T. Don Hutto
| Terrell Don Hutto | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 8, 1935 Sinton, Texas, United States |
| Education | Bachelor of Science, East Texas State University, 1958 PostgraduateSouthern Methodist University, 1959 Postgraduate, American University (1964) Postgraduate, Sam Houston State University (1967) |
| Alma mater | East Texas State University (1958) |
| Occupation | Corrections Management executive |
| Known for | Co-founder of Corrections Corporation of America (1983) |
| Parent(s) | Terrell Sanford and Winnie (Custer) Hutto |
Terrell Don Hutto, T. Don Hutto, was one of the three co-founders of Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), whose establishment marked the beginning of the private prison industry during the Reagan era. In 1983, Hutto, Robert Crants and Tom Beasley formed CCA with the initial investments from Jack C. Massey, the founder of Hospital Corporation of America, Vanderbilt University, the Tennessee Valley Authority. The T. Don Hutto Residential Center, one of CCA's detention centers, was named after him.
Before becoming director of corrections in Arkansas and Virginia, Hutto worked as "correctional officer, counselor, assistant warden and warden of a state prison". He served as past president of the American Correctional Association.
Corrections Corporation of America, (now renamed as CoreCivic), "the world’s first and largest for-profit prison operator", was established by Hutto, Beasley, and Crants in Nashville, Tennessee on January 28, 1983. At the time Beasley served as the chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party, and Crants was the chief financial officer of a real estate company in Nashville. Maurice Sigler, the former chairman of the United States Board of Parole, was a founding member of its board of directors was . In a 2013 video published on CCA's website, Beasley and Hutto fondly reminisced about the humble beginnings of CCA. Because of Hutto's well-earned reputation through his years of experience in corrections and as president-elect of the American Correctional Association, a first meeting about a potential joint venture to detain illegal aliens in Texas, took place between Beasley, Hutto, the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the now defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) which operated under U.S. Department of Justice from 1933 to 2003. As a result of the initial meeting, CCA were awarded an RFB with INS, which was the "first contract ever to design, build, finance and operate a secure correctional facility." This marked the beginning of the private prison industry. Hutto, described how at the time, INS had "unrealistic expectations" putting pressure on CCA to have the facilities ready by early January, ninety days from the signing of the contract. In a desperate attempt to find a solution, Hutto and Beasley flew to Houston, Texas and after several days managed to negotiate a deal with the owner of Olympic Motel—a "pair of non-descript two-story buildings" on "I-45 North between Tidwell and Parker"—to hire their family and friends to staff the re-purposed motel for four months. On Super Bowl Sunday at the end of January, the first 87 undocumented aliens were personally processed by Hutto and CCA received their first payment.
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