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Tennessee-Based Corrections Corporation of America Reports Acquisition

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The Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America is the largest owner of partnership correction and detention facilities in the nation. 

Company officials say a recent acquisition will help inmates transition from incarceration to society. CCA has just completed an approximately $36 million purchase of private company Correctional Alternatives, Incorporated based in San Diego, California.

Correctional Alternatives, Inc. oversees work furloughs, residential re-entry programs and home incarceration for San Diego County, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and US Pretrial Services and Probation.

CCA reports the purchase could add about $14 million  to the company’s total annual revenue and add about 3 cents per share to 2014 pro forma earnings.

CCA President and CEO Damon Hininger says the purchase will help the company expand its service, covering everything from incarceration through release.

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.