Corrections Corp. adds jobs in Oklahoma

November 4, 2009 3:06 PM ET
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Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America is creating 217 new jobs in Oklahoma, after finalizing a contract with California to house an additional 1,400 inmates at a facility in Sayre, Okla.

Under the same contract, CCA also will house additional California inmates at a facility in Arizona. The contract increases CCA's systemwide number of California inmates to 10,468, up from 7,900.

When hiring is complete, Sayre's North Fork Correctional Facility will employ 529 people.

As the operator of 65 correctional facilities, of which it owns 44, CCA is the country’s largest owner and operator of government-contracted correctional and detention facilities.

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