T. Don Hutto

Terrell Don Hutto
Born June 8, 1935 (aged 82)
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.[1] 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.[2][3]:81-2 The T. Don Hutto Residential Center, one of CCA's detention centers, was named after him.[4]

Education

Hutto earned his Bachelor of Science degree at East Texas State University in 1958. He did postgraduate studies at the Southern Methodist University, in 1959, at the American University in 1964,[5][6]:21 and at Sam Houston State University in 1967.

Career

Before becoming director of corrections in Arkansas and Virginia, Hutto worked as "correctional officer, counselor, assistant warden and warden of a state prison".[1] He served as past president of the American Correctional Association.[1]

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)

Corrections Corporation of America, (now renamed as CoreCivic), "the world’s first and largest for-profit prison operator",[7] was established by Hutto, Beasley, and Crants in Nashville, Tennessee on January 28, 1983.[8][9] 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.[9] Maurice Sigler, the former chairman of the United States Board of Parole, was a founding member.[9]

In a February 27, 2013 CCA video entitled, "Corrections Corporation of America's Founders Tom Beasley and Don Hutto", Beasley and Hutto said that because of Hutto's 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.[10] 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.[10][7] 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"[7]—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.[10]

By 2016, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) along with Geo Group were running "more than 170 prisons and detention centres". CCA's revenues in 2015 were $1.79bn.[11]

Awards

For his contributions to the field of corrections, in 1987, Hutto received the E.R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award.[1]

Personal life

In 1967, Hutto moved into a plantation home with his family.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The CCA Story: Our Company History, Corrections Corporation of America, nd, retrieved February 13, 2017, New companies are created every day. But it’s not every day that new industries are established. ... In Arkansas, Hutto implemented the compliance requirements of the Holt v. Sarver case, making him one of the few corrections professionals in the nation at the time with experience in successfully bringing a system out of federal court supervision.
  2. ↑ Harmon L. Wray, Jr. (1989). "Cells for Sale". Southern Changes: The Journal of the Southern Regional Council. 8 (3). Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ Donna Selman and Paul Leighton (2010). Punishment for Sale: Private Prisons, Big Business, and the Incarceration Binge. New York City: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
  4. ↑ The history of T. Don Hutto, December 3, 2007, retrieved February 13, 2017
  5. 1 2 Bauer, Shane (2018). "The Straight Line From Slavery to Private Prisons: How Texas Turned Plantations into Prisons". Literary Hub. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ Bauer, Shane (September 18, 2018). American Prison: a Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 368. ISBN 0735223580.
  7. 1 2 3 Houston to Host World’s First Museum Dedicated to the Private Prison Industry, Free Houston Press, October 14, 2014, retrieved February 13, 2017
  8. ↑ CCA History
  9. 1 2 3 Quade, Vicki (November 1983). "Jail Business: Private firm breaks in". American Bar Association Journal. 69 (11): 1611–1612. JSTOR 20756517. (Registration required (help)).
  10. 1 2 3 Corrections Corporation of America's Founders Tom Beasley and Don Hutto. CCA. February 27, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  11. ↑ Rupert Neate (June 16, 2016), Welcome to Jail Inc: how private companies make money off US prisons, Austin, Texas: The Guardian, retrieved February 13, 2017, In a bid to cut costs, more state prisons and county jails are adding healthcare to the growing list of services that are outsourced to for-profit companies
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