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5 Ways Volunteers at CoreCivic Make a Positive Impact on the Lives of Justice-Involved Individuals

8/7/25 8:55 AM
It’s no secret that volunteering is good for both physical and mental health—but did you know it can also have a powerful, lasting impact on the lives of justice-involved individuals?
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Evidence-Based Practices at CoreCivic Supports Lasting Change

7/25/25 7:45 AM
At CoreCivic, we offer integrated reentry services that follow Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) used by the National Institute of Corrections. These principles guide our work to incorporate reentry-supporting activities that support lasting, positive ...
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Facility Spotlight: Eden Detention Center is a Model of Service and Support to the Community

7/18/25 7:45 AM
Eden Detention Center in Eden, Texas, partners with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to provide a safe and secure environment to men and women undergoing the judicial and diplomatic process with the U.S. ...
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10+ Years of Dedicated Focus on Reentry Celebrated with a Ring

7/10/25 2:57 PM
By Damon Hininger, Chief Executive Officer, CoreCivic In 2014, CoreCivic renewed its mission and vision, charting a new path directed at reentry. I shared then that CoreCivic's mission would shift to more narrowly focus on supporting the reentry ...
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Hobby Craft Program Provides Outlet for Creativity for Residents in Mississippi

7/3/25 8:42 AM
Studies have shown crafting and creating pieces of art impacts mental health in a positive way. In fact, a recent study published in the National Library of Medicine revealed crafting actually reduces the level of the stress hormone cortisol in the ...
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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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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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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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