PREPARED BY:

MARISSA OUDT
 $361
MILLION
in combined profits 2015

THE
GEO
GROUP
Major Players

Private Sector
Corrections
Rehabilitation
Corporation
Education

Counseling
of America
 [OVERCROWDING]
Rising incarceration rate - Public prisons outsource to private facilities
 THE NORDIC MODEL OPEN PRISONS

Security guards double as contact officers Housing resembling college dorms

Common areas include: No uniforms
Table tennis - pool tables - aquariums Inmates allowed to commute to a job

- INTERNATIONAL TRENDS -
 REVENUE
Becoming a Publicly Traded Company
Strict Enforcement of the Law
Government Stipends
Lobbying Politicians
 RESOURCES
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