U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. FORM 4 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Wackenhut, George R. c/o The Wackenhut Corporation 4200 Wackenhut Drive #100 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410-4243 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Wackenhut Corrections Corporation WHC 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) ###-##-#### 4. Statement for Month/Year June, 1996 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director (X) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Year |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| SPECIAL NOTE: George R. Wac| | | | | | | | | | kenhut and Ruth J. Wackenhu| | | | | | | | | | t, through trusts | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| over which they have sole | | | | | | | | | | dispositive and voting powe| | | | | | | | | | r, control 50.1% of | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| the issued and outstanding | | | | | | | | | | voting common stock of The | | | | | | | | | | Wackenhut Corporation | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| The Wackenhut Corporation, | | | | | | | | | | through a wholly owned subs| | | | | | | | | | idiary, Tuhnekcaw, | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Inc., controls the Issuer, | | | | | | | | | | Wackenhut Corrections Corpo| | | | | | | | | | ration. By virtue of | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| their control of The Wacken| | | | | | | | | | hut Corporation, George R. | | | | | | | | | | Wackenhut and Ruth J. | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Wackenhut are deemed benefi| | | | | | | | | | cial owners of the 6,000,00| | | | | | | | | | 0 shares of the | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Issuer's (Wackenhut Correct| | | | | | | | | | ions Corporation) common st| | | | | | | | | | ock owned by The | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Wackenhut Corporation. The| | | | | | | | | | Issuer's 2 for 1 stock div| | | | | | | | | | idend of 6/3/96 would | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| cause the number of shares | | | | | | | | | | to be restated as 12,000,00| | | | | | | | | | 0. | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Year |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Employee Stock Option |1.200 |6/3/9|J (1| | | |9/1/9|2/29/|Common Stock| | |32,864 |D | | | |6 |) | | | |4 |04 | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Right to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option |3.750 |6/3/9|J (1| | | |11/5/|5/5/0|Common Stock| | |74,666 |D | | | |6 |) | | | |94 |4 | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Right to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: NOTE" (1) Option adjusted for 2 for 1 stock dividend of 6/3/96. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ George R. Wackenhut BY: J. P. Rowan asd Attorney-In-Fact DATE 7/8/96