 BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Feb. 18, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- CoreCivic, Inc. NYSE: CXW the Company announced today that, effective March 1, 2021, Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover will be appointed as a member of the Companys Board of Directors, expanding the size of the Board from eleven to twelve directors, ten of whom are independent, and expanding the number of board seats held by women to one-third. Dr. Glover is President of Tennessee State University, Nashvilles only public university, and a premier, historically black college and university HBCU. 