The GEO Group Announces Decision to Discontinue East Mississippi Correctional Facility Contract

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) (“GEO”) announced today that it has given notice to discontinue its managed-only contract with the State of Mississippi, Department of Corrections for the 1,500-bed East Mississippi Correctional Facility (the “Facility”) effective July 19, 2012.

The discontinuation of the contract is not expected to have a material impact on GEO’s financial performance or previously issued guidance. The Facility generated approximately $21 million in annual revenues during 2011.

George C. Zoley, Chairman and CEO of GEO, said, “We value our long-standing public-private partnership with the State of Mississippi. Regrettably, we have decided to discontinue our management contract for the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, which has been financially underperforming.”

The GEO Group, Inc. is the world’s leading diversified provider of correctional, detention, and residential treatment services to federal, state, and local government agencies around the globe. GEO offers a turnkey approach that includes design, construction, financing, and operations. GEO represents government clients in the United States, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. GEO’s worldwide operations include 20,000 employees, 114 correctional, detention and residential treatment facilities, including projects under development, and 80,000 owned and/or managed beds.

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and future performance of GEO that involve risks and uncertainties that could materially affect actual results, including statements regarding estimated earnings, revenues and costs and our ability to maintain growth and strengthen contract relationships. Factors that could cause actual results to vary from current expectations and forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited to: (1) GEO’s ability to successfully pursue further growth and continue to enhance shareholder value; (2) GEO’s ability to access the capital markets in the future on satisfactory terms or at all;(3) risks associated with GEO’s ability to control operating costs associated with contract start-ups; (4) GEO’s ability to timely open facilities as planned, profitably manage such facilities and successfully integrate such facilities into GEO’s operations without substantial costs; (5) GEO’s ability to win management contracts for which it has submitted proposals and to retain existing management contracts; (6) GEO’s ability to obtain future financing on acceptable terms; (7) GEO’s ability to sustain company-wide occupancy rates at its facilities; and (8) other factors contained in GEO’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports.

CONTACT:

The GEO Group
Pablo E. Paez, 1-866-301-4436
Vice President, Corporate Relations

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