Category 07

Private prisons and detention services

Public operators and owners of correctional, detention, reentry, transport, monitoring, or related government-contracted services.

Classification and underwriting

Category definition
Public operators and owners of correctional, detention, reentry, transport, monitoring, or related government-contracted services.
Inclusion rules
  • private prisons
  • detention facilities
  • prison transport
  • detention services
Exclusion rules
  • generic vendors with incidental prison customers
Value-chain roles
  • facility owner
  • facility operator
  • transport provider
  • electronic-monitoring provider
  • reentry service provider
Exposure measurement
Revenue and operating income by facility, service line, government customer, contract, and occupied capacity.
Core operating signals
  • occupancy
  • beds in service
  • contract renewals
  • per-diem rates
  • electronic-monitoring volume
  • customer mix
Underwriting variables
  • contract duration
  • idle capacity
  • government concentration
  • staffing cost
  • facility utilization
Failure conditions
  • contract termination
  • policy reversal
  • occupancy decline
  • litigation shock
  • facility closure
Monitoring triggers
  • government awards
  • occupancy changes
  • contract notices
  • policy directives
  • legal proceedings
Portfolio use
Contracted government-service exposure with policy, occupancy, and customer-concentration risk made explicit.

Private prisons and detention services company research

Latest annual filing available through SEC EDGAR. Fiscal periods and currencies remain separate.

CompanyRevenueOperating marginNet marginOperating cash flowAssetsLiabilitiesAnnual filing
GEO · GEO GROUP INC USD 2.6 B 9.8% 9.7% USD 72.6 M USD 3.8 B USD 2.3 B 10-K · 2025-12-31
CXW · CoreCivic, Inc. USD 2.2 B Not separately reported 5.3% USD 195 M USD 3.3 B USD 1.9 B 10-K · 2025-12-31

Research coverage only. No row identifies a holding, ranking, recommendation, target price, or performance result.