In an announcement that read like a campaign launch, former CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger and his wife, Carrie, launched a political nonprofit aimed at “keeping Tennessee the best place to raise a family and grow a business.”

Former CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger is fueling fresh Senate speculation with the launch of Believe in Tennessee, a new conservative nonprofit he founded with his wife, Carrie. 

Former CoreCivic CEO says “We never shy away from a good fight.” Believe in Tennessee is a conservative non-profit organization focused on keeping Tennessee the best place to raise a family and grow a business.

You’ve not seen the last of Damon Hininger. The longtime CEO of the country’s biggest private prison company has at least “one more big thing” in him. Here's what he said in an exclusive interview as his 33-year career at CoreCivic comes to an end.

Six years after Bank of America fired him as a client, and 131 days after President Donald Trump publicly accused the bank’s chief executive of political bias, Damon Hininger got a phone call.