“GEO Continuum Of Care” Receives Prestigious "Innovation in Corrections" Award from the American Correctional Association

On January 8, 2018, The GEO Group (GEO) was proud to accept the “Innovation in Corrections” Award at the American Correctional Association (ACA) Winter Conference in Orlando, Florida. This prestigious award was presented to Dr. George C. Zoley, GEO’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder by Victoria C. Myers, Chair of ACA’s Correctional Awards Committee.

ACA’s Correctional Awards Committee selected the “GEO Continuum of Care” program at the Graceville Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility in Florida as the ACA 2018 “Innovation in Corrections” awardee. The award was based on an independent nomination of the “GEO Continuum of Care” program, which was submitted by Dr. John Smykla, Director and Professor of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.