The report details how
The report also shares CoreCivic’s newly adopted human rights policy and goals that will guide the company’s operations in the coming years. It shares how
Finally, the report details CoreCivic’s environmental impact and efforts to reduce waste, as well as water and energy usage. It also details CoreCivic’s new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) roadmap for how the company will create a culture of understanding among employees and create a pipeline of diverse leadership talent so the company at all levels reflects its employees and the communities where it serves.
“Our company stayed strong through the tiresome reality of a stubborn, resurgent pandemic to deliver our mission to better the public good,” said
The report also highlights how CoreCivic’s cumulative ESG efforts were recognized by Newsweek naming the company to its list of America’s Most Responsible Companies in 2021.
“I’m pleased with our progress in a difficult year, and I’m grateful for my colleagues who take our mission to better the public good to the forefront of all they do,” Hininger said. “I admire their resilience. I admire their emphasis on safety. I love the focus on second chances.”
Other topics discussed in the report include:
- CoreCivic’s nimble pandemic strategy, which led to an aggressive education campaign to help staff and residents understand the effectiveness of life-saving COVID-19 vaccines
- The launch of reentry programs at
CoreCivic facilities across the country, including a culinary arts program atLake Erie Correctional Institution inOhio , a computer coding program atRed Rock Correctional Center inColorado , and a carpentry program atCrowley County Correctional Facility inColorado - Community networking programs to help residents, like those at Cheyenne Transitional Center in
Wyoming , connect with community members and match them with jobs - The CoreCivic Foundation’s commitment of
$700,000 to organizations that are expanding access to education, prioritizing criminal justice reform, and supporting minority-owned businesses - The CoreCivic Foundation’s support for the
Thurgood Marshall College Fund to bolster research byHistorically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) working to identify barriers to opportunity in criminal justice, education, and economic mobility - The CoreCivic Foundation’s support for the
Coalition to Back Black Businesses - CoreCivic’s multi-year partnership with the Prison Fellowship’s Warden Exchange Program, a residency and online professional development program that enables wardens to share reentry best practices and discuss problem-solving in a peer group format
- CoreCivic’s advocacy for state and federal legislation aimed at reducing recidivism and removing barriers to reentry for returning citizens — including 700 letters of support for 24 bills covering reentry policy areas in
Connecticut ,Iowa ,Maryland ,Massachusetts ,Michigan ,Minnesota ,Nebraska ,Nevada ,New Hampshire ,New Jersey ,North Carolina ,Washington , and theU.S. Congress
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