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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-316848"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CXW"
cik: "0001070985"
company_name: "CoreCivic, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:19:48.136535+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CoreCivic promotes Daren Swenson to EVP and Chief Corrections & Reentry Officer

## Summary
- Swenson, previously SVP and Chief Corrections Officer, effective January 1, 2026.
- Annual base salary of $515,000; short-term cash incentive target of 132% of base salary.
- Long-term equity grant of RSUs (50% time-based, 50% performance-based) to be awarded in Q1 2026.
- Swenson has been with CoreCivic since 1992, starting as Correctional Sergeant.
- CEO Hininger cited Swenson's leadership during a period of rapid growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-316848
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CXW
- cik: 0001070985
- company_name: CoreCivic, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312525316848/0001193125-25-316848-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312525316848/d75869d8k.htm

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