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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

WATSON DAVID N T

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

ONE PARK PLACE, SUITE 700

621 NW 53RD STREET

(Street)

BOCA RATON

33487

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GEO GROUP INC [ GGI ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
VP, Finance & Treasurer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/06/2004

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. 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 (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option	$23.09	05/06/2004		A		3,000⁽¹⁾		05/06/2004	05/06/2014	Common Stock	3,000	$23.09	3,000	D
Stock Option	$14.6875							09/09/1999	09/09/2009	Common Stock	25,000		25,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Vesting is 20% at grant date and 20% thereafter on each grant anniversary date until fully vested in four years.

Remarks:

	/s/ David N.T. Watson BY: Kenneth J. Mendell as Attorney-in-Fact	05/10/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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 LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints John J. Bulfin or Kenneth J. Mendell as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned to:

(1) prepare, execute, acknowledge,
deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with
respect to the securities of Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, Inc., a
Florida corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2) seek or obtain,
as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,
information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

(3) perform any and all other acts which
in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for
and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The
undersigned acknowledges that:

(1) this Power of Attorney authorizes,
but does not require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on
information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent
verification of such information;

(2) any documents prepared and/or
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such
information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3) neither the Company nor
such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's
responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for
profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)
this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of
the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants the
foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to
be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying
all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of
Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorney-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 28th day of August,
2003.



/s/ David N.T.
Watson
_________________________________
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David N.T.
Watson
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