SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BULFIN JOHN J (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE PARK PLACE, SUITE 700 621 NW 53RD STREET (Street) BOCA RATON FL 33487 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GEO GROUP INC [ GEO ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) SVP & General Counsel
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/10/2012
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/10/2012		M		7,500	A	$4.6667	34,000	D
Common Stock	05/10/2012		S		7,500	D	$22.3249	26,500	D
Common Stock	05/11/2012		M		2,500	A	$4.667	29,000	D
Common Stock	05/11/2012		S		2,500	D	$22.5218	26,500	D
Restricted Stock								58,828	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option	$4.6667	05/10/2012		M			7,500	05/01/2003	05/01/2013	Common Stock	7,500	$4.6667	57,954	D
Stock Option	$4.6667	05/11/2012		M			2,500	05/01/2003	05/01/2013	Common Stock	2,500	$4.6667	55,454	D
Stock Option	$6.0834							08/05/2004	08/05/2014	Common Stock	14,490		14,490	D
Stock Option	$16.69							10/30/2008	10/30/2018	Common Stock	5,000		5,000	D
Stock Option	$21.07							10/28/2009	10/28/2019	Common Stock	7,500		7,500	D
Stock Option	$24.61							03/01/2011	03/01/2021	Common Stock	7,500		7,500	D

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

	John J. Bulfin	05/14/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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