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- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------------- FORM 10-K

[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 30, 2001 OR [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 1-14260 --------------------- WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) FLORIDA 65-0043078 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 4200 WACKENHUT DRIVE #100, 33410-4243 PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices)

REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER (INCLUDING AREA CODE): (561) 622-5656 SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:

Indicate by a check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ] Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X] At February 13, 2002, the aggregate market value of the 8,977,224 shares of Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $134,748,132. At February 13, 2002, there were outstanding 20,977,224 shares of Common Stock. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Parts of the Registrant's Proxy Statement for its 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this report. EXHIBIT INDEX IS LOCATED ON PAGE 60 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PART I ITEM 1. BUSINESS THE COMPANY Wackenhut Corrections Corporation ("the Company"), a 57% owned subsidiary of The Wackenhut Corporation ("TWC"), is an industry leader in the privatization of correctional facilities throughout the world. The Company was founded in 1984 as a division of TWC, a leading provider of professional security services. In 1986, the Company received its first contract, from the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (the "INS"), to design, construct and manage a detention facility with a design capacity of 150 beds. As of December 30, 2001, the Company had 61 correctional, detention and healthcare facilities either under contract or award with an aggregate design capacity of 39,965 beds. At December 30, 2001, of these 61 facilities, 59 are currently in operation, and two are being developed by the Company. At December 30, 2001, the Company had outstanding written responses to Requests for Proposal ("RFPs") for six projects with an aggregate design capacity of 5,050 beds. The Company offers governmental agencies a comprehensive range of correctional and related institutional services to federal, state, local and overseas government agencies. Correctional services include the management of a broad spectrum of facilities, including male and female adult facilities; juvenile facilities; community corrections; work programs; prison industries; substance abuse treatment facilities; and mental health, geriatric and other special needs institutions. Other management contracts include psychiatric health care, electronic home monitoring, prisoner transportation, correctional health services, and facility maintenance. The Company has an in-house capability for the design of new facilities, and offers a full privatization package to government agencies, to include financing. The Company believes that its experience in delivering governmental agencies high quality, cost-effective correctional and related institutional services provides such agencies strong incentive to select the Company when renewing and awarding contracts. On November 1, 1998, the Company began management of the 350-bed South Florida State Hospital, representing a historic milestone for public sector mental health services and a significant diversification of the Company's service offerings. In December 2000, the Company completed construction at the site of the new South Florida State Hospital and successfully moved all operations to the new facility. The Company has obtained and is pursuing development and management contracts for correctional and detention facilities outside the United States including facilities in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary in Australia, Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Australia Pty Limited ("WCCA"), the Company manages five correctional centres, six immigration detention centers, two temporary detention centres and one correctional Health Care Services entity. In the United Kingdom, the Company formed two joint ventures to pursue construction and management contracts for privatized correctional and detention facilities. Premier Custodial Group Limited ("PCG"), a joint venture with Serco Limited, currently manages six correctional facilities, one immigration detention center, two court escort contracts and two electronic monitoring services contracts. Under court escort contracts, a private company, on behalf of a governmental agency, transports prisoners between police stations, prisons and courts and is responsible for the custody of such prisoners during transportation and court appearances. Electronic monitoring services involve the electronic tagging of offenders sentenced to home incarceration. In February 1994, through Wackenhut Corrections (UK) Limited, the Company formed Premier Custodial Development ("PCD"), as an unincorporated joint venture with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Skanska Construction UK Limited (formerly Kvaerner Construction Limited, formerly Trafalgar House Construction Special Projects Limited) for the design and construction of new detention facilities and prisons. As a result of the Company's interest in PCD, the Company has received in the past, and expects to receive in the future, consulting fees from Skanska for any construction contracts entered into between PCG and Skanska. 2

In the majority of contracts, the Company manages facilities owned or leased by a governmental agency. The agency may finance the construction of such facilities through various methods including, but not limited to, the following: (i) a one time general revenue appropriation by the governmental agency for the cost of the new facility; (ii) general obligation bonds that are secured by either a limited or unlimited tax levy by the issuing entity; or (iii) lease revenue bonds or certificates of participation secured by an annual lease payment that is subject to annual or bi-annual legislative appropriations. In some instances, the Company may be required to own and/or finance the facility. The construction of these facilities may be financed through various methods including, but not limited to the following: (i) funds from equity offerings of the Company's stock; (ii) cash flows from operations; (iii) borrowings from banks or other institutions (which may or may not be subject to government guarantees in the event of contract termination); or (iv) lease arrangements with third parties. The Company was incorporated in Florida in April, 1988. The Company's principal executive offices are located at 4200 Wackenhut Drive #100, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410-4243, and its telephone number is (561) 622-5656. See the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included herein for financial information regarding domestic and international operations. CERTAIN FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS Prospective investors should carefully consider the following factors that may affect future results, together with the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, in evaluating the Company and its business before purchasing its securities. In particular, prospective investors should note that this Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and that actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by such statements. See "Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995" below. The factors listed below represent certain important factors the Company believes could cause such results to differ. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the general or specific risks that may affect the Company. It should be recognized that other risks may be significant, presently or in the future, and the risks set forth below may affect the Company to a greater extent than indicated. Revenue and Profit Growth Dependent on Expansion. The Company's growth will depend to a significant degree upon its ability to obtain additional construction and management contracts and to retain existing management contracts. The Company's growth is generally dependent on the construction and management of new correctional and detention facilities, since contracts to manage existing public facilities are not typically offered to private operators. The rate of construction of new facilities and, therefore, the Company's potential for growth will depend on a number of factors, including crime rates and sentencing patterns in countries in which the Company operates, governmental and public acceptance of the concept of privatization, the number of facilities available for privatization, and the Company's ability to obtain awards for contracts and to integrate new facilities into its management structure on a profitable basis. The Company anticipates that there will be significant competition among operators of correctional and detention facilities for construction and management contracts for new facilities and for the renewal of contracts upon expiration. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain additional contracts to construct or manage new facilities or to retain its existing contracts upon expiration thereof. Ability to Refinance Credit Facilities. Two of the Company's sources of liquidity are a $30 million multi-currency revolving credit facility, which includes $5.0 million for the issuance of letters of credit and a $220 million operating lease facility established to acquire and develop new correctional and detention facilities used in its business. As of December 30, 2001 there was no balance outstanding on the revolving credit facility and there was $154.3 million of the operating lease facility utilized for properties in operation. Both of these facilities expire December 18, 2002. The Company is exploring a number of alternatives to refinance both facilities. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able 3

to complete a refinancing prior to December 18, 2002. Upon expiration of the operating lease facility, the Company may purchase the properties in the facility for their original acquisition cost. If the Company were to purchase the properties, the Company may use a number of forms of debt financing which would require the properties, and any related debt incurred to purchase the properties, to be reported on the Company's balance sheet. Alternatively, the Company may cause the properties to be sold to a third party. If the sales proceeds yield less than the original acquisition cost, the Company will make up the difference up to a maximum of 88% of the original acquisition cost. Change in Control. In the event of a change in control in the majority owned shares of the Company, certain of the Company's contracts contain notice and consent requirements which give certain unilateral rights to clients regarding continuation or termination of those contracts. In addition, under a change in control, the revolving credit facility and synthetic operating lease would be subject to re-negotiation and renewal at the discretion of the lenders. Also, certain joint venture agreements have change in control provisions that may require notice to and/or consent of the joint venture partners. Possible Fluctuations in Occupancy Levels. A substantial portion of the Company's revenues are generated under facility management contracts that specify per diem payments based upon occupancy rates (some of which provide guaranteed minimum occupancy levels), while a substantial portion of the Company's cost structure is fixed. Under a per diem rate structure, a decrease in occupancy rates could cause a decrease in revenue and profitability. Average facility occupancy rates were approximately 97% in Fiscal 2001 and Fiscal 2000; however, there can be no assurance that occupancy rates will not decrease below these percentages in the future. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" included herein. Reliance Upon Government Appropriations for Payment Under Awarded Contracts. The Company's facility management contracts are subject to either annual or bi-annual appropriations. A failure by a governmental agency to receive such appropriations could result in termination of the contract by such agency or a reduction of the management fee payable to the Company. In addition, even if funds are appropriated, delays in payments may occur which could negatively affect the Company's cash flow. In addition, in certain cases the development and construction of facilities to be managed by the Company are also subject to obtaining construction financing. Such financing may be obtained through a variety of means, including without limitation, sale of tax-exempt or taxable bonds or other obligations or direct governmental appropriation. The sale of tax-exempt or taxable bonds or other obligations may be adversely affected by changes in applicable tax laws or adverse changes in the market for tax-exempt or taxable bonds or other obligations. See "Business -- Facilities." Governmental Regulation. The Company's business is highly regulated by a variety of governmental authorities with oversight occurring continuously. For example, the contracting agency typically assigns full-time, on-site personnel to a facility to monitor the Company's compliance with contract terms and applicable regulations. Failure by the Company to comply with such contract terms or regulations could expose it to substantial penalties. In addition, changes in existing regulations could require the Company to substantially modify the manner in which it conducts business and, therefore, could have a material adverse effect on the Company. See "Business -- Business Regulations and Legal Considerations." Limited Acceptance of Private Prison Operation. Management of correctional and detention facilities by private entities has not achieved complete acceptance by either governments or the public. Some governmental agencies have limitations on their right to delegate their traditional management responsibilities for correctional and detention facilities to private companies and further legislative changes or prohibitions could occur that further impact these limits. The operation of correctional and detention facilities by private entities is a relatively new concept and is not widely understood by the public and has encountered resistance from certain groups, such as labor unions, local sheriffs' departments, and groups that believe that correctional and detention facility operations should only be conducted by governmental agencies. Moreover, changes in dominant political parties in any of the markets in which the Company operates could result in significant changes to previously established views of privatization in such markets. See "Business -- Marketing." 4

Community Opposition to Facility Location. The Company's success in obtaining new awards and contracts sometimes depends, in part, upon its ability to locate land that can be leased or acquired, on economically favorable terms, by the Company or other entities working with the Company in conjunction with the Company's proposal to construct and/or manage a facility. Some locations may be in or near populous areas and, therefore, may generate legal action or other forms of opposition from residents in areas surrounding a proposed site. To avoid such incidents, the Company attempts to conduct business in communities where local community leaders and residents generally support establishment of a privatized correctional or detention facility in their community. There can be no assurance that future efforts to find suitable host communities will be successful. Potential Legal Liability. The Company's management of correctional and detention facilities exposes it to potential third-party claims or litigation by prisoners or other persons for personal injury or other damage resulting from contact with Company-managed facilities, programs, personnel or prisoners, including damages arising from a prisoner's escape or from a disturbance or riot at a Company-managed facility. In addition, the Company's management contracts generally require the Company to indemnify the governmental agency against any damages to which the governmental agency may be subject in connection with such claims or litigation. The Company participates in an insurance program maintained by TWC that provides coverage for certain liability risks faced by the Company, including accident and personal injury and bodily injury or property damage to a third party where the Company is found to be negligent. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company's insurance will be adequate to cover all potential third-party claims. See "Business -- Insurance." Insurance Costs. Workers' compensation and general liability insurance represent significant costs to the Company. The Company continues to incur increasing insurance costs due to a hardened seller's insurance market, which was exacerbated by the events of September 11, 2001 and historical adverse claims experience. The Company is developing a strategy to improve the management of its future loss claims but can provide no assurances that this strategy will be successful. Unanticipated additional insurance costs could adversely impact the Company's results of operations and cash flows. Adverse Publicity. The Company's business is subject to public scrutiny. An escape or disturbance at a Company-managed facility or another privately-managed facility may result in publicity adverse to the Company and the industry in which it operates, which could materially adversely affect the Company's business. Reliance of Company on TWC for Certain Services. The Company has historically been reliant upon TWC for various services including payroll, tax, data processing, auditing, treasury, cash management, insurance, information technology and human resource services. The Company and TWC have an arrangement, under which TWC has agreed to continue to provide certain of these services, as deemed necessary, to the Company for payment by the Company of a fixed annual fee. In addition, the Company purchases comprehensive general liability, automobile liability and workers' compensation with a $1.0 million deductible per occurrence. The deductible portion of the Company's risk is re-insured by TWC's wholly-owned captive re-insurance company. The Company pays TWC a fee for the transfer of the deductible exposure. See "Business -- Insurance." Inflation. The Company's largest facility management expense is personnel costs. Most of the Company's facility management contracts provide for payments to the Company of either fixed management fees or fees that increase by only small amounts during their terms. If, due to inflation or other causes, the Company must increase the wages and salaries of its employees at rates faster than increases, if any, in management fees, then the Company's profitability would be adversely affected. See Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Inflation included herein. Economic Risks Associated With Development Activities. When the Company is engaged to perform construction and design services for a facility, the Company typically acts as the primary contractor and subcontracts with other companies who act as the general contractors. As primary contractor, the Company is subject to the various risks of construction (including, without limitation, shortages of labor 5

and materials, work stoppages, labor disputes and weather interference) which could cause construction delays, and the Company is subject to the risk that the general contractor will be unable to complete construction at the budgeted costs or be unable to fund any excess construction costs, despite the fact that the Company requires its general contractor to post construction bonds and insurance. Under such contracts the Company is ultimately liable for all late delivery penalties and cost overruns. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" included herein. Facility Lease Liability. The Company currently leases nineteen of the facilities that it manages. The leases for such facilities do not terminate upon the completion of the management contracts for such facilities. If a management contract for such a facility is completed or terminated, the Company would be obligated to continue to make lease payments until expiration of the facility lease, even though it no longer would receive management fees under such contract and may be unable to obtain an additional contract for the use of the facility. Under such leases, the Company may have no contractual remedy to obtain reimbursement. Control of Company. George R. Wackenhut and his wife, Ruth J. Wackenhut, jointly own approximately 50.05% of the issued and outstanding voting common stock of TWC. TWC owns approximately 57% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company. As a result, through TWC, George R. Wackenhut and Ruth J. Wackenhut will be able to control virtually all matters requiring approval of the shareholders of the Company, including the election of all of the directors. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 This report and the documents incorporated by referenced herein contain "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. "Forward-looking" statements are any statements that are not based on historical information. Words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes", "seeks", "estimates", and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions ("Future Factors"), which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Future Factors include, but are not limited to, (1) the Company's ability to timely open facilities as planned, profitably manage such facilities and successfully integrate such facilities into the Company without substantial costs; (2) the instability of foreign exchange rates, exposing the Company to currency risks in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom; (3) an increase in unreimbursed labor rates; (4) the Company's ability to expand correctional services and diversify its services in the mental health services market; (5) the Company's ability to win management contracts for which it has submitted proposals and to retain existing management contracts; (6) the Company's ability to raise capital given the short-term nature of the customers' commitment to the use of the Company's facilities; (7) the Company's ability to sub-lease or coordinate the sale of the Jena, Louisiana Facility with Correctional Properties Trust ("CPV"); (8) the Company's ability to project the size and growth of the U.S. privatized corrections industry; (9) the Company's ability to estimate the government's level of dependency on privatization; (10) the Company's ability to create long-term earnings visibility; (11) the Company's ability to obtain future low-interest financing; (12) the Company's exposure to rising general liability and workers' compensation insurance costs; and (13) other future factors including, but not limited to, factors contained in this report and the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. 6

FACILITIES The following table summarizes certain information with respect to facilities currently under management contract or award for management by the Company (or a subsidiary or joint venture of the Company) at December 30, 2001.

- --------------- (1) This facility is occupied by inmates under several contracts with varying terms and renewal options. The terms of these contracts range from two weeks to an indefinite period and the renewal option features range from no option to unlimited renewals. (2) Contract terms have yet to be negotiated. (3) The Company operates a chemical dependency treatment center located in this facility under a separate contract. This contract is for a three-year term expiring August 31, 2003. (4) The Company holds a contract for maintenance only of this facility. (5) The Company purchased this facility and provides services on an individual patient basis, therefore, there are no contracts with government agencies subject to terms and/or renewals. (6) The Company leases these facilities from Correctional Properties Trust. (7) This facility represents additional services under the current detention services contractual agreement with the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs ("DIMA"), and is subject to a six-week termination clause depending on client needs. (8) The Company provides comprehensive healthcare services to 11 government-operated prisons under this contract. (9) The Company provides detention services to 152 detainees being held under the provisions of Florida's "Jimmy Ryce Act" at the South Bay Facility in South Bay, Florida. (10) See Item 1 -- "Commitments and Contingencies." (11) The Company leases these facilities from the $220 million operating lease facility described in Item 2 -- "Properties." (12) The Company has a five-year contract with five one-year options to operate the facility on behalf of the county. The county, in turn, has a one-year contract, subject to annual renewal, with the state to house state prisoners at the facility. (13) The Company has a twenty-year contract with one five-year option to operate the facility on behalf of the county. The county, in turn, has a one-year contract, subject to annual renewal, with the U.S. Marshal Service to house federal prisoners at the facility. In April 1998, the Company sold three facilities owned by it and the rights to acquire four other facilities to CPV. CPV purchased an eighth facility directly from a government entity. In October 1998 the Company sold the completed portion of a ninth facility to CPV. During Fiscal 1999, CPV acquired a 600-bed expansion of the ninth facility and the right to acquire a tenth facility. During Fiscal 2000, CPV purchased an eleventh facility that the Company had the right to acquire. The facilities were then leased 10

to the Company under operating leases. There were no purchase and sale transactions between the Company and CPV in 2001. See Item 2 -- "Properties." The Company offers services that go beyond simply housing offenders. The Company's wide array of in-facility rehabilitative and educational programs differentiates it from many competitors who lack the experience or resources to provide such programs. Inmates at most facilities managed by the Company can also receive basic education through academic programs designed to improve inmates' literacy levels and to offer the opportunity to acquire General Education Development ("GED") certificates. Most Company-managed facilities also offer vocational training for in-demand occupations to inmates who lack marketable job skills. In addition, most Company-managed facilities offer life skills/transition planning programs that provide inmates job search training and employment skills, anger management skills, health education, financial responsibility training, parenting skills and other skills associated with becoming productive citizens. For example, at the Lockhart Work Program Facility, Lockhart, Texas, the Company, as part of its job training program, recruited firms from private industry to employ inmates at the facility. Inmates who participate in such programs receive job skills training and are paid at least the minimum wage. The inmates' earnings are used to compensate victims, defray the inmates' housing costs and support their dependents. This program is being expanded to the Company's correctional facilities in South Bay and Moore Haven, Florida. The Company also offers counseling, education and/or treatment to inmates with alcohol and drug abuse problems at thirty-three of the domestic facilities it manages. The Company believes that its program at the Kyle New Vision Chemical Dependency Treatment Center is the largest privately managed in-prison program of this nature in the United States. The Company operates each facility in accordance with the Company-wide policies and procedures and with the standards and guidelines required under the relevant contract. For many facilities, the standards and guidelines include those established by the American Correctional Association ("ACA"). The ACA, an independent organization of corrections professionals, establishes correctional facility standards and guidelines that are generally acknowledged as a benchmark by governmental agencies responsible for correctional facilities. Many of the Company's contracts for facilities in the United States require the Company to seek accreditation of the facility. The Company has sought and received ACA accreditation for twenty-three of the facilities it manages. Contracts to design and construct or to redesign and renovate facilities may be financed in a variety of ways. See also "Business -- Facility Design, Construction and Finance." If the project is financed using direct governmental appropriations, using proceeds of the sale of bonds or other obligations issued prior to the award of the project or by the Company directly, then financing is in place when the contract relating to the construction or renovation project is executed. If the project is financed using project-specific tax-exempt bonds or other obligations, the construction contract is generally subject to the sale of such bonds or obligations. Generally, substantial expenditures for construction will not be made on such a project until the tax-exempt bonds or other obligations are sold; and, if such bonds or obligations are not sold, construction and, therefore, management of the facility may either be delayed until alternative financing is procured or development of the project will be entirely suspended. If the project is self-financed by the Company, then financing is in place prior to the commencement of construction. When the Company is awarded a facility management contract, appropriations for the first annual or bi-annual period of the contract's term have generally already been approved, and the contract is subject to governmental appropriations for subsequent annual or bi-annual periods. 11

FACILITY MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS Other than listed in the following table, no other single customer accounted for 10% or more of the Company's total revenues for Fiscal 2001, 2000, and 1999.

Except for its contract for the Taft Correctional Institution, Rivers Correctional Institution, South Florida State Hospital, and the facilities in the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, all of which provide for fixed monthly rates, the Company's facility management contracts provide that the Company is compensated at an inmate or patient per diem rate based upon actual or guaranteed occupancy levels. Such compensation is invoiced in accordance with applicable laws and paid on a monthly basis. All of the Company's contracts are subject to either annual or bi-annual legislative appropriations. A failure by a governmental agency to receive appropriations could result in termination of the contract by such agency or a reduction of the management fee payable to the Company. To date, the Company has not encountered a situation where appropriations have not been made to a governmental agency with regard to the Company's contracts, although no assurance can be given that the governmental agencies will continue to receive appropriations in all cases. The following table summarizes the number of the Company's contracts under consideration for renewal:

Refer to the table in "Business -- Facilities" for detail of the renewal options for these contracts. The remainder of the Company's contracts are either in negotiation currently or have varied renewal options that are dependent upon the agency contracted with, the type of inmate, and other factors. Management believes they will be successful in renegotiating these contracts but can provide no assurance of future renewals. Except as described below, to date, all renewal options under the Company's management contracts have been exercised. However, in connection with the exercise of the renewal option, the contracting government agency or the Company typically has requested changes or adjustments to the contract terms. The Company's contracts typically allow a contracting governmental agency to terminate a contract for cause by giving the Company written notice ranging from 30 to 180 days. Three contracts have been terminated prior to the end of the contract term. On June 30, 2000, the cooperative agreement for the management of the Jena Juvenile Justice Center between the Company and the LaSalle Hospital District No. 1 was discontinued. Additionally, the contract for the management of the Travis County Community Justice Center was discontinued in 1999 based on the mutual agreement of the Company, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice State Jail Division and Travis County, Texas. The Company also had a contract that did not extend for the full term, which was for the management of the Monroe County, Florida jail. By mutual agreement of the Company and the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, the contract was discontinued in 1990 on an amicable basis. 12

In addition, in connection with the Company's management of such facilities, the Company is required to comply with all applicable local, state and federal laws and related rules and regulations. The Company's contracts typically require it to maintain certain levels of insurance coverage for general liability, workers' compensation, vehicle liability, and property loss or damage. If the Company does not maintain the required categories and levels of coverage, the contracting governmental agency may be permitted to terminate the contract. Presently, the Company is a named insured under a liability insurance program maintained by TWC, which includes comprehensive general liability, automobile liability and workers' compensation coverage for TWC and several of its domestic subsidiaries. See "Business -- Insurance." In addition, the Company is required under its contracts to indemnify the contracting governmental agency for all claims and costs arising out of the Company's management of facilities and in some instances the Company is required to maintain performance bonds. FACILITY DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCE The Company provides governmental agencies consultation and management services relating to the design and construction of new correctional and detention facilities and the redesign and renovation of older facilities. As of December 30, 2001, the Company has provided service for the design and construction of thirty-two facilities and for the redesign and renovation of three facilities and has contracts to design and construct one facility. The Company is willing to perform consultation and management services for the design and construction or redesign and renovation of a facility regardless of whether it has been awarded the contract for the management of such facility. See table in "Business -- Facilities." Under its construction and design management contracts, the Company agrees to be responsible for overall project development and completion. The Company makes use of an in-house staff of architects and operational experts from various corrections disciplines (e.g. security, medical service, food service, inmate programs and facility maintenance) as part of the decision team that participates from conceptual design through final construction of the project. When designing a facility, the Company's architects seek to utilize, with appropriate modifications, prototype designs the Company has used in developing prior projects. The Company believes that the use of such proven designs allows it to reduce cost overruns and construction delays and to reduce the number of guards required to staff a facility, thus controlling costs both to construct and to manage the facility. Security is maintained because the Company's facility designs increase the area of vision under surveillance by correctional officers and make use of additional electronic surveillance. The Company typically acts as the primary developer on construction contracts for facilities and subcontracts with national general contractors. Where possible, the Company subcontracts with construction companies with which it has previously worked. The Company has an in-house team of prison design and prison operations experts that coordinate all aspects of the development with subcontractors and provide site-specific services. It has been the Company's experience that it typically takes 9 to 24 months to construct a facility after the contract is executed and financing approved. The Company may also propose to contracting governmental agencies various financing structures for construction finance. The governmental agency may finance the construction of such facilities through various methods including, but not limited to, the following: (i) a one time general revenue appropriation by the government agency for the cost of the new facility; (ii) general obligation bonds that are secured by either a limited or unlimited tax levy by the issuing governmental entity; or (iii) lease revenue bonds or certificates of participation secured by an annual lease payment that is subject to annual or bi-annual legislative appropriations. The Company may also act as a source of financing or as a facilitator with respect to any financing. In these cases, the construction of such facilities may be financed through various methods including, but not limited to, the following: (i) funds from equity offerings of the Company's stock; (ii) cash flows from operations; (iii) borrowing from banks or other institutions (which may or may not be subject to government guarantees in the event of contract termination); or (iv) lease arrangements with third parties. Of the 61 facilities managed or contracted to be managed by the Company, 42 are funded 13

using one of the above-described financing vehicles, and 19 are directly leased. Additionally, the Jena Facility is directly leased for which the Company does not currently have an operating contract. MARKETING Currently, the Company views governmental agencies responsible for federal correctional facilities in the United States and governmental agencies responsible for correctional facilities in the United Kingdom and Australia as its primary potential customers. The Company's secondary customers include state and local agencies in the United States and other foreign governmental agencies. Governmental agencies responsible for correctional and detention facilities generally procure goods and services through RFPs. A typical RFP requires bidders to provide detailed information, including, but not limited to, descriptions of the following: the services to be provided by the bidder, its experience and qualifications, and the price at which the bidder is willing to provide the services (which services may include the renovation; improvement or expansion of an existing facility; or the planning, design and construction of a new facility). As part of the Company's process of responding to RFPs, management meets with appropriate personnel from the requesting agency, if permitted by the procurement, to best determine the prospective client's distinct needs. If the project fits within the Company's strategy, the Company then will submit a written response to the RFP. The Company estimates that it typically spends between $50,000 and $150,000 when responding to an RFP. The Company has engaged and intends in the future to engage independent consultants. Activities of the independent consultants include assisting the Company in developing privatization opportunities and in responding to RFPs, monitoring the legislative and business climate and maintaining relationships with existing clients. There are several critical events in the marketing process. These include issuance of an RFP by a governmental agency, submission of a response to the RFP by the Company, the award of a contract by a governmental agency and the commencement of construction or management of a facility. The Company's experience has been that a period of approximately five to ten weeks is generally required from the issuance of an RFP to the submission of the Company's response to the RFP; that between one and four months elapse between the submission of the Company's response and the agency's award for a contract; and that between one and four months elapse between the award of a contract and the commencement of construction or management of the facility. If the facility for which an award has been made must be constructed, the Company's experience is that construction usually takes between 9 and 24 months; therefore, management of a newly constructed facility typically commences between 10 and 28 months after the governmental agency's award. BUSINESS PROPOSALS The Company pursues both domestic and international projects. At December 30, 2001, the Company had outstanding written responses to RFPs for six projects with a total of 5,050 beds. The Company also is pursuing prospects for other projects for which it has not yet submitted, and may not submit, a response to an RFP. No assurance can be given that the Company will be successful in its efforts to receive additional awards with respect to any proposals submitted. INSURANCE The Company purchases comprehensive general liability, automobile liability and workers' compensation with a $1.0 million deductible per occurrence. The deductible portion of the Company's risk is re-insured by TWC's wholly-owned captive re-insurance company. The Company pays TWC a fee for the transfer of the deductible exposure. The Insurance Program consists of primary and excess insurance coverage. The primary coverage has a $5 million limit per occurrence with a $20 million general aggregate limit. The excess coverage has a $100 million limit per occurrence and in the aggregate which the Company shares with TWC. The Company believes such limits are adequate to insure against the various liability risks of its business. The premium paid by the Company to TWC for coverage under the 14

Insurance Program in 2001 was approximately $22.0 million, representing premiums paid to a captive reinsurance company that is wholly owned by TWC. The facility management contracts and various state statutes require the Company to maintain such insurance and the management contracts provide that the contracting agency may terminate the contract if the Company fails to maintain the required insurance coverages. Under the Insurance Program, the first $1 million of expenses and losses per occurrence were reinsured by TWC's wholly-owned captive reinsurance company during Fiscal 2001. EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE TRAINING At December 30, 2001, the Company had 10,763 full-time employees. Of such full-time employees, 66 were employed at the Company's headquarters and 10,697 were employed at facilities and regional offices. The Company employs management, administrative and clerical, security, educational services, health services and general maintenance personnel. The Company's correctional officer employees at George W. Hill Correctional Facility (Pennsylvania), Queens Private Correctional Facility (New York), Michigan Youth Correctional Facility (Michigan) and Bayamon Correctional Facility (Puerto Rico) are members of unions. The Company is also in negotiations with the union for the correctional officers at Desert View Community Correctional Facility (California). In addition, the Company's correctional officer employees at Auckland Central Remand Prison (New Zealand) and the majority of our employees in our Australian operations are represented by union agreements. In addition, the employees of Premier Prison Services in the United Kingdom are covered by a national collective bargaining agreement with the Prison Service Union. Other than the contracts described above, the Company has no other union contracts or collective bargaining agreements. The Company believes its relations with its employees are good. Under the laws applicable to most of the Company's operations, and internal Company policy, the Company's corrections officers are required to complete a minimum amount of training. At least 160 hours of pre-service training by the Company is required under most state laws before an employee is allowed to work in a position that will bring him or her in contact with inmates. In addition to a minium of 160 hours of pre-service training most states require 40 or 80 hours of on the job training. Florida law requires that correction officers receive 520 hours of training and Michigan law requires that correction officers receive 640 hours of training. The Company's training programs meet or exceed all applicable requirements. The Company's training begins with approximately 40 hours of instruction regarding Company policies, operational procedures and management philosophy. Training continues with an additional 120 hours of instruction covering legal issues, rights of inmates, techniques of communication and supervision, interpersonal skills and job training relating to the particular position to be held. Each Company employee who has contact with inmates receives a minimum of 40 hours of additional training each year, and each manager receives at least 24 hours of training each year. At least 222 hours of training is required for United Kingdom employees as 240 hours of training is required for Australian employees and 160 hours of training is required for South African employees before such employees are allowed to work in positions that will bring them into contact with inmates. Company employees in the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa receive a minimum of 40 hours of additional training each year. COMPETITION The Company competes primarily on the basis of the quality and range of services offered, its experience (both domestically and internationally) in the design, construction and management of privatized correctional and detention facilities, and its reputation. The Company competes with a number of companies, including, but not limited to: Corrections Corporation of America; Correctional Services Corporation; Group 4 Falck Global Solutions Ltd; U.K. Detention Services, Ltd.; Cornell Companies, Inc.; Securicor PLC; Sodexho Alliance; and Management and Training Corporation. Some of the Company's competitors are larger and have greater resources than the Company. The Company also competes in some markets with small local companies that may have a better knowledge of the local conditions and may be 15

better able to gain political and public acceptance. In addition, in some markets, the Company may compete with governmental agencies that are responsible for correctional facilities. NON-U.S. OPERATIONS Although most of the operations of the Company are within the United States, its international operations make a significant contribution to income. International operations of the Company provide correctional and detention facilities management in Australia and New Zealand. A summary of domestic and international operations is presented below:

The Company has affiliates (50% or less owned) that provide correctional and detention facilities management in the United Kingdom and South Africa. The following table summarizes certain financial information pertaining to the United Kingdom unconsolidated foreign affiliates, on a combined basis, for the last three fiscal years.

The following table summarizes certain financial information pertaining to the South Africa unconsolidated foreign affiliates, on a combined basis, for the last two fiscal years.

BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS The industry in which the Company operates is subject to national, federal, state, and local regulations in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and Puerto Rico which are administered by a variety of regulatory authorities. Generally, prospective providers of corrections services must be able to detail their readiness to, and must comply with, a variety of applicable state and local regulations, including education, health care and safety regulations. The Company's contracts frequently include extensive reporting requirements and require supervision and on-site monitoring by representatives of contracting governmental agencies. The Company's Kyle New Vision Chemical Dependency Treatment Center is licensed by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse to provide substance abuse treatment. Certain states, such as Florida and Texas, deem correctional officers to be peace officers and require Company personnel to be licensed and subject to background investigation. State law also typically requires corrections officers to meet certain training standards. In addition, many state and local governments are required to enter into a competitive bidding procedure before awarding contracts for products or services. The laws of certain jurisdictions may also require the Company to award subcontracts on a competitive basis or to subcontract with businesses owned by women or members of minority groups. The failure to comply with any applicable laws, rules or regulations or the loss of any required license could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, the current and future operations of the Company may be subject to additional regulations as a result of, among other factors, new statutes and regulations and changes in the manner in which existing statutes and regulations are or may be interpreted or applied. Any such additional regulations could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES In December 2001, the Company was issued a notice of contract non-renewal by the Administration of Corrections from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the management of the Bayamon Correctional Facility. The current contract expires March 23, 2002. The Company has met with various government officials in an effort to reverse the initial decision. However, there can be no assurance that these efforts will be successful. The Company does not expect the discontinuation of the management contract to have a significant adverse impact on the Company's future results of operations and cash flows. The Bayamon Correctional Facility is owned by the government and there is no lease commitment on the part of the Company. 17

On June 30, 2002, the Company's contract with the California Department of Corrections (the "Department") for the management of the McFarland Community Corrections Center expires. The Company believes that the Department may not renew this contract due to budgetary constraints. The Company is continuing its efforts to extend the current contract through discussions with the legislature and department officials, as well as offering the facility to other interested government agencies. There can be no assurances that these efforts will be successful. The facility is currently in the fourth year of a ten-year non-cancelable operating lease with CPV. In the event the Company is unable to extend the contract or find an alternative use for the facility, the Company will be required to record an operating charge in 2002 related to its future minimum lease commitment with CPV. The remaining lease obligation is approximately $6.0 million through April 28, 2008. The Company continues to incur higher insurance costs due to a hardened seller's insurance market, which was exacerbated by the events of September 11, 2001 and historical adverse claims experience. The Company has implemented a strategy to improve the management of future claims incurred by the Company but can provide no assurances that this strategy will result in a lower insurance rate. The Company's insurance costs increased significantly during the third and fourth quarter of 2001. Management believes these costs have stabilized. However, the increases may continue through 2002. In connection with the financing and management of one Australian facility, the Company's wholly-owned Australian subsidiary was required to make an investment of approximately $5 million. The balance of the facility was financed with long-term debt obligations which are non-recourse to the Company. The subsidiary has a leasehold interest in the facility and does not have the ultimate rights of ownership. In the event the management contract is terminated for default, the Company's investment of approximately $5 million is at risk. The Company believes that the risk of termination for default is remote and notes that the project has operated successfully for 5 years. The management contract is up for renewal in September 2002. Management believes the management contract will be renewed. If the management contract is not renewed (other than due to a default), the subsidiary's investment must be repaid by the state government. ITEM 2. PROPERTIES The Company leases its corporate headquarters office space in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, from TWC and a third party. In addition, the Company leases office space for its regional offices in Austin, Texas; Irvine, California; Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; and Sydney, Australia. The Company also leases the space for the following facilities it manages under operating leases: (i) Aurora INS Processing Center; (ii) Broward County Work Release Center; (iii) Central Texas Parole Violator Facility; (iv) Central Valley Community Correctional Facility; (v) Coke County Juvenile Justice Facility; (vi) Desert View Community Correctional Facility; (vii) Golden State Community Correctional Facility; (viii) Guadalupe County Correctional Facility; (ix) Jena Juvenile Justice Center; (x) Karnes County Correctional Center; (xi) Lawton Correctional Facility; (xii) Lea County Correctional Facility; (xiii) McFarland Community Correctional Facility; (xiv) Michigan Youth Correctional Facility; (xv) North Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility; (xvi) Queens Private Correctional Facility; (xvii) Rivers Correctional Institution; (xviii) Western Region Detention Facility at San Diego and (xix) Val Verde Correctional Facility. The Company owns a 72-bed psychiatric hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida which it purchased and renovated in 1997. In December 1997, the Company entered into a $220 million operating lease facility that was established to acquire and develop new correctional institutions used in its business. As a condition of this facility, the Company unconditionally agreed to guarantee certain debt obligations of First Security Bank, N.A., a party to the aforementioned operating lease facility. As of December 30, 2001, approximately $154.3 million of this operating lease facility was utilized for four properties in operation. 18

The term of the operating lease facility expires December 18, 2002. The Company is exploring a number of alternatives to refinance the outstanding balance, and believes it will be successful in these efforts. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to complete the refinancing prior to December 18, 2002. Upon expiration, the Company may purchase the properties in the facility for their original acquisition cost. If the Company were to purchase the properties, the Company may use a number of forms of debt financing which would require the properties, and any related debt incurred to purchase the properties, to be reported on the Company's balance sheet. Alternatively, the Company may cause the properties to be sold to a third party. If the sales proceeds yield less than the original acquisition cost, the Company will make up the difference up to a maximum of 88% of the original acquisition cost. ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The nature of the Company's business results in claims or litigation against the Company for damages arising from the conduct of its employee or others. Except for routine litigation incidental to the business of the Company, there are no pending material legal proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their property is subject. ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report. 19

PART II ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE COMPANY'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS The following table shows the high and low prices for Wackenhut Corrections Corporation's ("the Company") common stock, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange, for each of the four quarters of fiscal 2001 and 2000. The prices shown have been rounded to the nearest $1/100th. The approximate number of shareholders of record as of February 13, 2002, was 186.

The Company intends to retain its earnings to finance the growth and development of its business and does not anticipate paying cash dividends on its capital stock in the foreseeable future. Future dividends, if any, will depend, among other things, on the future earnings, capital requirements and financial condition of the Company, and on such other factors as the Company's Board of Directors may consider relevant. The Company actively pursued its stock buy-back program in open market and block purchases. During fiscal 2001 and 2000, the Company purchased 122,000 and 500,000 shares, respectively, of its common stock at an average price of $12.68 and $9.87 per share, respectively. 20

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA The selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto.

- --------------- (1) The Company's fiscal year ends on the Sunday closest to the calendar year end. Fiscal 1998 included 53 weeks. Fiscal 2001, 2000, 1999, and 1997 each included 52 weeks. (2) Compensated resident days are calculated as follows: (a) per diem rate facilities -- the number of beds occupied by residents on a daily basis during the fiscal year and, (b) fixed rate facilities -- the design capacity of the facility multiplied by the number of days the facility was in operation during the fiscal year. Amounts exclude compensated resident days for United Kingdom facilities. 21

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK INTRODUCTION The following discussion and analysis provides information which management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of the Company's consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Certain statements included in this document may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and future performance of the Company that involves risks and uncertainties that could materially affect actual results, including statements regarding estimated earnings, revenues and costs and estimated openings of new facilities and new global business development opportunities. For further discussion of these statements, refer to Item 1 "Business -- Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995." OVERVIEW The Company, a 57% owned subsidiary of The Wackenhut Corporation ("TWC", NYSE: WAK and WAKB), is a leader in offering government agencies a turnkey approach to developing new correctional institutions that includes design, construction, financing and operations. It provides a broad spectrum of correctional services, which include adult corrections, juvenile facilities, community corrections and special purpose institutions. Additionally, the Company is a leading developer and manager of public sector mental health facilities. The Company has contracts/awards to manage 59 correctional facilities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand with a total of 39,543 beds, and additional contracts for prisoner transportation, correctional health care services, mental health services, and facility design and construction. FINANCIAL CONDITION LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES The Company's principal sources of liquidity are from operations, borrowings under its credit facilities, and sale of its rights to acquire prison facilities. Cash and equivalents totaled $46.1 million at December 30, 2001, compared to $33.8 million at December 31, 2000. One of the Company's sources of liquidity is a $30 million multi-currency revolving credit facility, which includes $5.0 million for the issuance of letters of credit. At December 30, 2001, there was no amount outstanding under this facility. This revolving credit facility expires December 18, 2002. At December 30, 2001 the Company had five letters of credit outstanding in an aggregate amount of approximately $0.2 million. Availability related to these instruments at December 30, 2001 was $30.0 million. At December 30, 2001, the Company had outstanding thirteen letters of guarantee totaling approximately $10.2 million under separate international facilities. The Company has a $220 million operating lease facility established to acquire and develop new correctional institutions used in its business. As of December 30, 2001, approximately $154.3 million of this operating lease facility was utilized for four properties in operation. The term of the operating lease facility expires December 18, 2002. The Company is exploring a number of alternatives to refinance the outstanding balance, and believes it will be successful in these efforts. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to complete the refinancing 22

prior to December 18, 2002. Upon expiration of the operating lease facility, the Company may purchase the properties in the facility for their original acquisition cost. If the Company were to purchase the properties, the Company may use a number of forms of debt financing which would require the properties, and any related debt incurred to purchase the properties, to be reported on the Company's balance sheet. Alternatively, the Company may cause the properties to be sold to a third party. If the sales proceeds yield less than the original acquisition cost, the Company will make up the difference up to a maximum of 88% of the original acquisition cost. In connection with the financing and management of one Australian facility, the Company's wholly-owned Australian subsidiary was required to make an investment of approximately $5 million. The balance of the facility was financed with long-term debt obligations which are non-recourse to the Company. The subsidiary has a leasehold interest in the facility and does not have the ultimate rights of ownership. In the event the management contract is terminated for default, the Company's investment of approximately $5 million is at risk. The Company believes that the risk of termination for default is remote and notes that the project has operated successfully for 5 years. The management contract is up for renewal in September 2002. Management believes the management contract will be renewed. If the management contract is not renewed (other than due to a default), the subsidiary's investment must be repaid by the state government. Cash provided by operating activities amounted to $29.5 million in fiscal 2001 compared to cash provided by operating activities of $25.9 million in fiscal 2000, primarily reflecting higher net income. Cash used in investing activities decreased by $17.0 million to $3.9 million in fiscal 2001 as compared to fiscal 2000. This change is primarily due to reduced capital expenditures in 2001 and increased repayments of company advances by affiliates in 2001. Cash used in financing activities increased by $1.2 million to $11.2 million in fiscal 2001 as compared to fiscal 2000. This change reflects higher net repayments on long-term debt offset by fewer repurchases of common stock. Current cash requirements consist of amounts needed for: working capital; capital expenditures and supply purchases; investments in joint ventures; and investments in facilities. Some of the Company's management contracts require the Company to make substantial initial expenditures of cash in connection with opening or renovating a facility. The initial expenditures subsequently are fully or partially recoverable as pass-through costs or are billable as a component of the "per diem" rates or monthly fixed fees to the contracting agency over the original term of the contract. Twenty-one contracts are subject to renewal in 2002. Management of the Company believes they will be successful in the renegotiation of these contracts except as separately discussed herein. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to renew these contracts. The accumulated other comprehensive loss component of shareholders' equity increased from a deficit of $5.5 million at December 31, 2000 to a deficit of $20.8 million at December 30, 2001, primarily due to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 ("SFAS 133"), "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," and a decrease in the value of the Australian dollar relative to the United States dollar in connection with our Australian and New Zealand operations. See "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements -- Interest Rate Swaps." Management believes that cash on hand, cash funds from operations and available lines of credit will be adequate to support currently planned business expansion and various obligations incurred in the operation of the Company's business, both on a near and long-term basis. The Company's access to capital and ability to compete for future capital intensive projects is dependent upon, among other things, its ability to renew its $220 million operating lease facility and its $30 million revolving credit facility at reasonable rates in 2002. A substantial decline in the Company's financial performance as a result of an increase in operational expenses relative to revenue could limit the Company's access to capital. 23

INFLATION Management believes that inflation, in general, did not have a material effect on the Company's results of operations during fiscal 2001 and 1999. However, in fiscal 2000, the Company experienced increased wage pressures due to tight labor markets in certain key geographic areas. In addition, the Company was negatively impacted by significant increases in utilities costs in fiscal 2000, particularly in the western United States. While some of the Company's contracts include provisions for inflationary indexing, inflation could have a substantial adverse effect on the Company's results of operations in the future to the extent that wages and salaries, which represent the largest expense to the Company, increase at a faster rate than the per diem or fixed rates received by the Company for its management services. MARKET RISK The Company is exposed to market risks, including changes in interest rates and currency exchange rates. These exposures primarily relate to changes in interest rates with respect to a $220 million operating lease facility and a $30 million revolving credit facility and the Company's renewal of these facilities in 2002 at reasonable rates. Monthly payments under these facilities are indexed to a variable interest rate. Based upon the Company's interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate exposure at December 30, 2001, a 100 basis point change in the current interest rate or a 10 percent increase in historical currency rates would have approximately a $1.5 million effect on the Company's financial position and results of operations over the next fiscal year. RELATED PARTIES As discussed herein, the Company has related party transactions with its parent company, TWC. Additionally, the Company has significant transactions with Correctional Properties Trust ("CPV", NYSE: CPV). The Company and CPV have three common members on their respective board of directors. The Company leases eleven facilities from CPV under ten year operating leases. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Fiscal 2001 compared with Fiscal 2000 Revenues increased $26.5 million, or 5.0% to $562.1 million in 2001 from $535.6 million in 2000. The increase in revenues is the result of new facility openings offset by lower construction revenue, closure of two facilities and lower compensated resident days at the DIMA facilities in Australia. Specifically, revenue increased approximately $52.5 million in 2001 compared to 2000 due to increased compensated resident days resulting from the opening of two facilities in 2000, (Auckland Central Remand Prison, Auckland, New Zealand in July 2000 and the Western Region Detention Facility at San Diego, San Diego, California in July 2000) and the opening of two facilities in 2001 (Val Verde Correctional Facility, Del Rio, Texas in January 2001 and the Rivers Correctional Institution, Winton, North Carolina in March 2001). Revenues decreased by approximately $27.3 million in 2001 compared to 2000 due to less construction activity. Revenues also decreased by approximately $10.4 million in 2001 compared to 2000 due to the cessation of operations at the Jena Juvenile Justice Center, the expiration of our contracts with the Arkansas Board of Correction and Community Punishment and a decline in compensated resident days at the DIMA facilities. The balance of the increase in revenues was attributable to facilities open during all of both periods and increases in per diem rates. The number of compensated resident days in domestic facilities increased to 9.2 million in 2001 from 8.8 million in 2000. Average facility occupancy in domestic facilities was 97% for 2001 and 2000. Compensated resident days in Australian facilities increased to 1.9 million in 2001 from 1.8 million in 24

2000 primarily due to the opening of the Auckland Central Remand Prison in July 2000. Average facility occupancy in Australian facilities decreased to 94.3% in 2001 from 99.1% in 2000. The Company has 21 existing contracts up for renewal in 2002. Management expects to renew these contracts, except as discussed below, but can provide no assurance that the Company will be successful in these efforts. In December 2001, the Company was issued a notice of contract non-renewal by the Administration of Corrections from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the management of the Bayamon Correctional Facility. The current contract is set to expire March 23, 2002. The Company has met with various government officials in an effort to reverse the initial decision. There can be no assurance that these efforts will be successful. The Company does not expect the discontinuation of the management contract to have a significant adverse impact on the Company's future results of operations and cash flows. The Bayamon Correctional Facility is owned by the government and there is no lease commitment on the part of the Company. On June 30, 2002, the Company's contract with the California Department of Corrections (the "Department") for the management of the McFarland Community Corrections Center is set to expire. The Company believes that the Department may not renew this contract due to budgetary constraints. The Company is continuing its efforts to extend the current contract through discussions with the legislature and department officials, as well as offering the facility to other interested government agencies. There can be no assurances that these efforts will be successful. The facility is currently in the fourth year of a ten-year non-cancelable operating lease with CPV. In the event the Company is unable to extend the contract or find an alternative use for the Facility, the Company will be required to record an operating charge in 2002 related to its future minimum lease commitments with CPV. The remaining lease obligation is approximately $6.0 million through April 28, 2008. Operating expenses increased by 3.6% to $500.5 million in 2001 compared to $483.0 million in 2000. As a percentage of revenues, operating expenses decreased to 89.1% in 2001 from 90.2% in 2000. This increase primarily reflects the four facilities that were opened in 2001 and 2000, as described above. Additionally, there are a number of secondary factors contributing to the increase in operating expenses in 2001 as compared to 2000 which include the following: lease expense for payments made to CPV of $20.9 million, excluding the Jena lease payments included in the Jena charge, offset by $1.9 million in amortization of the deferred revenue from the sale of properties to CPV; and expenses related to the construction of a new facility for the government of the Netherlands Antilles. The decrease as a percentage of revenue is the result of improved operations at a number of facilities including: Lea County Correctional Facility (New Mexico), Michigan Youth Correctional Facility (Michigan), and North Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility (Texas) and the termination of its management service contract for the Grimes and McPherson Correctional Facilities on June 30, 2001. The Company implemented strategies to improve the operational performance of these facilities and believes their performance has stabilized. However, there can be no assurance that these strategies will continue to be successful. Additionally during 2001 the Company renegotiated its management contract for the George W. Hill Correctional Facility. The Company purchases comprehensive general liability, automobile liability and workers' compensation with a $1.0 million deductible per occurrence. The deductible portion of the Company's risk is re-insured by TWC's wholly-owned captive re-insurance company. The Company pays TWC a fee for the transfer of the deductible exposure. The Company continues to incur higher insurance costs due to a hardened seller's insurance market, which was exacerbated by the events of September 11, 2001 and historical adverse claims experience. The Company's insurance costs increased significantly during the third and fourth quarter of 2001. The Company paid premiums related to this program of approximately $22.0 million in fiscal 2001 as compared to approximately $13.6 million in fiscal 2000. Management believes these costs have stabilized, however, the increases may continue in the future. The Company has implemented a strategy to improve the management of future claims incurred by the Company but can provide no assurance that this strategy will result in lower insurance rates. In addition to the casualty insurance program with TWC, related party transactions occur in the normal course of business between the Company and TWC. Such transactions include the purchase of goods and services and corporate costs for 25

management support, office space and interest expense. Total related party transaction costs with TWC, excluding casualty insurance, were approximately $3.2 million in fiscal 2001 as compared to $3.8 million in fiscal 2000. As previously discussed, the Company also incurred significant unanticipated wage increases in 2000 due to tight labor markets. The Company did not experience significant unanticipated wage increases in 2001. In 2001, the Company reported an operating charge of $3.0 million ($1.8 million after tax, or $0.09 per share), related to the Jena, Louisiana facility which represents the expected losses to be incurred on the lease through December 2002 as management believes a sale of the facility will be finalized by that date or an alternative future use will be found. There can be no assurance that the Company and CPV will be able to successfully complete a sale. If a sale is not completed prior to December 29, 2002, or if the Company is unable to sublease or find an alternative use for the Jena Facility prior to December 29, 2002, an additional charge related to the Jena Facility would be required. The Company's total remaining obligation under the lease agreement is approximately $14 million. This compares with a charge of $3.8 million in 2000 ($2.3 million after tax, or $0.11 per share). At that time the Company estimated the facility would remain inactive through 2001. Depreciation and amortization increased by 14.8% to $9.9 million in 2001 from $8.6 million in 2000 due to the new facilities added in 2001 and a full year of depreciation on the San Diego facility added in 2000. As a percentage of revenues, depreciation and amortization increased to 1.8% from 1.6% in 2000. Contribution from operations increased 21.4% to $48.6 million in 2001 from $40.0 million in 2000. As discussed above, this increase is primarily attributable to the four new facilities that opened in 2001 and 2000 and the other factors discussed above. As a percentage of revenue, contribution from operations increased to 8.6% in 2001 from 7.5% in 2000. General and administrative expenses increased 15.6% to $24.4 million in 2001 from $21.1 million in 2000. The increase reflects costs related to additional personnel and infrastructure as well as increased salary costs and higher travel costs. As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses increased to 4.3% in 2001 from 3.9% in 2000. Operating income increased by 27.9% to $24.2 million in 2001 from $18.9 million in 2000. As a percentage of revenue, operating income increased to 4.3% in 2001 from 3.5% in 2000 due to the factors impacting contribution from operations. Interest income decreased 52.5% to $1.2 million in 2001 from $2.6 million in 2000. This decrease is primarily due to lower average invested cash balances, lower interest rates and the sale of a portion of the Company's loans to overseas affiliates in 2000. Interest expense decreased 57.3% to $0.6 million in 2001 from $1.3 million in 2000. This decrease is due to decreased interest rates and paying down $10.0 million in long-term debt during 2001. Other income in 2000 of $0.6 million represents a gain from the sale of a portion of the Company's loans to overseas affiliates. There was no such activity in 2001. Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliates, increased to $24.9 million in 2001 from $20.9 million in 2000 due to the factors described previously. Provision for income taxes increased to $9.7 million in 2001 from $8.4 million in 2000 due to the increase in income before income taxes. The Company's effective tax rate decreased 1% due to lower foreign tax rates. Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision, decreased 6.0% to $4.2 million in 2001 from $4.5 million in 2000 due to phase-in costs associated with the 800-bed Dovegate prison in the United Kingdom, which opened in the third quarter of 2001, and start-up costs related to the 3,024-bed South African prison on schedule to open in mid-February, 2002. Net income increased 14.0% to $19.4 million in 2001 from $17.0 million in 2000 as a result of the factors described above. 26

Fiscal 2000 compared with Fiscal 1999 Revenues increased $97.1 million, or 22.1% to $535.6 million in 2000 from $438.5 million in 1999. Approximately $68.7 million of the increase in revenues in 2000 compared with 1999 is primarily attributable to increased compensated resident days resulting from the opening of two new facilities in 2000 and increased compensated resident days at six facilities that opened in 1999 offset by the loss of the Jena, Louisiana and Travis County, Texas contracts. Approximately $27.8 million of the increase in revenues represents project revenue for the development of the South Florida State Hospital and Curacao projects. The balance of the increase in revenues was attributable to facilities open during all of both periods. The Company expects to open two facilities in the first quarter of 2001, a 784-bed facility in Del Rio, Texas and 1,200-bed facility in Winton, North Carolina. When opening a new facility the Company incurs significant costs for payroll and training of new personnel. However, the Company does not receive occupants until the contracting agency has certified the facility as being complete and ready for use. The Company believes it will meet all the necessary requirements and intake inmates in accordance with its planned schedule. However there can be no assurances that the contracting agency will certify the facility and as a result that the Facility will open as scheduled. Any delays in opening could significantly impact the Company's first quarter 2001 results of operations. The number of compensated resident days in domestic facilities increased to 8.8 million in 2000 from 8.5 million in 1999. Average facility occupancy in domestic facilities remained constant at 97.4% for 2000 and 1999. Compensated resident days in Australian facilities increased to 1.8 million from 1.1 million in 1999 primarily due to higher compensated resident days at the immigration detention facilities. Average facility occupancy in Australian facilities increased to 99.1% in 2000 from 96.6% in 1999. Operating expenses increased by 24.1% to $483.0 million in 2000 compared to $389.3 million in 1999. As a percentage of revenues, operating expenses increased to 90.2% in 2000 from 88.8% in 1999. This increase primarily reflects the eight facilities that were opened in 2000 and 1999, as described above. Additionally, there are a number of secondary factors contributing to the increase which include the following: lease expense for payments made to CPV of $21.6 million, excluding the Jena lease payments included in the one-time special charge, offset by $1.9 million in amortization of the deferred revenue from the sale of properties to CPV; expenses related to the construction of new facilities for the South Florida State Hospital and the government of the Netherlands Antilles; and additional expenses related to operations at the Jena Juvenile Justice Center (Louisiana), Lea County Correctional Facility (New Mexico), Ronald McPherson Correctional Facility (Arkansas), Scott Grimes Correctional Facility (Arkansas), Michigan Youth Correctional Facility (Michigan), and North Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility (Texas). The Company has developed strategies to improve the operational performance of these facilities, however, there can be no assurances that these strategies will be successful. Additionally, the Company has informed the Arkansas Board of Correction and Community Punishment and the Arkansas Department of Correction that the Company would not consider a third extension of its management service contract for the Grimes and McPherson Correctional Facilities under the contracts' current terms and conditions. The existing contracts are set to expire on June 30, 2001. The Company does not expect the expiration of the current management contracts to have any material impact on the Company's financial guidance for the fiscal year 2001. Both Arkansas prisons are owned by the State. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to exit these facilities with out negative financial impact. The Company continues to incur increasing insurance costs due to adverse claims experience. Based on the Company's experience, 2000 insurance rates (based on payroll) increased over 1999 resulting in approximately $2.4 million of additional expense. If the Company's loss experience continues to deteriorate, additional insurance costs could adversely impact results of operations and the Company's financial guidance for 2001. The Company is developing a strategy to improve the management of its future loss claims but can provide no assurances that this strategy will be successful. As previously discussed the Company also incurred significant unanticipated wage increases in 2000 due to tight labor markets. Additionally, during 2000, the Company experienced increased medical costs for offsite hospitalizations and treatment of serious illnesses of certain residents, which were beyond the treatment capabilities of the Company's facilities. 27

In 2000, the Company reported an operating charge of $3.8 million ($2.3 million after tax, or $0.11 per share), related to the de-activation of the Jena, Louisiana facility. The Company estimates the facility will remain inactive through the end of 2001. Depreciation and amortization increased by 61.3% to $8.6 million in 2000 from $5.4 million in 1999 due to the increase in operational assets during 2000 as compared with 1999 as well as increased leasehold improvements at the New Mexico, Oklahoma, and San Diego facilities. As a percentage of revenues, depreciation and amortization increased to 1.6% from 1.2% in 1999. Contribution from operations decreased 8.6% to $40.0 million in 2000 from $43.8 million in 1999. As discussed above, this decrease is primarily attributable to the special operating charge related to the Jena Juvenile Justice Center as well as the eight new facilities that opened in 2000 and 1999. As a percentage of revenue, contribution from operations decreased to 7.5% in 2000 from 10.0% in 1999. General and administrative expenses increased 18.9% to $21.1 million in 2000 from $17.8 million in 1999. The increase reflects costs related to additional personnel and infrastructure, as well as $1.1 million of additional costs related to the Company's service agreement with TWC. As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses decreased to 3.9% in 2000 from 4.1% in 1999. Operating income decreased by 27.4% to $18.9 million in 2000 from $26.0 million in 1999. As a percentage of revenue, operating income decreased to 3.5% in 2000 from 5.9% in 1999 due to the factors impacting contribution from operations. Interest income decreased 26.2% to $2.6 million in 2000 from $3.6 million in 1999. This decrease is primarily due to lower invested cash balances and the sale of approximately one-half of the Company's loans to overseas affiliates. Interest expense increased 19.7% to $1.3 million in 2000 from $1.1 million in 1999. This increase is due to increased interest rates. Other income decreased 75.4% to $0.6 million in 2000 from $2.6 million in 1999. This decrease is due to a $2.6 million gain from the sale of approximately one-half of the Company's loans to overseas affiliates in 1999 as compared with the $0.6 million gain recorded in 2000. These loans were previously included in "Investments in and advances to affiliates" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliates, decreased to $20.9 million in 2000 from $31.1 million in 1999 due to the factors described previously. Provision for income taxes decreased to $8.4 million in 2000 from $12.5 million in 1999 due to the decrease in income before income taxes and the decrease in the effective rate to 40.0% in 2000 from 40.1% in 1999. Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision, increased 35.7% to $4.5 million in 2000 from $3.3 million in 1999 due to the commencement of home monitoring contracts in January 1999 and the opening of H.M. Prison Kilmarnock in March 1999, the Hassockfield Secure Training Centre in Medomsley, England in September 1999 and H.M. Prison Pucklechurch in Pucklechurch, England in November 1999. Net income decreased 22.5% to $17.0 million in 2000 from $21.9 million in 1999 as a result of the factors described above. 28

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 30, 2001, DECEMBER 31, 2000, AND JANUARY 2, 2000

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements. 29

WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 30, 2001 AND DECEMBER 31, 2000

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these balance sheets. 30

WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 30, 2001, DECEMBER 31, 2000, AND JANUARY 2, 2000

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements. 31

WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 30, 2001, DECEMBER 31, 2000, AND JANUARY 2, 2000

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements. 32

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the Fiscal Years Ended December 30, 2001, December 31, 2000, and January 2, 2000 1. GENERAL Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, a Florida corporation, and subsidiaries (the "Company"), a majority owned subsidiary of The Wackenhut Corporation ("TWC"), is a leading developer and manager of privatized correctional, detention and public sector mental health services facilities located in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES FISCAL YEAR The Company's fiscal year ends on the Sunday closest to the calendar year end. Fiscal 2001, 2000 and 1999 each included 52 weeks. BASIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. Investments in 20 percent to 50 percent owned affiliates are accounted for under the equity method. All significant intercompany transactions and balances between the Company and its subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation. USE OF ESTIMATES The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company's significant estimates include allowance for doubtful accounts, construction cost estimates, employee deferred compensation accruals, the reserve related to the Jena Facility and certain reserves required under its operating contracts. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximates fair value. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS The Company classifies as cash equivalents all interest-bearing deposits or investments with original maturities of three months or less. INVENTORIES Food and supplies inventories are carried at the lower of cost or market, on a first-in first-out basis and are included in "other current assets" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Uniform inventories are carried at amortized cost and are amortized over a period of eighteen months. The current portion of unamortized uniforms is included in "other current assets." The long-term portion is included in "other assets" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Accelerated methods of depreciation are generally used for income tax 33

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) purposes. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the improvement or the term of the lease. Interest is capitalized in connection with the construction of correctional and detention facilities. The capitalized interest is recorded as part of the asset to which it relates and is amortized over the asset's estimated useful life. No interest cost was capitalized in 2001 as compared with $0.9 million in 2000. IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of," requires that long-lived assets, including certain identifiable intangibles, and the goodwill related to those assets, be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset in question may not be recoverable. Management has reviewed the Company's long-lived assets and determined that there are no events requiring impairment loss recognition. Events that would trigger an impairment assessment include deterioration of profits for a business segment that has long-lived assets, or when other changes occur which might impair recovery of long-lived assets. The method used to determine impairment would be undiscounted operating cash flows estimated over the remaining amortization period for the related long-lived assets. The Company would measure impairment as the difference between fair value and the net book value of the related asset. GOODWILL Goodwill represents the cost of acquired enterprises in excess of the fair value of the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired. Goodwill is amortized on a straight-line basis over a 10 year period. Accumulated amortization totaled approximately $2.6 million and $1.8 million at December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, respectively. Amortization expense was $0.9 million in 2001 and $0.3 million for each of the years 2000 and 1999. DEFERRED REVENUE Deferred revenue primarily represents the unamortized net gain on the development of properties and on the sale and leaseback of properties by the Company to Correctional Properties Trust ("CPV"), a Maryland real estate investment trust. The Company leases these properties back from CPV under operating leases. Deferred revenue is being amortized over the lives of the leases and is recognized in income as a reduction of rental expenses. REVENUE RECOGNITION In accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, facility management revenues are recognized as services are provided based on a net rate per day per inmate or on a fixed monthly rate. Project development and design revenues are recognized as earned on a percentage of completion basis measured by the percentage of costs incurred to date as compared to estimated total cost for each contract. This method is used because management considers costs incurred to date to be the best available measure of progress on these contracts. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts and changes to cost estimates are made in the period in which the Company determines that such losses and changes are probable. Contract costs include all direct material and labor costs and those indirect costs related to contract performance. Changes in job performance, job conditions, and estimated profitability, including those arising from contract penalty provisions, and final contract settlements may result in revisions to estimated costs and income, and are recognized in the period in which the revisions are determined. 34

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) INCOME TAXES The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes." Under this method, deferred income taxes are determined on the estimated future tax effects of differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities given the provisions of enacted tax laws. Deferred income tax provisions and benefits are based on changes to the asset or liability from year to year. EARNINGS PER SHARE Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. In the computation of diluted earnings per share, the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding is adjusted for the effect of all potential common stock. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME SFAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income" requires companies to report all changes in equity in a financial statement for the period in which they are recognized, except those resulting from investment by owners and distributions to owners. The Company has chosen to disclose Comprehensive Income, which encompasses net income, foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax and unrealized loss on affiliate's derivative instruments, net of tax, in the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income. CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable and financial instruments used in hedging activities. The Company's cash management and investment policies restrict investments to low-risk, highly liquid securities, and the Company performs periodic evaluations of the credit standing of the financial institutions with which it deals. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers' financial condition and generally does not require collateral. The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses, and such losses traditionally have been within management's expectations. As of December 30, 2001, and December 31, 2000, management believes the Company had no significant concentrations of credit risk. FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION The Company's foreign operations use their local currencies as their functional currencies. Assets and liabilities of the operations are translated at the exchange rates in effect on the balance sheet date and shareholders' equity is translated at historical rates. Income statement items are translated at the average exchange rates for the year. The impact of currency fluctuation is included in shareholders' equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. INTEREST RATE SWAPS The Company adopted Statement of Financial accounting Standards No. 133 ("SFAS 133"), "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," as amended by SFAS No. 137 and 138, on January 1, 2001. The Statement establishes accounting and reporting standards requiring that derivative instruments be recorded in the balance sheet as either an asset or liability and measured at fair value. SFAS 133 requires that changes in the derivative's fair value be recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. The Company's 50% owned equity affiliate operating in the United Kingdom has entered into interest rate swaps to fix the interest rate it receives on its variable rate credit facility. Management of the Company has determined the swaps to be effective cash flow hedges. Accordingly, the Company records its share of the affiliate's change in other comprehensive income as a 35

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) result of applying SFAS 133. The adoption of SFAS 133 resulted in a $12.1 million reduction of shareholders' equity. As of December 30, 2001, the swaps approximated $12.6 million which is reflected as a component of other comprehensive loss in the Company's financial statements for the year ended December 30, 2001. ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In June 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 ("SFAS 141"), "Business Combinations." SFAS 141 addresses financial accounting and reporting for business combinations and supercedes APB No. 16, "Business Combinations" and SFAS No. 38 "Accounting for Preacquisition Contingencies of Purchased Enterprises." All business combinations in the scope of SFAS 141 are to be accounted for under the purchase method. SFAS 141 is effective June 30, 2001. The adoption of SFAS 141 did not have an impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In June 2001, the FASB also issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 ("SFAS 142"), "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." SFAS 142 addresses financial accounting and reporting for intangible assets acquired individually or with a group of other assets (but not those acquired in a business combination) at acquisition. SFAS 142 also addresses financial accounting and reporting for goodwill and other intangible assets subsequent to their acquisition. With the adoption of SFAS 142, goodwill is no longer subject to amortization. Rather, goodwill will be subject to at least an annual assessment for impairment by applying a fair value based test. The impairment loss is the amount , if any, by which the implied fair value of goodwill is less than the carrying or book value. SFAS 142 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. Impairment loss for goodwill arising from the initial application of SFAS 142 is to be reported as resulting from a change in accounting principle. Management expects that the adoption of SFAS 142 will not have an impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows in the year of adoption. In August 2001, the FASB also issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144 ("SFAS 144"), "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets." SFAS 144 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. For long-lived assets to be held and used, SFAS 144 retains the existing requirements to (a) recognize an impairment loss only if the carrying amount of a long-lived asset is not recoverable from its discounted cash flows and (b) measure an impairment loss as the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the asset. SFAS 144 establishes one accounting model to be used for long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale and revises guidance for assets to be disposed of other than by sale. Management expects that the adoption of SFAS 144 will not have an impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows in the year of adoption. 36

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) 3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT Property and equipment consist of the following at fiscal year end:

Capitalized interest is recorded as part of the asset to which it relates and is amortized over the asset's estimated useful life. No interest costs were capitalized in 2001 as compared to approximately $0.9 million in 2000. 4. LONG-TERM DEBT In December 1997, the Company entered into a five-year, $30 million multi-currency revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks, the proceeds of which may be used for working capital, acquisitions and general corporate purposes. The credit facility also includes a letter of credit of up to $5 million for the issuance of standby letters of credit. Indebtedness under this facility bears interest at the alternate base rate (defined as the higher of prime rate or federal funds plus 0.5%) or LIBOR plus 150 to 250 basis points, depending upon fixed charge coverage ratios. The facility requires the Company to, among other things, maintain a maximum leverage ratio; minimum fixed charge coverage ratio; and a minimum tangible net worth. The facility also limits certain payments and distributions. At December 30, 2001, no amount was outstanding under this facility. This revolving credit facility expires December 18, 2002. The Company believes it will be able to renegotiate the facility, however no assurance of success can be provided. At December 30, 2001 the Company had five standby letters of credit in an aggregate amount of approximately $0.2 million. Availability related to these instruments at December 30, 2001 was $30.0 million. At December 30, 2001, the Company had outstanding thirteen letters of guarantee totaling approximately $10.2 million under separate international facilities. 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS WITH CORRECTIONAL PROPERTIES TRUST On April 28, 1998, CPV acquired eight correctional and detention facilities operated by the Company. The Company and CPV have three common members on their respective boards of directors. CPV also was granted the fifteen-year right to acquire and lease back future correctional and detention facilities developed or acquired by the Company. During fiscal 1998 and 1999, CPV acquired two additional facilities for $94.1 million. In fiscal 2000, CPV purchased an eleventh facility that the Company had the right to acquire for $15.3 million. The Company recognized no net proceeds from the sale. There were no purchase and sale transactions between the Company and CPV in 2001. Simultaneous with the purchases, the Company entered into ten-year operating leases of these facilities from CPV. As the lease agreements are subject to contractual lease increases, the Company records operating lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the term of the leases. 37

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) The deferred unamortized net gain related to sales of the facilities to CPV at December 30, 2001, which is included in "Deferred revenue" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, is $11.7 million with $1.9 million short-term and $9.8 million long-term, excluding the long-term portion of deferred development fee revenue. The gain is being amortized over the ten-year lease terms. The Company recorded net rental expense related to CPV of $19.1 million and $19.7 million in 2001 and 2000, respectively, excluding the Jena rental expense, and $18.9 million in 1999. The future minimum lease commitments under the leases for these eleven facilities are as follows:

6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES The nature of the Company's business results in claims for damages arising from the conduct of its employees or others. In the opinion of management, there are no pending legal proceedings for which the potential impact could have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial statements of the Company if decided unfavorably. In December 2001, the Company was issued a notice of contract non-renewal by the Administration of Corrections from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the management of the Bayamon Correctional Facility. The current contract is set to expire March 23, 2002. The Company has met with various government officials in an effort to reverse the initial decision. There can be no assurance that these efforts will be successful. The Company does not expect the discontinuation of the management contract to have a significant adverse impact on the Company's future results of operations and cash flows. The Bayamon Correctional Facility is owned by the government and there is no lease commitment on the part of the Company. On June 30, 2002, the Company's contract with the California Department of Corrections (the "Department") for the management of the McFarland Community Corrections Center is set to expire. The Company believes that the Department may not renew this contract due to budgetary constraints. The Company is continuing its efforts to extend the current contract through discussions with the legislature and department officials, as well as offering the facility to other interested government agencies. There can be no assurances that these efforts will be successful. The facility is currently in the fourth year of a ten-year non-cancelable operating lease with CPV. In the event the Company is unable to extend the contract or find an alternative use for the Facility, the Company will be required to record an operating charge in 2002 related to its future minimum lease commitments with CPV. The remaining lease obligation is approximately $6.0 million through April 28, 2008. Casualty insurance premiums related to workers' compensation, comprehensive general liability and automobile insurance coverage are provided by an independent insurer. A portion of this insurance is reinsured by TWC's wholly-owned captive re-insurance company. The Company pays TWC a fee for the transfer of the deductible exposure. The Company continues to incur higher insurance costs due to a hardened seller's insurance market, which was exacerbated by the events of September 11, 2001 and 38

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) historical adverse claims experience. The Company has implemented a strategy to improve the management of future claims incurred by the Company but can provide no assurances that this strategy will result in a lower insurance rate. The Company's insurance costs increased significantly during the third and fourth quarter of 2001. Management believes these costs have stabilized. However, the increases may continue through 2002. The Company leases correctional facilities, office space, computers and vehicles under non-cancelable operating leases expiring between 2002 and 2009. The future minimum commitments under these leases exclusive of lease commitments related to CPV, are as follows:

Rent expense was approximately $15.8 million, $12.2 million, and $8.7 million for fiscal 2001, 2000, and 1999 respectively. In December 1997, the Company entered into a $220 million operating lease facility that has been established to acquire and develop new correctional institutions used in its business. As a condition of this facility, the Company unconditionally agreed to guarantee certain debt obligations of First Security Bank, National Association, a party to the aforementioned operating lease facility. As of December 30, 2001, approximately $154.3 million of this operating lease facility was utilized for four properties in operation. The term of the operating lease facility expires December 18, 2002. The Company is exploring a number of alternatives to refinance the outstanding balance, and believes it will be successful in these efforts. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to complete the refinancing prior to December 18, 2002. Upon expiration of the operating lease facility, the Company may purchase the properties in the facility for their original acquisition cost. If the Company were to purchase the properties, the Company may use a number of forms of debt financing which would require the properties, and any related debt incurred to purchase the properties, to be reported on the Company's balance sheet. Alternatively, the Company may cause the properties to be sold to a third party. If the sales proceeds yield less than the original acquisition cost, the Company will make up the difference up to a maximum of 88% of the original acquisition cost. In connection with the financing and management of one Australian facility, the Company's wholly-owned Australian subsidiary was required to make an investment of approximately $5 million. The balance of the facility was financed with long-term debt obligations which are non-recourse to the Company. The subsidiary has a leasehold interest in the facility and does not have the ultimate rights of ownership. In the event the management contract is terminated for default, the Company's investment of approximately $5 million is at risk. The Company believes that the risk of termination for default is remote and notes that the project has operated successfully for 5 years. The management contract is up for renewal in September 2002. Management believes the management contract will be renewed. If the management contract is not renewed (other than due to a default), the subsidiary's investment must be repaid by the state government. 39

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) 7. JENA CHARGE During the third quarter of 2000, the Company recorded an operating charge of $3.8 million ($2.3 million after tax) related to the lease of the 276-bed Jena Juvenile Justice Center in Jena, Louisiana which had been vacated. The charge represented the expected losses to be incurred under the lease agreement with CPV through 2001. At that time, management estimated the Jena Facility would remain inactive through the end of 2001. In June 2001, the Louisiana State Senate passed a resolution requesting the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections to enter into discussions regarding the potential purchase of a facility in LaSalle Parish. Subsequently, the State and the Company, in coordination with CPV, began discussions regarding the sale of the Jena facility located in LaSalle Parish. Management believes a sale of the Jena Facility will be finalized by December 29, 2002. Accordingly, in December 2001, the Company recorded an additional operating charge of $3.0 million ($1.8 million after tax) related to the Jena Facility, which represents the expected losses to be incurred on the lease through December 2002. There can be no assurance that the Company and CPV will be able to successfully complete a sale. If a sale is not completed prior to December 29, 2002 or if the Company is unable to sublease or find an alternative use for the Jena Facility prior to December 29, 2002, an additional charge related to the Jena Facility will be required. The Company's total remaining obligation under the lease agreement is approximately $14 million. 8. COMMON, PREFERRED AND SHARES REPURCHASED AND RETIRED In April 1994, the Company's Board of Directors authorized 10,000,000 shares of "blank check" preferred stock. The Board of Directors is authorized to determine the rights and privileges of any future issuance of preferred stock such as voting and dividend rights, liquidation privileges, redemption rights and conversion privileges. On February 18, 2000, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of its common stock, in addition to the 1,000,000 shares previously authorized for repurchase. As of December 30, 2001, the Company had repurchased all of the 1.5 million common shares authorized for repurchase at an average price of $15.52. For fiscal 2001, the Company repurchased 122,000 shares at an average price of $12.68. 9. BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION The Company operates in one industry segment encompassing the development and management of privatized government institutions located in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. 40

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) The Company operates and tracks its results in geographic operating segments. Information about the Company's operations in different geographical regions is shown below. Revenues are attributed to geographical areas based on location of operations and long-lived assets consist of property, plant and equipment.

The Company's international operations represent its wholly-owned Australian subsidiaries. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Australia Pty. Limited, the Company currently manages five correctional facilities, including a facility in New Zealand and six immigration detention centers and two temporary detention centers. Except for the major customers noted in the following table, no single customer provided more than 10% of consolidated revenues during fiscal 2001, 2000 and 1999:

Concentration of credit risk related to accounts receivable is reflective of the related revenues. Equity in earnings of affiliates represents the operations of the Company's 50% owned joint ventures in the United Kingdom (Premier Custodial Group Limited) and South Africa (South African Custodial Management Pty. Limited and South African Custodial Services Pty. Limited). These entities and their subsidiaries are accounted for under the equity method. Premier Custodial Group Limited commenced operations of an initial prison in fiscal 1994, two court escort and transport contracts in fiscal 1996, a second correctional facility in fiscal 1998, three correctional facilities and electronic monitoring contracts in fiscal 1999 and a correctional facility and an immigration facility in fiscal 2001. Total equity in the undistributed earnings for Premier Custodial Group Limited, before income taxes, for fiscal 2001, 2000, and 1999 was $7.6 million, $7.5 million and $5.5 million, respectively. South African Custodial Management Pty. Limited and South African Custodial Services Pty. Limited began construction of a new correctional facility in 2000. Total Equity in undistributed loss for South African Custodial Management Pty Limited and South African Custodial Services Pty. Limited was ($0.7) million and $0.0 million in 2001 and 2000 respectively. 41

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) A summary of financial data for the Company's equity affiliates in the United Kingdom is as follows:

A summary of financial data for the Company's equity affiliates in South Africa is as follows:

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) 10. INCOME TAXES The provision for income taxes in the consolidated statements of income consists of the following components:

A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal tax rate (35.0%) and the effective income tax rate is as follows:

The components of the net current deferred income tax asset at fiscal year end are as follows:

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) The components of the net non-current deferred income tax asset at fiscal year end are as follows:

The exercise of non-qualified stock options which have been granted under the Company's stock option plans give rise to compensation which is includable in the taxable income of the applicable employees and deducted by the Company for federal and state income tax purposes. Such compensation results from increases in the fair market value of the Company's common stock subsequent to the date of grant. In accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, such compensation is not recognized as an expense for financial accounting purposes and related tax benefits are credited directly to additional paid-in-capital. 11. EARNINGS PER SHARE The table below shows the amounts used in computing earnings per share ("EPS") in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128 and the effects on income and the weighted average number of shares of potential dilutive common stock.

For fiscal 2001, options to purchase 510,000 shares of the Company's common stock with exercise prices ranging from $13.75 to $26.88 per share and expiration dates between 2005 and 2011 were outstanding at December 30, 2001, but were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because their effect would be anti-dilutive. For fiscal 2000, outstanding options to purchase 924,600 shares of the Company's common stock with exercise prices ranging from $8.44 to $26.88 and expiration dates between 2005 and 2010, were also excluded from the computation of diluted EPS because their effect would be anti-dilutive. For fiscal 1999, outstanding options to purchase 630,500 shares of the Company's common stock with exercise prices ranging from $13.75 to $26.88 and expiration dates between 2006 and 2009, were also excluded from the computation of diluted EPS because their effect would be anti-dilutive. 44

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) 12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS WITH THE WACKENHUT CORPORATION Related party transactions occur in the normal course of business between the Company and TWC. Such transactions include the purchase of goods and services and corporate costs for management support, office space, insurance and interest expense. The Company incurred the following expenses related to transactions with TWC in the following years:

General and administrative expenses represent charges for management and support services. TWC provides various general and administrative services to the Company under a Services Agreement. The initial agreement expired December 31, 1997 and was not formally renewed. However, the services continue to be provided. Annual rates are negotiated by the Company and TWC based upon the level of service provided. The Company monitors the scope of these services on an ongoing basis and may adjust the level and related charges as required. Casualty insurance premiums related to workers' compensation, general liability and automobile insurance coverage are provided by an independent insurer. A portion of this coverage is reinsured by TWC's wholly-owned captive re-insurance company. Insurance rates are based on the Company's loss experience and are prospectively adjusted from time-to-time based upon this loss experience. In addition, the Company is charged or charges interest on intercompany indebtedness at rates which reflect TWC's average interest costs on long-term debt, exclusive of mortgage financing. Interest expense (income) is calculated based on the average intercompany indebtedness. Portions of the Company's corporate offices are located in TWC's corporate office building for which it is allocated rent based upon space occupied under separate lease agreements. 13. STOCK OPTIONS The Company has four stock option plans: the Wackenhut Corrections Corporation 1994 Stock Option Plan (First Plan), the Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Stock Option Plan (Second Plan), the 1995 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (Third Plan) and the Wackenhut Corrections Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan (Fourth Plan). Under the First Plan, the Company may grant up to 897,600 shares of common stock to key employees and consultants. All options granted under this plan are exercisable at the fair market value of the common stock at the date of the grant, vest 100% immediately and expire no later than ten years after the date of the grant. Under the Second Plan and Fourth Plan, the Company may grant options to key employees for up to 1,500,000 and 550,000 shares of common stock, respectively. Under the terms of these plans, the exercise price per share and vesting period is determined at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors. All options that have been granted under these plans are exercisable at the fair market value of the common stock at the date of the grant. Generally, the options vest and become exercisable ratably over a four-year period, beginning immediately on the date of the grant. However, the Board of Directors has exercised its discretion and has granted options that vest 100% immediately. All options under the Second Plan and Fourth Plan expire no later than ten years after the date of the grant. 45

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) Under the Third Plan, the Company may grant up to 60,000 shares of common stock to non-employee directors of the Company. Under the terms of this plan, options are granted at the fair market value of the common stock at the date of the grant, become exercisable immediately, and expire ten years after the date of the grant. A summary of the status of the Company's four stock option plans is presented below.

The following table summarizes information about the stock options outstanding at December 30, 2001:

The Company had 410,274 options available to be granted at December 30, 2001 under the aforementioned stock plans. The Company accounts for these plans under APB Opinion No. 25, under which no compensation cost has been recognized. Had compensation cost for these plans been determined based on the fair value at date of grant in accordance with FASB Statement No. 123, the Company's net income and earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts as follows:

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) 14. RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS The Company has two noncontributory defined benefit pension plans covering certain of its executives. Retirement benefits are based on years of service, employees' average compensation for the last five years prior to retirement and social security benefits. Currently, the plans are not funded. The Company purchases and is the beneficiary of life insurance policies for certain participants enrolled in the plans. The assumptions for the discount rate and the average increase in compensation used in determining the pension expense and funded status information are 6.75% and 5.5%, respectively. Prior to 2001, the Company used a discount rate of 7.5%. The total pension expense for 2001, 2000, and 1999 was $0.2 million, $0.4 million, and $0.2 million, respectively. The accumulated benefit obligation at year-end 2001 and 2000 was $0.2 million and $0.8 million, respectively and is included in "Other liabilities" and "Accrued expenses," respectively in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. In 2001, the Company established non-qualified deferred compensation agreements with certain senior executives providing for fixed annual benefits ranging from $150,000 to $250,000 payable upon retirement at age 60 for a period of 25 years. In the event of death before retirement, annual benefits are paid to beneficiaries for a period of 12.5 years. Currently, the plan is not funded. The Company purchases and is the beneficiary of life insurance policies for each participant enrolled in the plan. The cost of these agreements is being charged to expense and accrued using a present value method over the expected terms of employment. The charge to expense for these agreements for 2001 was $1.2 million. The accumulated benefit obligation of $4.1 million at year-end 2001 is included in "Other liabilities" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The unamortized prior service cost of $2.0 million is included in "Other noncurrent assets" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and is being amortized over the estimated remaining service period of approximately 9 years. The Company has established a deferred compensation agreement for non-employee directors, which allows eligible directors to defer their compensation in either the form of cash or stock. Participants may elect lump sum or monthly payments to be made at least one year after the deferral is made or at the time the participant ceases to be a director. The Company recognized total compensation expense under this plan of $0.1 million, $0.2 million and $0.1 million for 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively. The liability for the deferred compensation was $0.5 million and $0.4 million at year-end 2001 and 2000, respectively, and is included in "Accrued expenses" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company also has a non-qualified deferred compensation plan for employees who are ineligible to participate in the Company's qualified 401(k) plan. Eligible employees may defer a fixed percentage of their salary, which earns interest at a rate equal to the prime rate less 0.75%. The Company matches employee contributions up to $400 each year based on the employee's years of service. Payments will be made at retirement age of 65 or at termination of employment. The expense recognized by the Company in 2001, 2000, and 1999 was $0.3 million, $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively. The liability for this plan at year-end 2001 and 2000 was $1.1 million and $0.8 million, respectively, and is included in "Accrued expenses" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. 47

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED) 15. SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED) Selected quarterly financial data for the Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, is as follows:

Fourth quarter 2001 results include the Jena operating charge of $3.0 million ($1.8 million after tax, or $0.09 per share).

Third quarter 2000 results include the Jena operating charge of $3.8 million ($2.3 million after tax, or $0.11 per share). 48

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS To Wackenhut Corrections Corporation: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (a Florida corporation) and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and comprehensive income and cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended December 30, 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Wackenhut Corrections Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended December 30, 2001 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. As explained in Note 2 to the financial statements, effective January 1, 2001, the Company changed its method of accounting for derivative instruments. ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP West Palm Beach, Florida, February 6, 2002. 49

MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS To the Shareholders of Wackenhut Corrections Corporation: The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. They include amounts based on judgments and estimates. Representation in the consolidated financial statements and the fairness and integrity of such statements are the responsibility of management. In order to meet management's responsibility, the Company maintains a system of internal controls and procedures and a program of internal audits designed to provide reasonable assurance that the Company's assets are controlled and safeguarded, that transactions are executed in accordance with management's authorization and properly recorded, and that accounting records may be relied upon in the preparation of financial statements. The consolidated financial statements have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent certified public accountants, whose appointment was ratified by shareholders. Their report expresses a professional opinion as to whether management's consolidated financial statements considered in their entirety present fairly, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, the Company's financial position and results of operations. Their audit was conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. As part of this audit, Arthur Andersen LLP considered the Company's system of internal controls to the degree they deemed necessary to determine the nature, timing, and extent of their audit tests which support their opinion on the consolidated financial statements. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors meets periodically with representatives of management, the independent certified public accountants and the Company's internal auditors to review matters relating to financial reporting, internal accounting controls and auditing. Both the internal auditors and the independent certified public accountants have unrestricted access to the Audit Committee to discuss the results of their reviews. George R. Wackenhut Chairman George C. Zoley Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John G. O'Rourke Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 50

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE None. PART III The information required by Items 10, 11, 12, and 13 of Form 10-K (except such information as is furnished in a separate caption "Executive Officers of the Company" and included below) will be contained in, and is incorporated by reference from, the proxy statement (with the exception of the Board Compensation Committee Report and the Performance Graph) for the Company's 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report. ITEM 10. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY The executive officers of the Company are as follows:

George R. Wackenhut is the Chairman of the Board of WCC. He is the Chairman of the Board of the Wackenhut Corporation ("TWC" or "Parent") and was Chief Executive Officer from the time of its founding in 1954 until February 17, 2000. He was President of TWC from the time it was founded until April 26, 1986. He formerly was a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Wackenhut is a member of the Board of Trustees of Correctional Properties Trust ("CPV"), a former member of the Board of Directors of SSJ Medical Development, Inc., Miami, Florida, and is on the Dean's Advisory Board of the University of Miami School of Business. He is on the National Council of Trustees, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, the President's Advisory Council for the Small Business Administration, Region IV, and a former member of the National Board of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. He is a past participant in the Florida Governor's War on Crime and a past member of the Law Enforcement Council, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, and the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Army Military Police School. He is also a member of the American Society for Industrial Security. Mr. Wackenhut was a 1990 recipient of the Labor Order of Merit, First Class, from the government of Venezuela; and, in 1999 was awarded the distinguished Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations. He has been designated a "distinguished alumnus" by West Chester University, the University of Hawaii, and Johns Hopkins University. He was inducted into the West Chester University Hall of Fame; the Athlete's Hall of Fame in his home county, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; and the "Wall of Fame", consisting of prominent graduates of Upper Darby (PA) High 51

School. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Hawaii and his M.Ed. degree from John Hopkins University. George C. Zoley is Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WCC. He has served as President and a Director of WCC since it was incorporated in 1988, and Chief Executive Officer since April 1994. Mr. Zoley established WCC as a division of The Wackenhut Corporation in 1984, and continues to be a major factor in WCC's development of the privatized correctional and detention facility business. Mr. Zoley is also a director of Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Australia Pty Limited, Australasian Correctional Services Pty Limited, Australasian Correctional Management Pty Limited, Canadian Correctional Management Inc., WCC Holdings, LLC., Atlantic Shores Healthcare, Inc., Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, N.V., and of other subsidiaries through which WCC conducts its operations. He is also Chairman of the Board of Correctional Properties Trust. From 1981 through 1988, he served as manager, director, and then Vice President of Government Services of Wackenhut Services, Inc. (WSI). Mr. Zoley was responsible for the development of opportunities in the privatization of government services by WSI. Prior to joining WSI, Mr. Zoley held various administrative and management positions for city and county governments in South Florida. Mr. Zoley has both a Masters and Doctorate Degree in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University. Wayne H. Calabrese is President and Chief Operating Officer of WCC since January 1997, Chief Operating Officer since January 1996, a Director of the Company since April 1998, Executive Vice President of the Company from 1994 to 1996, and President of the subsidiary WCC Development, Inc. since March 1997. He joined WCC as Vice President, Business Development in 1989, and from 1991 to 1994 served as Chief Executive Officer of Australasian Correctional Management, Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of WCC based in Sydney, Australia. Other Directorships include Wackenhut Corrections (UK) Ltd., Premier Custodial Group Limited, Premier Prison Services Limited, Premier Training Services Limited, Lowdham Grange Prison Services Limited, Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited, Kilmarnock Prison (Holdings) Limited, Pucklechurch Custodial Services Limited, Pucklechurch Custodial (Holdings) Limited, Medomsley Training Services Limited, Medomsley (Holdings) Limited, Premier Geografix Limited, Premier Monitoring Services Limited, Moreton Prison Services Limited, Moreton Prison (Holdings) Limited, Prison Detention Services Limited, Cambridgeshire Custodial Services Limited and Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, N.V. Prior to joining WCC, Mr. Calabrese was a partner in the Akron (OH) law firm of Calabrese, Dobbins and Kepple. His prior experience includes positions as Assistant City Law Director in Akron and Assistant County Prosecutor and Chief of the County Bureau of Support for Summit County (OH). Mr. Calabrese was also Legal Counsel and Director of Development for the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority. He received his B.S. from the University of Akron and a Juris Doctor from the University of Akron Law School. John G. O'Rourke is Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company since April 1994, and has been the Senior Vice President, Finance since April 1994. Prior to joining the Company Mr. O'Rourke spent twenty years as an officer in the United States Air Force where his most recent position was in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, where he was responsible for acquisitions and procurement matters for new strategic bomber aircraft. He received his BA from St. Joseph's University and Masters of Arts from the University of North Dakota. Carol M. Brown is Senior Vice President, Health Services of the Company since August 1990, and as President of the Company's healthcare subsidiary, Atlantic Shores Healthcare, Inc., since April 1997. Ms. Brown is a Registered Nurse and specialist in correctional health care management. From 1988 until joining the Company Ms. Brown was a Consultant for medical case management and workers' compensation in South Florida for Health and Rehabilitation Management, Inc. From 1987 to 1988, Ms. Brown was Medical Manager for Metlife Healthcare of South Florida. Ms. Brown was an Administrator for health care services for Medical Personnel Pool, Inc. from 1985 to 1987 and for Upjohn Healthcare from 1981 to 1985. She received her BSN from Florida International University. John J. Bulfin is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since January 1, 2000. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bulfin was a founding partner of the law firm Wiederhold, Moses, 52

Bulfin & Rubin. Mr. Bulfin is a member of the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Florida Defense Lawyers Association, the American Corporate Counsel Association and served on the Florida Bar Grievance Committee for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit from 1995 through 1998 and served as Chairman of the Committee in 1998. Mr. Bulfin earned his law degree from Loyola (Chicago) University and his bachelor's degree from Regis College. John M. Hurley is Senior Vice President, Operations of the Company since January 1, 2000, and has been with the Company since 1998 when he became the Facility Administrator (warden) of the Company's 1,318-bed correctional facility in South Bay, Florida. Mr. Hurley completed 25 years of distinguished service in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prior to joining the Company. While with the BOP, he served as the warden of several major correctional institutions, including a maximum security penitentiary, and earlier, at the BOP's largest correctional facility. His staff assignments in the BOP included Director of the Staff Training Academy; Deputy Assistant Director, Community Corrections and Detention Division; and Correctional Programs Administrator of the Correctional Programs Division. He has a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Iowa, and a Certificate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. Donald H. Keens is Senior Vice President, International Services of the Company since January 1, 2000 and has been with the Company since 1994. Prior to the appointment to his present position he served as the Managing Director of Australasian Correctional Management, Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company; and from 1994 to 1997 as Managing Director of Premier Prison Services, Ltd., a United Kingdom joint venture of the Company. Mr. Keens followed a law enforcement career in Zimbabwe from 1962 to 1980, with the final rank of police superintendent; and was Director and General Manager for a prison and court services company in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993. He is qualified as a Professional Member SA of the Institute of Management Services (PMS), and a Senior Member of the Institute of Organization and Methods (SIOM). David N.T. Watson is Vice President, Finance of the Company since July 1999, as Assistant Secretary since April 2000 and as Assistant Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since November 1994. From 1989 until joining the Company, Mr. Watson was with the Miami office of Arthur Andersen, LLP where his most recent position was Manager, in the Audit and Business Advisory Services Group. Mr. Watson has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Mr. Watson is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. 53

PART IV ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K (a)(1.) Financial Statements. Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants -- Page 58 Consolidated Balance Sheets -- December 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000 -- Page 30 Consolidated Statements of Income -- Fiscal years ended December 30, 2001, December 31, 2000, and January 2, 2000 -- Page 29 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -- Fiscal years ended December 30, 2001, December 31, 2000, and January 2, 2000 -- Page 31 Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income -- Fiscal years ended December 30, 2001, December 31, 2000, and January 2, 2000 -- Page 32 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements -- Pages 33 through 48 2. Financial Statement Schedules. Schedule II -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts -- Page 59 All other schedules specified in the accounting regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission have been omitted because they are either inapplicable or not required. 3. Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report:

- --------------- * Filed herewith. ** Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit of the same number filed in the Company's Registration Statement, as amended, on Form S-1 (Registration Number 33-79264). *** Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit of the same number filed in the Company's Registration Statement, as amended, on Form S-1 (Registration Number 33-80785). **** Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Number 333-46681). + Management contract or compensatory plan, contract or agreement as defined in Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K. (b) Reports on Form 8-K. The Company did not file a current report on Form 8-K during the fourth quarter of Fiscal year 2001. 55

SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION /s/ JOHN G. O'ROURKE -------------------------------------- John G. O'Rourke Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer Date: March 1, 2002 Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints John G. O'Rourke, Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer; David N.T. Watson, Vice President of Finance, Chief Accounting Officer, Assistant Secretary, and Assistant Treasurer; and John J. Bulfin, Senior Vice President and General Counsel; and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS To Wackenhut Corrections Corporation: We have audited in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States, the consolidated financial statements included in Wackenhut Corrections Corporation's 2001 Annual Report to Shareholders included in this Form 10-K, and have issued our report thereon dated February 6, 2002. Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on those statements taken as a whole. The schedule listed above in item 14(a)2 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001 is the responsibility of the Company's management and is presented for purposes of complying with the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and is not part of the basic consolidated financial statements. This schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic consolidated financial statements and, in our opinion, fairly states in all material respects the financial data required to be set forth therein in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole. ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP West Palm Beach, Florida, February 6, 2002. 58

SCHEDULE II WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 30, 2001, DECEMBER 31, 2000, AND JANUARY 2, 2000

EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT 21.1 WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION'S SUBSIDIARIES WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS (UK) LIMITED WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED WACKENHUT CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PTY LIMITED AUSTRALASIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PTY LTD. PREMIER CUSTODIAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED AUSTRALASIAN CORRECTIONAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED AUSTRALASIAN CORRECTIONAL MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED AUSTRALASIAN CORRECTIONAL INVESTMENT PTY LIMITED ATLANTIC SHORES HEALTHCARE, INC. MIRAMICHI YOUTH CENTRE MANAGEMENT, INC. CANADIAN CORRECTIONAL MANAGEMENT INC. WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS N.V. WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS PUERTO RICO, INC. WCC DEVELOPMENT, INC. WCC/FL/01, INC. WCC/FL/02, INC. WCC RE HOLDINGS, INC. WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS DESIGN SERVICES, INC. WCC FINANCIAL, INC. WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS SOUTH AFRICA PTY LIMITED



                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

As independent certified public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation of our reports included in this Form 10-K, into the Company's
previously filed Registration Statement File Nos. 333-17265, 333-09981,
333-09977, 33-90606 and 333-79817.



ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

West Palm Beach, Florida,
   February 26, 2002.