Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 14, 2012, The GEO Group, Inc. (the "Company") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus supplement dated May 14, 2012 (the "Prospectus Supplement") to its prospectus dated September 13, 2011, which was included in its automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-176819) (the "Registration Statement"). The Prospectus Supplement relates to the offer and sale of 154,722 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, held by Cornell Companies, Inc., the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary. The shares are being sold through Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, acting in its capacity as a broker-dealer, pursuant to ordinary brokerage transactions at prevailing market prices.

The Company is filing the opinion of its counsel, Akerman Senterfitt, as Exhibit 5.1 hereto, regarding the legality of the shares of common stock covered by the Prospectus Supplement. Exhibit 5.1 is incorporated herein by reference and into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

5.1 Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt regarding the legality of the shares offered.

23.2 Consent of Akerman Senterfitt (included in Exhibit 5.1).

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