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Formed originally in 1984 to provide detention and correctional services to governmental agencies, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1996, The GEO Group Inc brings considerable financial stability as the parent group of The GEO Group UK Ltd.

A world leader in providing services to government agencies around the globe, The GEO Group Inc is one of the largest prisons management companies in the world.

The GEO Group manages around 49,000 beds in more than 61 different facilities throughout the world and has contracts in many related fields internationally – from court escort and custody services in Australia to prison facilities management in Canada and America.

Europe

Our dedicated UK operation is now expanding into Europe, led by the UK’s leading criminal justice professionals, with over 30 years’ individual experience in custodial work.

Australia

In 1992, the GEO Group expanded into Australia and now operates several major prisons, remand and reception centres in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

South Africa

In July 1999, the Government of South Africa awarded The GEO Group a 25 year contract to design, construct, finance and manage the 3024 bed Kutam Sinthumule correctional centre. This was one of the first prisons to be privatised in Africa and the first to be awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification.

USA

The GEO Group delivers contracts to design, construct, finance and manage correctional facilities throughout the US. GEO is now one of the largest providers of correctional services to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Federal Bureau of Prisons, working in a number of states and counties throughout the United States. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Care Inc., manages the first state psychiatric hospital to be privatised in the United States.

To find out more about GEO in the US, visit http://www.thegeogroupinc.com