NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwired - Jun 12, 2013) - CCA ( NYSE : CXW ) (Corrections Corporation of America) announced today that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) elected not to renew its contracts for the CCA owned and operated 2,103-bed Mineral Wells Pre-Parole Transfer Facility and the 2,216-bed Dawson State Jail, owned by the state of Texas but operated by CCA. The TDCJ was legislatively required to close two facilities due to budget reductions. As a result, in August 2013, upon expiration of the contracts, CCA will cease operations of the Dawson facility and will idle the Mineral Wells facility. Additionally, CCA announced it was not selected for the continued management of the 1,000-bed Wilkinson County Correctional Facility owned by the state of Mississippi. CCA will cease operations of the Wilkinson facility at the end of June 2013, upon expiration of the contract. The Wilkinson facility was operating at a loss.