 BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Sept. 22, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- CoreCivic, Inc. NYSE: CXW the Company announced today that it successfully upsized and priced its offering of an additional 225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of CoreCivics 8.25 senior unsecured notes due 2026 the Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of the Additional Notes to be issued in the offering was increased to 225 million from the previously announced 100 million. The Additional Notes were priced at 102.25 of their aggregate principal amount, plus accrued interest from April 14, 2021, the issue date for CoreCivics previously issued 450 million aggregate principal amount of 8.25 senior unsecured notes due 2026 the Existing Notes. The Additional Notes will have an effective yield to maturity of 7.65 and will constitute a single class of securities with the Existing Notes. 