As a company whose services are based on public-private partnerships with government agencies in the United States and around the world, GEO strives to maintain the highest level of ethics and compliance with respect to its government relations activities and political contributions.

Our political engagement efforts are largely educational, with the overarching objective of informing lawmakers and policymakers of the longstanding quality services we have delivered on behalf of federal and state government agencies for over three decades under both Democratic and Republican administrations.

Our government relations activities are focused on promoting the benefits of public-private partnerships in the delivery of support services for secure facilities and processing centers, as well as the provision of evidence based rehabilitation and community reentry programs through the GEO Continuum of Care®.

GEO has been a trusted service provider to the federal government for over 40 years and to state governments for several decades. In that time, we have not advocated for or against, nor have we played a role in setting criminal justice or immigration enforcement policies, such as whether to criminalize behavior, the length of criminal sentences, or the basis for or length of an individual’s incarceration
or detention. 

GEO uses corporate resources to support the Company’s political engagement and educational efforts, including expenditures for external entities who advocate on GEO’s behalf. Any such advocacy requires the prior approval of GEO’s Senior Vice President, Client Relations; is overseen and managed by GEO’s Client Relations Department; and is conducted in accordance with applicable law.