CCA Leader Named NAAWS “Warden of the Year”

Ralph Kemp receives national honor

The North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents (NAAWS) has named CCA warden Ralph Kemp of Wheeler Correctional Facility in Alamo, Ga., as the “2009-2010 Warden of the Year.” Read More

Lock Down on Cell Phone Contraband

CCA supports the Safe Communications Act

Through a sting operation in a high-security Texas correctional facility, officials confiscate an illegal cell phone being used to make threating calls to a local government official. This is just one example of how cell phone contraband can be dangerous. Read more about CCA's steps to quell cell phone contraband and the company's support for the Safe Communications Act. Read More

Correctional Partnerships Increase Performance and Accountability

Study links benefits to greater expansion

According to a report by the National Governors Association, “state revenues will likely not recover until 2014 or 2015,” with some predictions that shortfalls could reach $350 billion. During this time of fiscal crisis, elected officials are paying attention. When contracted correctional facilities exist within a state, the budgets for the public correctional systems are reduced by millions of dollars, and savings are accrued through lower daily per inmate costs. Read More

CCA Leader Shares Insights with South African Corrections Officials

Rick Seiter visits country as part of American corrections delegation

One of CCA’s leaders recently had a seat at the table of corrections on an international scale. In late 2009, Rick Seiter, CCA executive vice president and chief corrections officer, spent 11 days in South Africa with a group of 10 of America’s top corrections administrators and researchers. The delegation toured the nation’s prisons and met with wardens, directors and other government officials. Read More

CCA Announces New Partnership Awards

CCA will be expanding its partnership with Florida after having been awarded three of the four contracts recently re-bid through a competitive procurement process by the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS). Read More

Computer Certification Increases Inmates’ Post-Release Potential

CCA helps inmates earn Microsoft Office Specialist certification

Readying for a job market where technological literacy is increasingly vital can be challenging for anyone. That's why CCA is helping inmates gain critical computer and software skills prior to being released and returning to their communities. Read More

New Study Proves Economic, Fiscal Benefits of Correctional Partnerships

CCA brings thousands of jobs, millions in wages and tax revenues to Arizona

A new study shows that CCA introduces significant financial benefits to communities where it owns and operates prisons, detention centers and jails, according to a recent analysis of one such community in Arizona. Read More