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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CALABRESE WAYNE H (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE PARK PLACE, SUITE 700 621 NW 53RD STREET (Street) BOCA RATON FL 33487 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GEO GROUP INC [ GEO ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President and COO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/01/2010
	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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Restricted Stock	09/01/2010		S		55,262(1)	D	$22.59	37,500	D
Common Stock	09/01/2010		S		333,697(2)	D	$22.59	0	D

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option	$6.0833							08/05/2004	08/05/2014	Common Stock	18,966		18,966	D
Stock Option	$7.51							03/02/2006	03/02/2016	Common Stock	14,799		14,799	D
Stock Option	$16.69							10/30/2008	10/30/2018	Common Stock	30,000		30,000	D
Stock Option	$21.07							10/28/2009	10/28/2019	Common Stock	30,000		30,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The GEO Group, Inc.("GEO") repurchased these vested restricted shares from Mr. Calabrese on September 1, 2010 at a price per share of $22.59, which was the closing trading price of GEO common stock on that date. Mr. Calabrese used a portion of the proceeds of this sale to pay taxes associated with the 9/1/2010 vesting of 7,500 shares of restricted stock.

2. The GEO Group, Inc. ("GEO") repurchased these shares on September 1, 2010 at a price per share of $22.59, which was the closing trading price of GEO common stock on that date. On August 26, 2010, Mr. Calabrese announced that he will retire from GEO effective December 31, 2010. As disclosed by GEO on that date, GEO agreed to repurchase from Mr. Calabrese on September 1, 2010, approximately 380,000 shares of GEO common stock held by Mr. Calabrese at the closing price of GEO common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on September 1, 2010.

Remarks:

	John J. Bulfin, as Attorney-in-Fact for Wayne H. Calabrese	09/02/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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