CoreCivic, Inc.

Thank you for standing by. My name is Cath, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the CoreCivic Inc. Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, press star one again. I would now like to turn the call over to Mike Grant, CoreCivics Managing Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Operator.

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to CoreCivics' third quarter 2024 earnings call. Participating on today's call are Damon Heiniger, CoreCivics President and Chief Executive Officer, and David Garfinkel, our Chief Financial Officer. We're also joined here in the room by our Vice President of Finance, Brian Hammond. On this call, we will discuss financial results for the third quarter of 2024, as well as financial guidance for the 2024 year. We'll also discuss developments with our government partners and provide you with other general business updates. During today's call, our remarks, including our answers to your questions, will include forward-looking statements pursuant to the Safe Harbor provision of the Private Securities and Litigation Reform Act. Our actual results or trends may differ materially as a result of a variety of factors, including those identified in our third quarter 2024 earnings release issued after market yesterday, as well as in our securities and exchange commission filings, including forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K reports. You are also cautioned that any forward-looking statements reflect management's current views only and that the company undertakes no obligation to revise or update such statements in the future. Management will also discuss certain non-GAAP metrics. A reconciliation of the most comparable GAAP measurement is provided in the corresponding earnings release and included in the company's quarterly supplemental financial data report posted on the investors' page of the company's website at corecivic.com. With that, it is my pleasure to turn the call over to our president and CEO, Damon Heiniger.