GEO Group Australia
The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian subsidiary of American company The GEO Group Inc., responsible for the delivery of outsourced and privatised correctional services in Australia. Its head office is on Level 18 in the National Mutual Centre in the Sydney CBD in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.[1]
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Corrections |
| Founded | 1991 (as Australasian Correctional Management Pty Ltd (ACM)) |
| Headquarters | City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Area served | Australia |
Key people | Pieter Bezuidenhout (M.D.) |
| Owner | The GEO Group, Inc. |
Number of employees | 1,400+ (2019) |
| Website | www |
The company was founded in 1991 as Australasian Correctional Management Pty, Ltd.
Facilities
Prisons managed by GEO Group Australia include;
- Junee Correctional Centre, under contract with Corrective Services NSW
- Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre, under contract with Queensland Corrective Services[2]
- Parklea Correctional Centre (until April 1st 2019), under contract with Corrective Services NSW
- Fulham Correctional Centre, with the separate 60-inmate capacity juvenile detention facility Nalu at Fulham Correctional Centre, both under contract with Corrections Victoria[3]
- Ravenhall Correctional Centre, a 1000-bed prison in Melbourne, Victoria, under contract with Corrections Victoria.[4]
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References
- "THE GEO GROUP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD." GEO Group. Retrieved on 22 November 2010. "Head Office Level 18, National Mutual Center, 44 Market Street Sydney,New South Wales 2000 Australia ."
- "Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre". Queensland Corrective Services. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- Downsley, Anthon; Buttler, Mark (17 January 2012). "Prison riot rocks Fulham Correctional Centre in Sale". Melbourne Herald Sun. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- "Ravenhall Prison Project". Corrections Victoria. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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