By Will Racke. Published in The Daily Caller on Dec. 9, 2018. But the building’s drab exterior hides what might better be described as an oasis, at least for ex-inmates coming out if the Illinois prison system. The Illinois Department of…
By Paul Laird, Western Region Vice President. Published in Santa Fe New Mexican on Dec. 3, 2018. Over the course of my 31 years in corrections management, including more than two decades with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, I have seen…
The GEO Group applauds President Trump and the bipartisan group of lawmakers that support the FIRST STEP Act. We strongly encourage Congress to approve a compromise bill in the weeks ahead demonstrating that both political parties can collaborate to address…
By David Donahue, President of GEO U.S. Corrections and Detention. Published in Florida Politics on Oct. 30, 2018.This election cycle has been wrought with misinformation regarding Florida’s correctional institutions which are managed by private-sector service providers, specifically The GEO Group…
By Ann M. Schlarb, PhD, President of GEO Care. Published in Washington Times on Oct. 24, 2018. When a person is sentenced to jail or prison, their incarceration should be viewed as an opportunity for reform. A long-awaited discussion is…
“For purposes of background, The GEO Group manages and/or owns 139 correctional, detention and community reentry facilities. We manage these facilities on behalf of our customers, which include state corrections agencies, the U.S. Department of Justice, and U.S. Immigration and…
By Johnny Choate, Opinion Contributor. It is disheartening to open a newspaper or turn on the TV only to see misleading information and politically-driven insinuations about the services The GEO Group (GEO) provides to the federal government. I have been…
By Leyla Santiago, Khushbu Shah and Rachel Clarke, CNN. Gabriela Hernandez is being held in government detention. Yet, this is the happiest she has been in weeks. Compared to what she and the boys have gone through in the last…
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,…