SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* PALMS JOHN M (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE PARK PLACE, SUITE 700 621 NORTHWEST 53RD STREET (Street) BOCA RATON FL 33487 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 02/13/2006	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GEO GROUP INC [ GGI ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ John M. Palms By: Kenneth J. Mendell as Attorney in Fact	03/07/2006
	** 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 The GEO Group, 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 3rd day of March, 2006.




/s/
John M.
Palms
_________________________________

Signature





John M. Palms


_________________________________
		 Print Name



STATE
OF
FLORIDA

COUNTY OF PALM BEACH



On this
3rd day
of March, 2006, John M. Palms personally appeared before me, and

acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes

therein contained.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and
official seal.



/s/ Jackette B.

Reynolds
_________________________________
		Notary
Public



My Commission Expires: 17 May 2009, South Carolina