NEWS

Junee celebrates 15 years
Junee Correctional Centre has celebrated its 15th anniversary. The first correctional centre in Australia to be privately designed, constructed and managed, JCC has set a high standard for private prisons. June 2008 more …

Awesome foursome win awards
Four outstanding members of The GEO Group Australia team travelled to Sydney recently for the prestigious Employee of the Year awards. The finalists — Trevor Coles from Junee Correctional Centre, Jeffrey Cooke of Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre, Melbourne Custody Centre’s Michael Breese and Phillip Pedder from Fulham Correctional Centre — were acknowledged by the company’s management team. June 2008 more …

Cultural centre meets diverse needs
Junee Correctional Centre recently celebrated the opening of its Yindyamarra Cultural Centre. Recognising the diverse cultural needs of the prisoner population, the team at Junee worked closely with inmates and representatives from the community to design and construct a centre that will play an important role in assisting prisoners to build better lives. June 2008 more …

Excellence recognised by health care accreditation
Pacific Shores Healthcare has been awarded Australian Council of Healthcare Standards (ACHS) accreditation in recognition of its commitment to excellence in healthcare. March 2008 more …

GEO graduates mean business
For 16 GEO Group Australia employees turned students, nine months of diligence, lectures and after hours study culminated recently in their graduation with a GEO Diploma in Business. March 2008 more …

Recruiting record at Fulham
The recent graduation ceremony for 26 trainees who completed the intensive and extremely demanding Correctional Officer Training Program at Fulham Correctional Centre was the largest since the centre opened in 1997. March 2008 more …

Arthur Gorrie tender success
GEO Australia has won a competitive tender to operate the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre in Queensland for the next five years. The long-term agreement with Queensland Corrective Services will be effective from 1 January 2008, with the option of a five-year extension at the end of 2012. September 2007 more …

GEO in leadership role
GEO Australia has become a ‘corporate leader’ for the Commonwealth Indigenous Employment Project — a partnership between the Australian Government and private sector companies to develop a strategic approach to generating more jobs for indigenous Australians. September 2007 more …

Shining stars take out awards
The race for the 2006 Employee of the Year award was just too close to call. The high calibre of nominees resulted in a photo finish with Kim Mattson from Fulham Correctional Centre and Ashika Sagar-Narain from Melbourne Custody Centre declared joint winners. September 2007 more …