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Jose Gordo
Akerman Senterfitt
One Southeast Third Avenue
25th Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
Tel: 305.374.5600
Fax: 305.374.5095
July 8, 2011
VIA EDGAR
Pamela Long
Assistant Director
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
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The GEO Group, Inc. and Subsidiary Guarantors
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed June 2, 2011
File No. 333-173462 |
Dear Ms. Long:
On behalf of The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO), we hereby respond to the Staffs comment letter,
dated June 19, 2011, regarding the above referenced Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on
Form S-4 (Form S-4). Please note that we are simultaneously filing Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4
(Amendment No. 2). We are providing two courtesy copies of Amendment No. 2 marked to show changes
from Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-4. Please note that, for the Staffs convenience, we have
recited the Staffs comment in boldface type and provided our response to the comment immediately
thereafter.
General
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We note your response to comment 1 of our letter dated May 9, 2011. Please
revise your supplemental letter to include a representation that you and the guarantors
further represent that, with respect to any broker-dealer that participates in the
Exchange Offer with respect to Outstanding Securities acquired for its own account as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities, each such broker-dealer
must confirm that it has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with you or
an affiliate of
yours to distribute the Exchange Notes. |
BOCA RATON DALLAS DENVER FORT LAUDERDALE JACKSONVILLE LAS VEGAS LOS ANGELES MADISON MIAMI NAPLES
NEW YORK ORLANDO PALM BEACH TALLAHASSEE TAMPA TYSONS CORNER WASHINGTON, D.C. WEST PALM BEACH
Pamela Long, Assistant Director
July 8, 2011
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Response:
Contemporaneously with the submission of this response letter and the filing of Amendment No.
2, GEO is filing a revised supplemental letter that includes the additional representation
requested.
Cover Page of Prospectus
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Please move the information in the second bolded paragraph after the table of
contents to the cover page of the prospectus. |
Response:
In response to the Staffs comment, GEO has moved the requested disclosure to the cover page
of the prospectus.
Exhibit 5.1
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Please delete the assumptions in section (g) on page 2. |
Response:
In response to the Staffs comment, we have revised the assumptions set forth in Section (g)
on page 2 of the Exhibit 5.1 opinion.
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With respect to the assumptions in section (c), (d), and (e) on page 2, please
include other than the Subsidiary Guarantors. |
Response:
In response to the Staffs comment, we have revised the assumptions set forth in Section (c),
(d) and (e) on page 2 of the Exhibit 5.1 opinion so that the parenthetical reads (other than the
Company and each of the Florida and Delaware Subsidiaries) since our opinion covers matters of
Florida and Delaware law.
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Because investors may rely on counsels opinion, please delete the first
sentence of the last paragraph on page 3. |
Response:
In response to the Staffs comment, we have revised the first sentence of the last paragraph
on page 3.
Pamela Long, Assistant Director
July 8, 2011
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We note that the opinion is limited by its date on page 3. The legal opinion
must speak as of the effective date of the registration statement. Please have counsel
review its opinion accordingly. |
Response:
In response to the Staffs comment, we have filed a revised Exhibit 5.1 opinion covering the
validity of the securities being offered and matters of Florida and Delaware law, as well as an
Exhibit 5.2 opinion covering matters of Alaska law, an Exhibit 5.3 opinion covering matters of
California law, an Exhibit 5.4 opinion covering matters of Illinois law, and an Exhibit 5.5 opinion
covering matters of Colorado law. All the opinions are dated as of today and it is GEOs intention
and desire to go effective on the Form S-4, as amended, as soon as possible upon the SECs
completion of its review process. GEO is contractually required to go effective by no later than
August 9, 2011.
In connection with responding to the Staffs comments, GEO has acknowledged in Exhibit A to
this letter the following:
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should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the
filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect
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the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in
declaring the filing effective, does not relieve GEO from its full responsibility for the
adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
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GEO may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in
any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws
of the United States. |
Pamela Long, Assistant Director
July 8, 2011
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We believe the responses provided above fully address the Staffs comments. If you have any
questions, please call the undersigned at 305-755-5812.
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Sincerely,
AKERMAN SENTERFITT
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/s/ Jose Gordo
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Jose Gordo |
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For the Firm |
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Sherry Haywood, Esq., Staff Attorney
Craig Slivka, Special Counsel
The GEO Group, Inc.
John J. Bulfin, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Brian R. Evans, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Akerman Senterfitt
Stephen K. Roddenberry, Esq.
Esther L. Moreno, Esq. |
EXHIBIT A
THE GEO GROUP, INC.
One Park Place, Suite 700
621 NW 53rd Street
Boca Raton, FL 33487
July 8, 2011
In connection with its response to the United States Securities and Exchange Commissions comment
letter, dated June 19, 2011, The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) acknowledges the following:
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should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the
filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect
to the filing; |
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the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in
declaring the filing effective, does not relieve GEO from its full responsibility for the
adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
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GEO may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in
any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws
of the United States. |
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The GEO Group, Inc.
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/s/ Brian R. Evans
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Brian R. Evans |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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