The GEO Group's Cleveland Correctional Center Program Aims to Produce Business-savvy Inmates
Standing in a prison chow hall, Richard Chavez Jr. outlines his past: violent felon, former gang member, the fourth member of his family to go to prison. Then his future: owner of a mobile counseling youth service that goes where the troubled kids are.... Read More
Participants Celebrate Graduation From Franklin County DRC
The GEO Group is pleased to announce that 19 participants at the Franklin County Day Reporting Center (DRC) have graduated and earned a certificate of completion. Since the inception of the DRC, in April of 2006, the Franklin County DRC held its 35th transition ceremony on January 16, 2015... Read More
Lovejoy Thanks The GEO Group for Community Support
The Lovejoy mayor and city council Tuesday night thanked The GEO Group leaders for their ongoing support of community events and initiatives.Due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday being held Monday, Lovejoy’s monthly city council meeting was rescheduled for Tuesday... Read More
Christmas Wishes on the Rio Grande
Every year for the past five years, Warden Butch Head, Assistant Warden Brigett Bowers, and the Rio Grande Detention Center (RGDC) team celebrate “Christmas Wishes on the Rio Grande.” The RDGC team purchases hundreds of toys, shoes, and goody bags to donate to the kids at three Head Start schools located in Laredo, El Cenizo, and Rio Bravo, Texas... Read More
The GEO Foundation Donates to Help Community Education In Arizona
On December 5, 2014 The GEO Group donated $1,000 to help cover the costs of community education at Polar Fest on December 13, 2014.This money will be utilized so Florence Unified can put on the event without using district funds.... Read More
Raffle Reaps Local Rewards
With a considerable donation from The GEO Group, the proceeds from the raffle helped fund the Christmas on Broadway celebration. JBT president Tony Butt said it was thanks to The GEO Group and inmates at the Junee Correctional Centre for building and donating a cubbyhouse, box trailer and rocking horse.... Read More
Graduation Day at Luzerne County Day Reporting Center
The Luzerne County Day Reporting Center (DRC) honored 58 program graduates in a ceremony held at the historic Luzerne County Courthouse located in Wilkes Barre, PA on November 18, 2014.The well attended ceremony showcased the accomplishments of those who have successfully completed the program over the past several months... Read More