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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) 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
Carlson, Norman A.
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)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
May, 2000
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
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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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)| |
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Common Stock | | | | | | | |1,000 |D |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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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)| |
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Phantom Common Stock U|7.8179 (|(2) |A | |159.89 |A | | |Common Stock|159.89 | |7,067.98 |D | |
nits (1) |2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Director Stock Option |26.125 | | | | | |4/23/|4/22/|Common Stock| | |2,000 |D | |
| | | | | | |98 |08 | | | | | | |
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(Right to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Director Stock Option |18.3750 | | | | | |5/6/9|5/5/0|Common Stock| | |2,000 |D | |
| | | | | | |9 |9 | | | | | | |
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(Right to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Director Stock Option |7.8750 |5/4/0|A | |2,000 |A |5/4/0|5/3/1|Common Stock|2,000 | |2,000 |D | |
| |0 | | | | |0 |0 | | | | | | |
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(Right to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
NOTES:
(1) Adjustments for stock splits or dividends made at time of
payment.
(2) Represents the weighted average price for 5/3/00 grant of 107.09 units
at $7.9375, 5/4/00 grant of 31.75 units at $7.8750 and 5/16/00 grant of
21.05 units at $7.1250..
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Norman A. Carlson BY: F. E. Finizia as Attorney-In-Fact
DATE
6/500