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| [1] Anthony L. Grande | |
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| Alma mater | American University, Vanderbilt University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Chief Development Officer of CoreCivic |
| Children | 2 |
Anthony "Tony" L. Grande is an American businessman. He is the Chief Development Officer of CoreCivic, formerly Corrections Corporation of America.
Tony Grande attended Notre Dame High school in Riverside County, CA. After high school, Grande continued his education at American University in Washington, D.C. where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism. Grande also holds a master's degree in human and organizational development from Vanderbilt University's Peabody School of Education.
Tony Grande assumed the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer in July 2008, after having served as Senior Vice President of State Customer Relations since September 2007. Grande joined CCA in 2003, in the newly created role of Vice President of State Customer Relations. In his capacity, Grande manages all existing state contracts, and he leads the company's national efforts to forge new partnerships with state Departments of Corrections. CCA currently serves about half of all states. Tony Grande previously served as Tennessee's Commissioner of Economic and Community Development (ECD). In that role, he led the recruitment and expansion of business to the State, managing an $85 million budget and 200 employees. Having worked in Tennessee government since 1998, Grande served as Assistant Commissioner and later as Deputy Commissioner of ECD. He previously led a publishing and database marketing company and served as a political speechwriter in Washington, DC.
Tony Grande currently serves on the non-profit board of The Boys and Girls Club of Tennessee.
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CoreCivic, formerly the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), is a company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers and operates others on a concession basis. Co-founded in 1983 in Nashville, Tennessee by Thomas W. Beasley, Robert Crants, and T. Don Hutto, it received investments from the Tennessee Valley Authority, Vanderbilt University, and Jack C. Massey, the founder of Hospital Corporation of America.
The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is a Cabinet-level agency within the Tennessee state government responsible for the oversight of more than 20,000 convicted offenders in Tennessee's fourteen prisons, three of which are privately managed by CoreCivic. The department is headed by the Tennessee Commissioner of Correction, who is currently Frank Strada. TDOC facilities' medical and mental health services are provided by Corizon. Juvenile offenders not sentenced as adults are supervised by the independent Tennessee Department of Children's Services, while inmates granted parole or sentenced to probation are overseen by the Department of Correction (TDOC)/Department of Parole. The agency is fully accredited by the American Correctional Association. The department has its headquarters on the sixth floor of the Rachel Jackson Building in Nashville.
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Delta Correctional Facility is a Mississippi Department of Corrections state prison for women, one of opened in the late 20th century and early 21st century in the state, and operated by for-profit corporations. Located in Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, in the largely rural Mississippi Delta region, it was initially operated by Corrections Corporation of America, which changed its name to CoreCivic in 2014.
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