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Encyclopedia > GEO Group
The GEO Group
Type Public (NYSE: GEO)
Founded 1984
Headquarters Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Employees 10,000 (2007)

The GEO Group is an international corporation that works in privitizing correctional facilities. Previously known as the Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, its name was changed in 2003 as a result of a merger with Group 4 Falck. A public company usually refers to a company which is permitted to offer its securites (i. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... Boca Raton is a city located in Palm Beach County, Florida. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Group 4 Securicor , formerly Group 4 Falck, is a multinational corporation, based in Crawley, UK. Group 4 Securicor claims to be the second largest security guard service provider on Earth. ...


A full scale prisoner uprising recently occurred at the Geo Group-operated New Castle Correctional Facility in Indiana. The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel reported that "Authorities were investigating whether the two-hour fracas that involved about 500 inmates started Tuesday afternoon because some of the newly arrived prisoners from Arizona were upset about their treatment at the medium-security men’s prison.".[1] New Castle Correctional Facility is a 2,416-bed privately-run (but state-owned) prison located in New Castle, Indiana. ...


Services

According to its web site, the GEO Group provides the following services:

  • Correctional facilities
  • Detention centers
  • Mental health services facilities
  • Facility Design
  • Infrastructure financing
  • Turnkey construction
  • Other government services

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