Corrections Corporation of America Announces Date for 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.Business Editors NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2004 Corrections Corporation of America Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW) (CCA) is a company that manages public prisons and other facilities[1], and has concessions for many others. The company had annual revenues in 2004 of $1.15 billion USD. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CXW), announced today that it will hold its 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 10:00 a.m., Central Time, on Thursday, May 13, 2004, at the Hilton Suites, 121 Fourth Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee. The record date for common stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting has been set for Wednesday, March 31, 2004. The matters to be considered at the meeting will be set forth in the proxy materials Proxy Materials Documents regulated by the Securities & Exchange Commission in which a public company outlines its methods and procedures. These documents are used to inform shareholders and solicit votes for corporate decisions, such as the election of directors and other to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to be distributed to the Company's stockholders. About the Company The Company is the nation's largest owner and operator of privatized correctional and detention facilities and one of the largest prison operators in the United States, behind only the federal government and four states. The Company currently operates 64 facilities, including 38 company-owned facilities, with a total design capacity of approximately 65,000 beds in 20 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . The Company specializes in owning, operating and managing prisons and other correctional facilities and providing inmate residential and prisoner transportation services for governmental agencies. In addition to providing the fundamental residential services relating to inmates, the Company's facilities offer a variety of rehabilitation and educational programs, including basic education, religious services, life skills and employment training and substance abuse treatment. These services are intended to reduce recidivism recidivism: see criminology. and to prepare inmates for their successful re-entry RE-ENTRY, estates. The resuming or retaking possession of land which the party lately had. 2. Ground rent deeds and leases frequently contain a clause authorizing the landlord to reenter on the non-payment of rent, or the breach of some covenant, when the into society upon their release. The Company also provides health care (including medical, dental and psychiatric services), food services food services Hospital services A 24/7 department in a hospital that provides for the nutritional needs of inpatients–eg, those needing special diets, preparing meals and transporting them to the floor and, through the cafeteria, the hospital staff and and work and recreational programs. The Company takes no responsibility for updating the information contained in this press release following the date hereof to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or the occurrence of unanticipated events or for any changes or modifications made to this press release or the information contained herein by any third-parties, including, but not limited to, any wire or internet services. |
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