GEO Group

Tallahassee, FL: Top officials alleged that more than $4.5 million in questionable payments to two companies that run five private prisons resulted from the state's contract concessions. After a Florida Senate leader asked for an investigation of her agency's settlement with one of the companies, Department of Management Services Secretary Linda South blamed the concessions on the state's now-defunct Correctional Privatization Commission. The department, which inherited the contracts from the commission, disclosed that GEO Group of Boca Raton would pay the state $402,501. An audit indicated the state had paid GEO and Nashville, TN based Corrections Corporation of America more than $4.5 million for vacant jobs and other questionable expenses. (Jan-27-07) [ORLANDO SENTINEL: GEO CONTRACT]

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