 7,594 |  |  |  | (676 | ) |  | 2017
Crossroads Correctional Center |  | Shelby, Montana |  |  | 413 |  |  |  | 33,196 |  |  |  | 47,222 |  |  |  | 1,710 |  |  |  | 79,121 |  |  |  | 80,831 |  |  |  | (50,417 | ) |  | 1999
Crowley County Correctional Facility |  | Olney Springs, Colorado |  |  | 211 |  |  |  | 46,845 |  |  |  | 36,841 |  |  |  | 2,709 |  |  |  | 81,188 |  |  |  | 83,897 |  |  |  | (40,926 | ) |  | 2003
Dallas Transitional Center |  | Hutchins, Texas |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,852 |  |  |  | 2,316 |  |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | 6,145 |  |  |  | 6,168 |  |  |  | (2,700 | ) |  | 2015
Diamondback Correctional Facility |  | Watonga, Oklahoma |  |  | 208 |  |  |  | 41,677 |  |  |  | 29,444 |  |  |  | 1,361 |  |  |  | 69,968 |  |  |  | 71,329 |  |  |  | (38,517 | ) |  | 1998
Eden Detention Center |  | Eden, Texas |  |  | 925 |  |  |  | 27,645 |  |  |  | 43,351 |  |  |  | 5,914 |  |  |  | 66,007 |  |  |  | 71,921 |  |  |  | (36,366 | ) |  | 1995

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SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

DECEMBER 31, 2025

(in thousands)

|  |  |  | Initial Cost to Company |  |  |  |  |  | Gross Amount at Which Carried at Close of Period |  |  |  |  |  |
Description |  | Location |  | Land |  |  | Buildings and Improvements |  |  | Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition |  |  | Land and Land Improvements |  |  | Buildings and Leasehold Improvements |  |  | Total (A) |  |  | Accumulated Depreciation (B) |  |  | Date Constructed/ Acquired
El Paso Multi-Use Facility |  | El Paso, Texas |  |  | 14,936 |  |  |  | 4,536 |  |  |  | 2,722 |  |  |  | 14,973 |  |  |  | 7,221 |  |  |  | 22,194 |  |  |  | (2,753 | ) |  | 2015
El Paso Transitional Center |  | El Paso, Texas |  |  | 10,325 |  |  |  | 4,198 |  |  |  | 1,321 |  |  |  | 10,558 |  |  |  | 5,286 |  |  |  | 15,844 |  |  |  | (2,022 | ) |  | 2015
Eloy Detention Center |  | Eloy, Arizona |  |  | 498 |  |  |  | 33,308 |  |  |  | 21,430 |  |  |  | 2,379 |  |  |  | 52,857 |  |  |  | 55,236 |  |  |  | (34,729 | ) |  | 1995
Farmville Detention Center |  | Farmville, Virginia |  |  | 5,540 |  |  |  | 49,205 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 5,540 |  |  |  | 49,205 |  |  |  | 54,745 |  |  |  | (910 | ) |  | 2025
Fort Worth Transitional Center |  | Fort Worth, Texas |  |  | 3,251 |  |  |  | 334 |  |  |  | 3,443 |  |  |  | 3,281 |  |  |  | 3,747 |  |  |  | 7,028 |  |  |  | (883 | ) |  | 2015
Houston Processing Center |  | Houston, Texas |  |  | 2,250 |  |  |  | 53,373 |  |  |  | 61,088 |  |  |  | 5,456 |  |  |  | 111,255 |  |  |  | 116,711 |  |  |  | (56,947 | ) |  | 1984
Huerfano County Correctional Center |  | Walsenburg, Colorado |  |  | 124 |  |  |  | 26,358 |  |  |  | 5,913 |  |  |  | 1,116 |  |  |  | 31,279 |  |  |  | 32,395 |  |  |  | (18,890 | ) |  | 1997
James River Residential Center |  | Newport News, Virginia |  |  | 800 |  |  |  | 501 |  |  |  | 342 |  |  |  | 814 |  |  |  | 829 |  |  |  | 1,643 |  |  |  | (136 | ) |  | 2019
Jenkins Correctional Center (C) |  | Millen, Georgia |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  | 2012
Kit Carson Correctional Center |  | Burlington, Colorado |  |  | 432 |  |  |  | 35,978 |  |  |  | 45,204 |  |  |  | 1,051 |  |  |  | 80,563 |  |  |  | 81,614 |  |  |  | (37,124 | ) |  | 1998
La Palma Correctional Center |  | Eloy, Arizona |  |  | 283 |  |  |  | 183,155 |  |  |  | 22,846 |  |  |  | 2,669 |  |  |  | 203,615 |  |  |  | 206,284 |  |  |  | (77,801 | ) |  | 2008
Lake Erie Correctional Institution |  | Conneaut, Ohio |  |  | 2,871 |  |  |  | 69,779 |  |  |  | 8,254 |  |  |  | 4,480 |  |  |  | 76,424 |  |  |  | 80,904 |  |  |  | (25,984 | ) |  | 2011
Laredo Processing Center |  | Laredo, Texas |  |  | 788 |  |  |  | 26,737 |  |  |  | 4,424 |  |  |  | 986 |  |  |  | 30,963 |  |  |  | 31,949 |  |  |  | (17,847 | ) |  | 1985
Lee Adjustment Center |  | Beattyville, Kentucky |  |  | 500 |  |  |  | 515 |  |  |  | 21,483 |  |  |  | 1,669 |  |  |  | 20,829 |  |  |  | 22,498 |  |  |  | (12,476 | ) |  | 1998
Longmont Community (D) Treatment Center |  | Longmont, Colorado |  |  | 3,364 |  |  |  | 582 |  |  |  | 369 |  |  |  | 1,882 |  |  |  | 951 |  |  |  | 2,833 |  |  |  | (320 | ) |  | 2016
Marion Adjustment Center |  | St Mary, Kentucky |  |  | 250 |  |  |  | 9,994 |  |  |  | 9,509 |  |  |  | 925 |  |  |  | 18,828 |  |  |  | 19,753 |  |  |  | (10,178 | ) |  | 1998
Midwest Regional Reception Center |  | Leavenworth, Kansas |  |  | 130 |  |  |  | 44,970 |  |  |  | 47,914 |  |  |  | 1,069 |  |  |  | 91,945 |  |  |  | 93,014 |  |  |  | (45,818 | ) |  | 1992
Nevada Southern Detention Center |  | Pahrump, Nevada |  |  | 7,548 |  |  |  | 64,362 |  |  |  | 14,161 |  |  |  | 8,458 |  |  |  | 77,613 |  |  |  | 86,071 |  |  |  | (28,790 | ) |  | 2010
North Fork Correctional Facility |  | Sayre, Oklahoma |  |  | - |  |  |  | 42,166 |  |  |  | 67,755 |  |  |  | 739 |  |  |  | 109,182 |  |  |  | 109,921 |  |  |  | (52,533 | ) |  | 1998
Northeast Ohio Correctional Center |  | Youngstown, Ohio |  |  | 750 |  |  |  | 39,583 |  |  |  | 17,338 |  |  |  | 2,395 |  |  |  | 55,276 |  |  |  | 57,671 |  |  |  | (33,637 | ) |  | 1997
Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center |  | Grants, New Mexico |  |  | 142 |  |  |  | 15,888 |  |  |  | 24,693 |  |  |  | 1,268 |  |  |  | 39,455 |  |  |  | 40,723 |  |  |  | (24,914 | ) |  | 1989
Oklahoma Reentry Opportunity Center |  | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |  |  | 8,562 |  |  |  | 4,631 |  |  |  | 1,674 |  |  |  | 8,605 |  |  |  | 6,262 |  |  |  | 14,867 |  |  |  | (2,468 | ) |  | 2015
Otay Mesa Detention Center |  | San Diego, California |  |  | 28,845 |  |  |  | 114,411 |  |  |  | 48,229 |  |  |  | 37,104 |  |  |  | 154,381 |  |  |  | 191,485 |  |  |  | (31,710 | ) |  | 2015/2019
Prairie Correctional Facility |  | Appleton, Minnesota |  |  | 100 |  |  |  | 22,306 |  |  |  | 11,799 |  |  |  | 1,068 |  |  |  | 33,137 |  |  |  | 34,205 |  |  |  | (22,597 | ) |  | 1991

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SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

DECEMBER 31, 2025

(in thousands)

|  |  |  | Initial Cost to Company |  |  |  |  |  | Gross Amount at Which Carried at Close of Period |  |  |  |  |  |
Description |  | Location |  | Land |  |  | Buildings and Improvements |  |  | Cost Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition |  |  | Land and Land Improvements |  |  | Buildings and Leasehold Improvements |  |  | Total (A) |  |  | Accumulated Depreciation (B) |  |  | Date Constructed/ Acquired
Recovery Monitoring Solutions |  | Dallas, Texas |  |  | 1,152 |  |  |  | 1,979 |  |  |  | 2,122 |  |  |  | 1,280 |  |  |  | 3,973 |  |  |  | 5,253 |  |  |  | (1,117 | ) |  | 2018
Red Rock Correctional Center (C) |  | Eloy, Arizona |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | 2006
Saguaro Correctional Facility |  | Eloy, Arizona |  |  | 193 |  |  |  | 98,903 |  |  |  | 7,958 |  |  |  | 3,055 |  |  |  | 103,999 |  |  |  | 107,054 |  |  |  | (40,722 | ) |  | 2007
South Raleigh Reentry Center |  | Raleigh, North Carolina |  |  | 277 |  |  |  | 663 |  |  |  | 738 |  |  |  | 350 |  |  |  | 1,328 |  |  |  | 1,678 |  |  |  | (263 | ) |  | 2019
Southeast Kentucky Correctional Facility |  | Wheelwright, Kentucky |  |  | 500 |  |  |  | 24,487 |  |  |  | 22,329 |  |  |  | 3,643 |  |  |  | 43,673 |  |  |  | 47,316 |  |  |  | (23,688 | ) |  | 1998
Stewart Detention Center |  | Lumpkin, Georgia |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 70,560 |  |  |  | 22,983 |  |  |  | 1,766 |  |  |  | 91,920 |  |  |  | 93,686 |  |  |  | (45,177 | ) |  | 2004
T. Don Hutto Residential Center |  | Taylor, Texas |  |  | 183 |  |  |  | 13,418 |  |  |  | 13,755 |  |  |  | 982 |  |  |  | 26,374 |  |  |  | 27,356 |  |  |  | (12,465 | ) |  | 1997
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility |  | Tutwiler, Mississippi |  |  | — |  |  |  | 44,638 |  |  |  | 113,424 |  |  |  | 2,415 |  |  |  | 155,647 |  |  |  | 158,062 |  |  |  | (77,248 | ) |  | 2000
Torrance County Detention Facility |  | Estancia, New Mexico |  |  | 511 |  |  |  | 52,599 |  |  |  | 16,366 |  |  |  | 2,034 |  |  |  | 67,442 |  |  |  | 69,476 |  |  |  | (38,094 | ) |  | 1990
Trousdale Turner Correctional Center |  | Hartsville, Tennessee |  |  | 649 |  |  |  | 135,412 |  |  |  | 6,705 |  |  |  | 2,068 |  |  |  | 140,698 |  |  |  | 142,766 |  |  |  | (29,564 | ) |  | 2015
Turley Residential Center |  | Tulsa, Oklahoma |  |  | 421 |  |  |  | 4,105 |  |  |  | 1,271 |  |  |  | 432 |  |  |  | 5,365 |  |  |  | 5,797 |  |  |  | (2,082 | ) |  | 2015
Webb County Detention Center |  | Laredo, Texas |  |  | 498 |  |  |  | 20,161 |  |  |  | 7,330 |  |  |  | 2,330 |  |  |  | 25,659 |  |  |  | 27,989 |  |  |  | (16,741 | ) |  | 1998
West Tennessee Detention Facility |  | Mason, Tennessee |  |  | 538 |  |  |  | 31,931 |  |  |  | 9,365 |  |  |  | 2,793 |  |  |  | 39,041 |  |  |  | 41,834 |  |  |  | (24,478 | ) |  | 1990
Wheeler Correctional Facility (C) |  | Alamo, Georgia |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | 1998
Whiteville Correctional Facility |  | Whiteville, Tennessee |  |  | 303 |  |  |  | 51,694 |  |  |  | 11,263 |  |  |  | 1,855 |  |  |  | 61,405 |  |  |  | 63,260 |  |  |  | (36,368 | ) |  | 1998
Totals |  |  |  | $ | 154,831 |  |  | $ | 2,120,705 |  |  | $ | 1,148,593 |  |  | $ | 222,697 |  |  | $ | 3,199,950 |  |  | $ | 3,422,647 |  |  | $ | (1,484,930 | ) |  |

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CORECIVIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

DECEMBER 31, 2025

(in thousands)

NOTES TO SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

(A) The aggregate cost of properties for federal income tax purposes is approximately $3.8 billion at December 31, 2025.

(B) Depreciation is calculated using estimated useful lives of depreciable assets up to 50 years for prison facilities.

(C) CoreCivic retains title to this asset, which is classified under other real estate assets on the Company's consolidated balance sheets in accordance with ASC 853.

(D) Held for sale. CoreCivic recorded a non-cash impairment during the third quarter of 2025 to write down the book value of the Longmont facility to the estimated fair values assuming uses other than correctional or residential reentry facilities.

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CORECIVIC, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025, 2024, AND 2023

(in thousands)

|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Investment in Real Estate: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 3,344,138 |  |  | $ | 3,323,411 |  |  | $ | 3,288,714 |
Additions through capital expenditures |  |  | 36,424 |  |  |  | 32,346 |  |  |  | 46,773 |
Acquisitions |  |  | 54,745 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Asset impairments |  |  | (1,482 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Disposals/Other |  |  | (11,178 | ) |  |  | (11,619 | ) |  |  | (12,076 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 3,422,647 |  |  | $ | 3,344,138 |  |  | $ | 3,323,411 |
Accumulated Depreciation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | (1,406,062 | ) |  | $ | (1,324,581 | ) |  | $ | (1,244,044 | )
Depreciation |  |  | (85,978 | ) |  |  | (84,386 | ) |  |  | (82,780 | )
Disposals/Other |  |  | 7,110 |  |  |  | 2,905 |  |  |  | 2,243 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | (1,484,930 | ) |  | $ | (1,406,062 | ) |  | $ | (1,324,581 | )

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