Topic - Geo Group

The GEO Group ("GEO") is a company headquartered in One Park Place, Boca Raton, Florida. GEO is a multi-national provider of government-outsourced services specializing in the management of correctional, detention and mental health and residential in North America, Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. GEO operates a broad range of correctional and detention facilities including maximum, medium and minimum security prisons, immigration detention centers, minimum security detention centers and mental health and residential treatment facilities. - Source: Wikipedia

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