Follow the money
Public-asset recycling
Governments bought detention real estate; the sellers reported what they did next. These chronologies reproduce the reported sequence and keep every amount in its own accounting category. No line traces a specific public dollar into a specific acquisition, debt payment or share repurchase.
Reported capital-event chronologies
One ordered list per company. There is no total, because these amounts are not the same kind of number.
Each event below carries its own amount type. An acquisition price, a gross sale price, an accounting gain, a debt repayment, a repurchase authorization and a repurchase payment are different objects and are never combined into one figure. No edge traces a public sale dollar into a buyback.
CoreCivic — capital events around public asset transactions
Ordered chronology · each amount keeps its own type · no total
2026-04-01
Acquired Clinical Solutions Pharmacy
$199,800,000
Acquisition price
aggregate purchase price including estimated earn-out
2026-07-02/2026-08-04
Sold four detention facilities to DHS / United States
$2,200,000,000
Gross sale price
company-reported gross sale price
2026-07/08
Debt repaid from a portion of sale proceeds
$608,500,000
Debt repayment
company-reported debt repayment
2026-08-04
Expanded share-repurchase authorization
$500,000,000
Repurchase authorization
incremental authorization
2026-08-10
Entered accelerated share-repurchase agreement
$500,000,000
Repurchase payment
cash payment to dealer under ASR agreement
What this does not establish
The chronology is established. The reviewed records do not trace specific DHS sale dollars into the pharmacy acquisition or the accelerated share repurchase.
The GEO Group — capital events around public asset transactions
Ordered chronology · each amount keeps its own type · no total
2025-07-25
Sold Lawton Correctional Facility to Oklahoma
$312,000,000
Gross sale price
sale price
2025-07-25
Recorded gain on Lawton sale
$228,000,000
Reported accounting gain
company-reported accounting gain
2025-07-31
Acquired Western Region Detention Facility
$60,000,000
Acquisition price
purchase price
2025-07/08
Paid down floating-rate and other secured debt
$300,000,000
Debt repayment
approximately; company-reported debt action
2025-08
Authorized share repurchases
$300,000,000
Repurchase authorization
board authorization
What this does not establish
The SEC filing establishes use of sale proceeds for the Western Region acquisition and debt reduction, and reports a like-kind exchange tax benefit. A repurchase authorization is not proof that the full amount was spent.
Source docket
Company filings and releases behind each chronology.
- CoreCivic, Inc. — CoreCivic Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Facility sales, expected continuing management, debt repayment, pharmacy acquisition, and capital strategy
- CoreCivic, Inc. — CoreCivic Announces $500 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreement
Observed ASR agreement and initial expected share delivery
- The GEO Group, Inc. — Sale of Lawton Correctional Facility for $312 million
Public-asset sale and stated use of proceeds
- The GEO Group, Inc. — Second Quarter 2025 results and $300 million share repurchase program
Western Region acquisition, debt repayment, and share-repurchase authorization
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — GEO filing — Lawton sale and Western Region acquisition
Accounting gain, like-kind exchange, tax savings, and uses of proceeds