CoreCivic headquarters in Brentwood

CoreCivic headquarters in Brentwood

CoreCivic recently has sold four detention facilities to the federal government for a combined $2.2 billion in gross proceeds, the Brentwood-based private prison company disclosed in its second-quarter earnings report released on Aug. 5.

The company sold the California City Detention Facility and the Otay Mesa Detention Center, both in California, to the Department of Homeland Security for $1.5 billion on July 2. It followed with the sale of the Midwest Regional Reception Center in Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota, for $734 million on Aug. 5.