JB Capital Partners LP bought a new position in CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE:CXW - Free Report) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 845,210 shares of the real estate investment trust

AWH Capital L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE:CXW - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 175,000 shares of the real estate investment

CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE:CXW - Get Free Report) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 15,424,304 shares, an increase of 331.5% from the July 30th total of 3,574,436 shares. Currently, 15.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 1,783,511 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.6 days.

CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE:CXW - Get Free Report) Director John Prann, Jr. sold 3,098 shares of the company

CoreCivic, Inc. (NYSE:CXW - Get Free Report) EVP Anthony Grande sold 12,564 shares of CoreCivic stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.85, for a total transaction of $425,291.40. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 144,782 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,900,870.70. This represents a 7.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website.