CoreCivic, Detention Officers Reach $1 Million Deal in Wage Suit

CoreCivic of Tennessee LLC agreed to pay more than $1 million to end a collective action alleging the prison operator failed to pay its workers overtime wages.

The four named plaintiffs, correctional and detention officers who previously worked at CoreCivic facilities, asked the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee for approval of the settlement in a motion filed Wednesday.

The settlement covers potentially thousands of correctional and detention officers employed at CoreCivic facilities between February 2021 and January 2025 in certain states, and a separate collective of officers who worked in CoreCivic’s Orange County, Fla., facility between ...