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Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is a company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers and operates others on a concession basis. Co-founded by Republican Party leader Thomas W. Beasley, Doctor Robert Crants and T. Don Hutto in 1983, it received initial investments from Hospital Corporation of America's founder Jack C. Massey, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Vanderbilt University.〔 As of 2015, the company is the largest private corrections company in the United States and manages more than 65 correctional and detention facilities with a capacity of more than 90,000 beds in 19 states and the District of Columbia.〔 The company’s revenue in 2012 exceeded more than $1.7 billion.〔 Controversies involving the company include: treatment of inmates and disclosure of oversight, lobbying efforts to conceal details of operations, a lawsuit about gang influence in Idaho prison and substantial falsification of records, co-operation with local law enforcement in a school drug sweep, and the deadly 2012 riot in a Mississippi facility.〔Boone, Rebecca (5 February 2014). (Prison Company CCA to Pay Idaho $1 million Over Staffing ). ''Associated Press.'' Retrieved 10 February 2014.〕 ==History== Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) was founded on January 28, 1983, by Thomas W. Beasley, Doctor Robert Crants and T. Don Hutto.〔(CCA History )〕 The initial investment came from Jack C. Massey, the co-founder of the Hospital Corporation of America.〔Harmon L. Wray, Jr., (Cells for Sale ), ''Southern Changes: The Journal of the Southern Regional Council'', Volume 8, Number 3, 1989〕 An early investor prior to its IPO was Vanderbilt University, where Beasley was a Law graduate.〔Donna Selman, Paul Leighton, (''Punishment for Sale: Private Prisons, Big Business, and the Incarceration Binge'' ), New York City: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010, pp. 81-82〕 Additionally, the Tennessee Valley Authority was another early financial backer.〔 The first facility, the Houston Processing Center, was opened in 1984 and was contracted by the U.S. Department of Justice for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (formerly Immigration and Naturalization Service). The Houston Detention Center was built to house individuals who are awaiting a decision on their immigration case or repatriation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ice.gov/detention-facilities/facilities/houicdf.htm )〕 In 1984, CCA also took over the operations of the Tall Trees non-secure juvenile facility, for the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County. Two years later, CCA built the 200-bed Shelby Training Center in Memphis to house juvenile male-offenders. In 1989, the New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility was opened in Grants, New Mexico; the facility has 204 beds.〔(New Mexico Women’s Correctional Facility, Grants )〕 In 1990, CCA opened the first medium-security privately operated prison, the state-owned Winn Correctional Center, in Winn Parish, Louisiana.〔(Louisiana Department of Corrections )〕 The Leavenworth Detention Center, operated for the U.S. Marshals Service, was opened in 1992, the 256-bed facility was the first maximum-security private prison under direct contract with a federal agency.〔(Prison Information )〕 In 2010, the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of inmates at the Idaho Correctional Center, claiming that understaffing contributed to the high levels of violence there. In 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began an investigation into CCA management of the ICC to ascertain whether any Federal statutes were violated regarding the understaffing of the facility and falsification of staffing records.〔Rebecca Boone (March 7, 2014). (APNewsBreak: FBI Investigates Prison Company ). ''Associated Press.'' Retrieved on April 5, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corrections Corporation of America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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