Terrell Don Hutto | |
|---|---|
| Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections | |
| In office 1977–1980 | |
| Governor | Mills Godwin John N. Dalton |
| Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction | |
| In office 1971–1976 | |
| Governor | Dale Bumpers |
| Succeeded by | Vernon Housewright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 8, 1935 Sinton, Texas, United States |
| Died | October 22, 2021 (aged 86) |
| Spouse |
Nancy Sue Moore (m. 1960) |
| Children | 3 daughters |
| Parent(s) | Terrell Sanford Hutto and Winnie Elvenia (née Cusler) Hutto[1] |
| Education | East Texas State University BA (1958) |
| Occupation | Corrections Management executive |
| Known for | Co-founder of Corrections Corporation of America (1983) |
Terrell Don Hutto (June 8, 1935 – October 22, 2021), known as T. Don Hutto, was an American businessman and one of the three co-founders of Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), whose establishment marked the beginning of the private prison industry during the era of former President Ronald Reagan.[2] In 1983, Hutto, Robert Crants and Tom Beasley formed CCA and received investments from Jack C. Massey, the founder of Hospital Corporation of America, Vanderbilt University, and the Tennessee Valley Authority.[3][4]: 81–2 The T. Don Hutto Residential Center, one of CCA's detention centers, was named after him.[5]
Woodward_2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).CCA_history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Another West Point alum and major CCA investor is T. Don Hutto, the corporation's executive vice-president. Hutto, an ex-prison guard who became commissioner of corrections in Virginia and Arkansas, has since 1984 been president of the American Correctional Association, which oversees prison accreditation standards. Unlike other corrections-related professional associations[...]the ACA under Hutto's tenure has supported prison privatization.