WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORPORATION Filing Type: 4 Description: Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership Filing Date: May 2, 2003 Period End: May 1, 2003 Primary Exchange: New York Stock Exchange Ticker: WHC 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 DiBona, Jr., G. Fred Wackenhut Corrections Corporation One Park Place, Suite 700 621 NW 53rd Street Boca Raton, FL 33487 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 May, 2003 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)| | _______________________________________________________________________________ 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 |15.90 | | | | | |5/2/0|5/2/1|Common Stock| | |2,000 |D | | (Right to Buy) | | | | | | |2 |2 | | | | | | | - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -----------------------------------------------| Director Stock Option |14.00 |5/1/0|A | |2,000 |A |5/1/0|5/1/1|Common Stock| | |2,000 |D | | (Right to Buy) | |3 | | | | |3 |3 | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ G. Fred DiBona, Jr. BY: Kenneth J. Mendell DATE May 2, 2003