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Caps, Gowns, and Second Chances: Residents at CoreCivic Earn College Diplomas, GEDs, Vocational Certificates

6/26/25 8:59 AM
Residents at CoreCivic facilities joined–or will join–in the graduation season celebration—earning college diplomas, GEDs, vocational certificates, and other educational milestones that mark a turning point in their rehabilitation journeys. Across ...
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Overcoming the Top 10 Barriers to Reentry

6/20/25 8:01 AM
CoreCivic offers a variety of programs to help those in our care prepare for reentry. As part of this preparation, our reentry professionals work with each individual to address his or her unique barriers to reentry and help facilitate a successful ...
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Sparks of Change: Welding Program Opens Career Opportunities for Returning Citizens in Montana

6/12/25 10:29 AM
In partnership with Great Falls College Montana State University, residents at CoreCivic's Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby, Montana, are learning the skills to become certified welders. Welding is a lucrative career with the average hourly ...
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2nd Opportunity Provides a Path Forward for Justice-Involved Individuals

6/5/25 9:19 AM
CoreCivic offers many tools and resources for those in our care to prepare for successful reentry into their community. The 2nd Opportunity Reentry Program is one of these important resources, and it's now available to residents digitally on ...
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Celebrating Success: Residents in Montana Earn Professional Food Service Program Certifications

5/29/25 11:11 AM
Justice-involved individuals often face obstacles when preparing for successful reentry, and one such obstacle is securing a job upon release. This is why learning marketable, in-demand skills and earning industry-recognized certifications (IRC) ...
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The Integral Role Furniture and Design Plays in Normalization

5/21/25 3:34 PM
When it comes to CoreCivic's normalization efforts, every detail plays an important role in creating environments and daily routines within our facilities that mirror the community and free world as much as possible. This includes everything from ...
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Planting Seeds of Change

5/14/25 2:25 PM
At CoreCivic's Crowley County Correctional Facility in Olney Springs, Colorado, a unique horticulture program allows incarcerated individuals to develop skills, find purpose, and experience the therapeutic benefits of working with plants. Under the ...
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2024 Corporate Responsibility Report

5/12/25 2:00 PM
CoreCivic released its seventh annual corporate responsibility report, demonstrating our commitment to meeting our stakeholders' expectations for transparency in how we serve our partners, care for residents, treat our correctional professionals and ...
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More Than a Uniform: Honoring Corrections Professionals

5/8/25 8:59 AM
Each year, National Correctional Officers and Employees Week (NCOEW) is a time to recognize and celebrate the valuable contributions of corrections professionals across the country. Since its establishment in 1984, NCOEW has served as a national ...
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Nashid’s Second Chance Success: A Life Rebuilt After Incarceration

4/30/25 2:28 PM
When Nashid Mateen was in prison, he knew he didn’t want to waste any time. Mateen, who was incarcerated at CoreCivic’s Red Rock Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona, from 2017 to 2020, took full advantage of the robust reentry programming that Red ...
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Go Further Release Program Leads to Second Chance Success

4/18/25 7:49 AM
In 2023, CoreCivic's Wheeler Correctional Facility in Alamo, Georgia, and Jenkins Correctional Center in Millen, Georgia, launched the Go Further Release program, which offers returning citizens specialized life and reentry coaching both 90 days ...
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Second Chance Success: Sidney W.

4/11/25 8:48 AM
April is Second Chance Month and while CoreCivic celebrates every individual who has been released from our care and is now leading a successful life outside incarceration, we take time to spotlight what post-release can look like for formerly ...
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"Escape the Odds" Box-truck Program Equips Returning Citizens with Career Path

4/3/25 1:43 PM
No doubt about it: One of the biggest obstacles many returning citizens face is how to support themselves once they return to their communities. They often run into questions such as, “Where will I live? Can someone with a criminal record land a ...
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Speaker and Life Coach Jamal Jivanjee Spreads Message of Hope to CoreCivic Staff and Residents

3/28/25 7:51 AM
CoreCivic is constantly seeking opportunities to broaden program offerings to best prepare those in our care for a successful return to their communities. One of the more recent additions is a transformative program developed and offered by Jamal ...
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Hustle 2.0 Celebrates Milestone of 600 Graduates in Colorado

3/21/25 9:45 AM
CoreCivic's Bent County Correctional Facility in Las Animas, Colorado, recently celebrated a milestone of 600 residents who have graduated from Hustle 2.0, a reentry program that uses an evidence-based, trauma-informed curriculum generated by both ...
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