(05/04/2011)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A small group of politically influential companies could be awarded a contract worth millions of dollars in a legislative effort to privatize Florida’sprisonhealthcare services, according to reports.
(04/01/2011)
TALLAHASEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate has inserted language into its newly proposed budget that seeks to give corporations the chance to run correctional facilities and probation services in 18 counties in what some say could initiate a massive private takeover of public prisons.
(02/24/2011)
The Hernando County Detention Center will build a new medical facility to fix problems with the existing medical area and provide better housing for juvenile offenders.
(10/06/2010)
The GEO Group expanded its presence in the Southeastern U.S. with the opening of more than 4,500 new beds at facilities in Georgia and Florida.
(04/19/2010)
The GEO Group agreed a $685 million deal to acquire private corrections competitor Cornell Companies.
(12/04/2009)
Corrections officials are preparing to house crowded inmates in military-style tents as the department faces record prison population levels and deep budget cuts.
(12/03/2009)
Corrections officials are preparing to house inmates in military-style tents as the department faces record prison population levels and deep budget cuts.
(12/03/2009)
County commissioners recently approved a revised plan to replace the 50-plus-year-old Broward County courthouse with a 17-story, 675,000-square-foot tower that is expected to cost $270 million.
(12/01/2009)
The GEO Group opened a new $62 million secure treatment facility as the private prison operator announced the consolidation of correctional healthcare functions under the company’s GEO Care division.
