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CoreCivic

Private prison company operating ICE detention facilities
Tracked because Private prison company operating ICE detention facilities · 8 documented connections
Facts on record7
Connections mapped8
Sources cited19
Evidence: 1P 1S 5I
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 5 elected officials hold documented connections.
0Money Chains
0Traced Hops
Connected Officials
Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

PATTERN organization → [donor] → person → [inferential] → company 972× PATTERN person → [oversight] → institution → [contractor] → company 475× PATTERN company → [contractor] → institution → [contractor] → com... 301× PATTERN government agency → [oversight] → company → [donor] → person 211× PATTERN person → [affiliation] → institution → [contractor] → com... 180×
Connection Map
Key Connections
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
regulatory_filing
CoreCivic filed a filing with the SEC on 2025-02-21.
→ US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) institution
contractor
Private prison company operating detention facilities housing over 55,000 people
Facts (7)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 161d ago · Avg age: 964d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (2)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ Gemini-verified (100) Partially Corroborated CoreCivic filed filing with the SEC on 2025-02-21. Accession number: N/A.
Date: 2025-02-21 Added: 23 Apr 2026 ↗ RECORDS: SEC EDGAR: filing — CoreCivic (2025-02-21)
⚠ flagged by Gemini Primary Sourcew·40 CoreCivic had custody of more than 55,200 people at detention centers in Q3, increase of nearly 5,000 from previous year
Date: 2025-09-30 Added: 12 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: NOTUS reporting on company financial results
All Connections (8)
contractor confirmed
Private prison company operating detention facilities housing over 55,000 people
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
regulatory_filing primary since 2025
CoreCivic filed a filing with the SEC on 2025-02-21.
← Brad Knott person
potential alignment inferential since 2025
Knott's tough-on-crime platform and votes for mandatory detention (Laken Riley Act) and stricter immigration enforcement align with private prison interests, but no direct contribution from CoreCivic is mentioned.
← Mike Haridopolos person
indirect — private prison nexus via ICE detention mandates inferential since 2025
Haridopolos voted to mandate ICE detention, which expands detention capacity needs potentially benefiting private prison operators like CoreCivic, though no direct financial link is established.
← David P. Joyce person
industry_connection inferential since 2023
GEO Group, Joyce's top contributor, is the second-largest private prison corporation; CoreCivic is the largest. Both profit from immigration detention.
← Terri A. Sewell person
inferential inferential since 2025
Sewell's vote for the Laken Riley Act (mandatory ICE detention) could increase demand for private detention facilities. CoreCivic is a private prison company that operates ICE detention centers. No direct financial connection is documented.
oversight inferential since 2026
OCFO appears in the same investigative context as CoreCivic, a private prison company, suggesting potential financial oversight or contracting relationship
← Henry Cuellar person
donor inferential since 2001
Cuellar and Rep. Sanford Bishop each received $21,000 from private prison companies — more than any other sitting member of Congress. CoreCivic is the other major private prison company alongside GEO Group in this industry.
Sources (19)
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: CoreCivic not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: CoreCivic — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: CoreCivic — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: CoreCivic — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: CoreCivic — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: CoreCivic — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt