UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP (X) Check this 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 Travisono, Anthony P. 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 February, 1998 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |2/17/9|S | |1,000 |D |$29.250 |0 |D |(1) | |8 | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Srock |2/24/9|M | |1,000 |A |$13.750 |0 | | | |8 | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |2/24/9|S | |1,000 |D |$30.6250 |0 | | | |8 | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |2/24/9|M | |2,000 |A |$22.6250 |0 | | | |8 | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |2/24/9|S | |2,000 |D |$30.6250 |0 | | | |8 | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |2/24/9|M | |1,000 |A |$16.8750 |0 | | | |8 | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |2/24/9|S | |1,000 |D |$30.6250 |0 | | | |8 | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Director Stock Option |13.750 |2/24/|M | |1,000 |D |4/27/|4/26/|Common Stock| | |0 |D | | | |98 | | | | |95 |05 | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Right to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Director Stock Option |22.625 |2/24/|M | |2,000 |D |4/25/|4/24/|Common Stock| | |0 |D | | | |98 | | | | |96 |06 | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Right to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Director Stock Option |16.875 | 2/24|M | |1,000 |D |4/24/|4/23/|Common Stock| | |0 |D | | | |/98 | | | | |97 |07 | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Right to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: NOTES: (1) Held Jointly with Spouse. General Note: Resignation as Director of WHC effective 2/17/98 reported on Form 5 dated 3/3/98. These transactions represent a complete divestiture of all WHC holdings. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Anthony P. Travisono BY: J. P. Rowan as Attorney-In-Fact DATE 2/3/98