CCA Announces New Management Contract at California City Correctional Center

CCA (NYSE:

) announced today an agreement with California City, California to manage federal populations at CCA's 2,304-bed California City Correctional Center under an Intergovernmental Service Agreement (

). The management contract allows the housing of prisoners and detainees from multiple federal agencies. Under a 15-year agreement, CCA expects California City will begin ramping U.S. Marshals Service populations at the facility in early October 2010, utilizing approximately 1,200 beds by the third quarter of 2011.