CCA Facilities Score High in Re-accreditation Ratings

This year, nine correctional facilities operated by CCA have been re-accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA), bringing the company’s average accreditation score to 99.3 percent.

Accreditation by the ACA is a “stamp of approval” from the leading national and international authority on correctional standards. Accredited facilities must meet 100 percent of more than 60 mandatory standards and comply with 90 percent of approximately 480 non-mandatory standards; these standards assess administrative and fiscal controls, staff training and development, physical plant, safety and emergency procedures, sanitation, food service, and rules and discipline.

“If this were a report card, our grade would be an unequivocal ‘A’,” said Jan Fuson, CCA quality assurance consulting manager. “Ninety-five percent of CCA’s operating facilities are ACA-accredited, among the highest rates of similarly sized systems.” The ACA accreditation process is designed to help facilities improve day-to-day operations and develop policies based on proven national standards in corrections.

Re-Accredited CCA Facilities

• Kit Carson Correctional Center – 100% • New Mexico Women’s Correctional Facility – 100% • Diamondback Correctional Facility – 99.8% • Gadsden Correctional Facility – 99.5% • Wheeler Correctional Facility – 99.5% • Eloy Detention Center – 99.6% • Winn Correctional Center – 99.3% • Coffee Correctional Facility – 95% • Citrus County Detention Facility – 98.7%

CCA Source, Fall 2009