CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE: CXW) ("CoreCivic") announced today that it has been awarded a new contract under an intergovernmental services agreement (IGSA) between the City of Mason, Tennessee, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to resume operations at the Company's 600-bed West Tennessee Detention Facility,

In a heated board meeting for the town of Mason Tuesday, a contract was approved for CoreCivic to operate a former West Tennessee prison as an immigration detention facility.

On Tuesday night, leaders in Mason, a community of about 1,300 people about 45 miles northeast of Memphis, will vote on whether to approve a contract with ICE and CoreCivic to reopen the West Tennessee Detention Facility.