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Arthur Gorrie wins innovation award

Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre has won the inaugural GEO Innovation Award for its groundbreaking youth education program. Initiated in 2012, the program seeks to demonstrate to local youth the potential life-changing impact of a criminal conviction. Newsletter April 2013 more

Fulham praised for partnerships

Fulham Correctional Centre has won recognition for its long-term association with Wellington Shire Council at the Corrections Victoria Community Work Partnership Awards. Newsletter April 2013 more

Recruitment – who is GEO looking for?

The GEO Group Australia’s executive general manager human resources, Pierre Langford, discusses the attributes GEO seeks when it recruits. Video 2 April 2013 more

Junee welcomes new recruits

Junee Correctional Centre recently welcomed 14 newly qualified correctional officers following completion of a nine-week pre-service training course. Video 1 March 2013 more

Dead ringer for a 19th century hearse

Prisoners at Fulham Correctional Centre have built a magnificent vintage horse-drawn hearse. Through the project nine inmates secured TAFE qualifications. Video 23 January 2013 more

Opportunities to further education

Inmates at Junee Correctional Centre have the opportunity to complete their secondary education then continue with tertiary studies. Video 3 January 2013 more

Junee health program wins accolades

The Junee Correctional Centre has won a prestigious national award from the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards for its groundbreaking ‘Healthy Inside’ program. Media Release 21 December 2012 more

Careers expo a success

Fulham Correctional Centre has hosted a successful Trade and Careers Expo where over 170 prisoners learnt more about career opportunities. Video 10 December 2012 more

A breeding ground for success

More than 150 acres of land surrounding the Junee Correctional Centre is now a vibrant farm with sheep and poultry being bred, vegetables grown and crops harvested. The farm is also supporting the tertiary education of five employees and 15 inmates. Newsletter December 2012 more

Inmates put some colour in their lives

Junee Correctional Centre has had the rare experience of welcoming a film crew into the prison to produce a television series. Put Some Colour In Your Life promotes art and education. Video 21 November 2012 more

Gippsland Health dines out on Fulham prisoners’ handiwork

The handiwork of Fulham Correctional Centre prisoners is making a difference to patients, staff and visitors at Central Gippsland Health Services' hospital in Sale. Video 5 November 2012 more

Parklea inmates furnish The Ponds

Inmates at Parklea Correctional Centre have supported an innovative project to enhance local community amenities. They have designed and manufactured an attractive array of park seating. Media Release 31 October 2012 more

GEO develops innovative mentoring program

GEO is partnering with psychologist and University of Sydney senior lecturer Agi O’Hara to develop What Makes a Man a Man in Contemporary Australia – an innovative ‘virtual’ mentoring program for men. Media Release 16 October 2012 more

GEO addresses Social Finance Forum

GEO’s Keith Ketheeswaran delivered a speech at the inaugural Social Finance Forum. In his presentation, titled Designing Outcomes: Opportunities and Risks, he outlined innovations and results in lowering recidivism. Video 5 October 2012 more

Parklea Correctional Centre is quality assured

The GEO operated Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney has had the quality of its management and services officially recognised with three ISO certifications. Media Release 4 October 2012 more

‘Virtual’ mentoring program launched

The GEO Group Australia is working with psychologist and University of Sydney senior lecturer Agi O'Hara to create a 'virtual' mentoring project for men titled What Makes a Man a Man in Contemporary Australia. Video 25 September 2012 more

Inmates rally for cystic fibrosis

Prisoners at Junee Correctional Centre have repaired and painted an old Holden panel van that will compete in the 2012 Great Escape rally to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Australia. Video 6 September 2012 more

First Prison Build home delivered

Junee Correctional Centre has delivered Australia’s first ‘Prison Build’ home. Delivery of the home is the culmination of more than 18 months of hard work by Junee staff and inmates as well as key partners in the project, Habitat for Humanity (HFH) and TAFE NSW Riverina Institute. Newsletter August 2012 more

Arthur Gorrie celebrates 20 years

Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre celebrated 20 years of operation on 1 July. The GEO Group Australia hosted a function to recognise the milestone with more than 200 current and past employees and partners attending. Newsletter August 2012 more

Colourful Dreaming program connects through art

In partnership with Shine for Kids, Junee Correctional Centre is helping indigenous inmates reconnect with their children through Aboriginal art and culture in a program called Colourful Dreaming. Video 30 June 2012 more

GEO announces winter conference schedule

The GEO Group Australia has released its forthcoming conference schedule. GEO will present at the Reintegration Puzzle Conference, the Correctional Services Healthcare Summit and the Social Finance Forum. Media Release 25 June 2012 more

GEO Care to provide healthcare across Victorian prisons

GEO Care Australia has been selected to deliver primary healthcare services to over 3400 prisoners in all of the publicly-managed prisons in Victoria from 1 July 2012. Media Release 9 May 2012 more

Employee of year builds better lives

As The GEO Group Australia continues to spell out its GEO Builds Better Lives ambition there could be no better advocate than Junee Correctional Centre’s Damien Morgan — the 2011 GEO Employee of the Year. Newsletter May 2012 more