T. Don Hutto

First Fully Privatized Prison Opens in Houston Under CCA Contract with Immigration and Naturalization Service

1984-01-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) opens the first adult detention facility to be fully managed and run by a private corporation in the United States in over a century. After winning “the first contract ever to design, build, finance and operate a secure correctional facility” from …

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Corrections Corporation of America Founded in Nashville, Launching Modern Private Prison Industry

1983-01-28 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Thomas W. Beasley (chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party), Robert Crants, and T. Don Hutto found Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) in Nashville, Tennessee, creating the first modern for-profit prison company. After a 15-minute presentation on Valentine’s Day 1983, Massey Burch …

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