GEO Group
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The GEO Group | |
Type | Public (NYSE: GEO) |
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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.
[edit] 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