SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 
 
SCHEDULE 13G 
 
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(Amendment No. 1*) 
 
Wackenhut Corrections
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(Name of Issuer)
 
Common Stock 
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(Title of Class of Securities)
 
 
929798106 
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(CUSIP Number) 
 
Check the following box if a fee is being
paid with this statement.  [  ] 
 
1. Name of Reporting Person(s) CoreStates
                               Financial Corp 
 
   SSN or IRS Identification 
   No (s) of Above Person(s)       23-1899716   
 
2. Check the Appropriate Box 
   If a Member of a Group 
   (See Instructions)              [ X ] 
 
3. SEC Use Only 
 
4. Citizenship or Place of  
   Organization                    Pennsylvania 
 
Number of Shares Beneficially  
Owned by Each Reporting Person with 
 
    5. Sole Voting Power           12,000,200 
 
    6. Shared Voting Power               -0-  
 
    7. Sole Dispositive Power            -0-  
 
    8. Shared Dispositive Power          -0-  
 
9.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially           
    Owned by Each Reporting Person  12,000,200 
 
 
10. Check if the Aggregate Amount 
    in Row 9 Excludes Certain Shares 
    (See Instructions) 
 
11. Percent of Class Represented by  
    Amount in Row 9                   54.7055% 
 
12. Type of Reporting Person(s) 
    (See Instructions)                HC-BK 
 
 
Item 1. 
 
 (a) Name of Issuer         Wackenhut Corrections  
 
 (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices 
  
                            1500 San Remo Avenue 
                            Coral Gables,  FL 33146 
 
Item 2. 
 
 (a) Name of Person Filing: CoreStates Financial Corp.  
 
 (b) Address of Principal Business Office or,
     if none, Residence    
                            Broad & Chestnut Streets 
                            Philadelphia 
 
 (c) Citizenship            Pennsylvania 
 
 (d) Title of Class of Securities 
 
 (e) CUSIP Number           775371107 
 
 
Item 3.  If this Statement is filed pursuant to
         Rules 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b), check whether the
         person filing is a: 
 
 (a) [ ] Broker or dealer registered under Section 15
         of the Act. 
 
 (b) [ ] Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the
         Act. 
 
 (c) [ ] Insurance Company as defined in Section
         3(a)(19) of the Act. 
 
 (d) [ ] Investment Company registered under
         Section 8 of the Investment Company Act. 
 
 (e) [ ] Investment Adviser registered under
         Section 203 of the Investment Advisers
         Act of 1940. 
 
 (f) [ ] Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund,
         which is subject to the provisions of
         the Employee Retirement Income Securities
         Act of 1974, or Endowment Fund. 
 
 (g) [X] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with 
         Section 240.13-1(b) (1) (ii) (H). 
 
 (h) [ ] Group, in accordance with Section
         240.13d-1(b) (1) (ii) (H). 
 
Item 4.  Ownership 
 
      As of December 31, 1996, the reporting person
      filing this statement through its wholly owned
      subsidiary, CoreStates Bank, N.A., beneficially
      owned the following amounts and percentages of
      securities of the above named issuer: 
 
      (a) Amount Beneficially Owned     12,000,200 
 
      (b) Percent of Class                 54.7055% 
 
      (c) Number of Shares as to which
          such person has the: 
 
         (i)  sole power to vote or to
              direct the vote            12,000,200 
 
        (ii)  shared power to vote or
              to direct the vote             -0-  
 
        (iii) sole power to dispose or
              to direct the 
              disposition of                 -0-  
 
        (iv)  shared power to dispose or
              to direct the disposition of   -0-  
 
Item 5.  Ownership of Five Percent or Less
         of a Class  N/A  
 
Item 6.  Ownership of More then Five Percent
         on Behalf of Another Person 
 
          CoreStates Bank, N.A., New Jersey
          National Bank and Meridian Bank hold
          the options reported above under various
          trust and custodial arrangements.  
 
Item 7.  Identification and Classification of the
         Subsidiary which Acquired the Security
         Being Reported on By the Parent Holding
         Company 

          CoreStates Bank, N.A., a bank as defined
          in Section 3(a) (6) of the Act. 
  
Item 8.   Identification and Classification 
          of Members of the Group              N/A 
  
Item 9.   Notice of Dissolution of Group       N/A 
 
Item 10.  Certification 
 
      By Signing below, I certify that, to
      the best of my knowledge and belief, the
      securities referred to above were acquired
      in the ordinary course of business and were
      not acquired for the purpose of and do not
      have effect of changing or influencing the
      control of the issuer of participant in any
      transaction have such purposes or effect. 
 
     After reasonable inquiry and to the best
     of my knowledge and belief, I certify that
     the information set forth in this statement
     is true, complete, and correct. 
 
     Date: February 6, 1997 
 
                                              
     Dennis Haynes, Compliance Manager - VP