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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-402817"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CXW"
cik: "0001070985"
company_name: "CoreCivic, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-25T20:05:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:21:39.638072+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CoreCivic CEO Patrick Swindle resigns for health reasons; Lucibeth Mayberry named President and CEO

## Summary
- Swindle stepped down as President and CEO and resigned from the board effective Sept 24, 2026, citing stage four metastatic pancreatic cancer; he had been CEO since Jan 1, 2026.
- Lucibeth Mayberry, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer since May 2025, named President and CEO and appointed to the board effective Sept 24, 2026; base salary set at $900,000.
- Mayberry's short-term incentive target is 135% of base salary, prorated for 2026; she receives about $2.5M in RSUs in Q1 2027, 40% time-based and 60% performance-based over three years.
- Swindle becomes Special Advisor through Sept 24, 2028, getting $2,293,270 for FY2026 incentive and $8,059,609 for forfeited unvested equity, with salary stepping down to 50% after 12 months.
- Mayberry pledged to continue the current capital allocation strategy and operational focus, citing property sales announced earlier this year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-402817
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CXW
- cik: 0001070985
- company_name: CoreCivic, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-25T20:05:15+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312526402817/0001193125-26-402817-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312526402817/d255504d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-402817.txt

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