Pay vs Performance Disclosure
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12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

USD ($)

Dec. 31, 2021

USD ($)

Dec. 31, 2020

USD ($)

Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]

Pay vs Performance [Table Text Block]

PAY VERSUS P

ERFORMANCE

Pay Versus Performance Table

As required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and Item 402(v) of

Regulation S-K,

we are providing the following information about the relationship between executive compensation actually paid to our named executive officers and certain financial performance of the Company. For further information concerning the Company’s variable

pay-for-performance

philosophy and how the Company aligns executive compensation with the Company’s performance, refer to “Executive Compensation — Compensation Discussion & Analysis.”


													Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based On:
Year	Summary Compensation Table Total for Mr. Gordo (1)	Summary Compensation Table Total for Dr. Zoley (1)		Compensation Actually Paid to Mr. Gordo (2)		Compensation Actually Paid to Dr. Zoley (2)			Average Summary Compensation Total for Non-PEO Named Executive Officers (“NEO’s) (3)		Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEO’s (4)		Total Shareholder Return (5)		Peer Group Total Shareholder Return (6)		Net Income Attributable to GEO (7)		Adjusted Net Income (8)
	(a)		(a)		(b)		(b)			(c)		(d)						(in thousands)
2022	$4,531,272	$	—	$	7,028,722	$	—		$	3,206,216	$	5,585,203	$	56	$	99	$	171,813	$	171,196
2021	1,601,207		11,270,248		1,652,434		10,844,304			1,826,765		1,906,352		41		137		77,418		159,203
2020	—		2,041,894		—		(250,121	)		1,596,221		889,175		63		103		113,032		155,581

(1)

The dollar amounts reflected in the columns labeled “(a)” are the amounts of total compensation reported for Mr. Gordo and Dr. Zoley for each corresponding year in the “Total” column of the applicable “Summary Compensation Table.”

(2)

The dollar amounts reported in the columns labeled “(b)” represent the amount of “compensation actually paid” (as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of

Regulation S-K

and referred to as “CAP”) to Mr. Gordo and Dr. Zoley. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Mr. Gordo or Dr. Zoley during the applicable year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of

Regulation S-K,

the following adjustments were made to Mr. Gordo’s and Dr. Zoley’s total compensation for each year to determine their respective CAP:



Summary of Equity Adjustments - PEO
Year	Prinicpal Executive Officer	Year End Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted During the Year		Year over Year Change in Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years			Fair Value as of the Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Year		Year over Year Change in Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested in the Year			Fair Value at the End of the Prior Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Year		Total Equity Award Adjustments
2022	Jose Gordo	$	3,720,000	$	346,909		$	—	$	(9,458	)	$	—	$	4,057,451
2021	Jose Gordo		449,368		(4,912	)		—		(1,977	)		—		442,479
2021	George C. Zoley		1,869,156		(166,125	)		—		(150,975	)		—		1,552,056
2020	George C. Zoley		1,186,500		(1,048,965	)		—		22,950			—		160,485

(3)

The dollar amounts reported in column (c) represent the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s named executive officers (“NEOs”) as a group (excluding any person who served as our principal executive officer, or “PEO”) in the “Total” column of the applicable “Summary Compensation Table.” The names of each of the

non-PEO

NEOs included for purposes of calculating the average amounts in each applicable year are as follows: (i) for 2022, George C. Zoley, Brian R.

Evans, Ann M. Schlarb and James Black; (ii) for 2021, Brian R. Evans, Ann M. Schlarb, David Venturella and Joe Negron; and (iii) for 2020, Brian R. Evans, J. David Donahue, Ann M. Schlarb, Blake Davis, and David Venturella.

(4)

The dollar amounts reported in column (d) represent the average CAP for the

non-PEO

NEOs as a group, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation

S-K.

The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual average amount of compensation earned by or paid to the

non-PEO

NEOs as a group during the applicable year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation

S-K,

the following adjustments were made to the average total compensation for the

non-PEO

NEOs as a group for each year to determine the average CAP for such group:


Summary Compensation Table Total to Compensation Actually Paid Reconciliation for Non-PEO NEO’s
Year		Reported Summary Compensation Table for Non-PEO NEO’s		Reported Value of Equity Awards			Equity Award Adjustments			Defined Benefit Plan Service Cost Additions		Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Value Deductions			Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEO’s
	2022	$	3,206,216	$	(757,001	)	$	3,070,663		$	65,325	$	—		$	5,585,203
	2021		1,826,765		(656,695	)		705,982			112,964		(82,664	)		1,906,352
	2020		1,596,221		(534,420	)		(54,034	)		91,840		(210,432	)		889,175


Summary of Equity Adjustments - Non-PEO NEO’s
Year	Year End Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted During the Year		Year over Year Change in Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years			Fair Value as of the Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Year		Year over Year Change in Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested in the Year			Fair Value at the End of the Prior Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Year		Total Equity Award Adjustments
2022	$	1,684,263	$	1,507,130		$	—	$	(120,730	)	$	—	$	3,070,663
2021		768,741		(36,338	)		—		(26,421	)		—		705,982
2020		197,430		(252,868	)		—		1,404			—		(54,034	)

(5)

Cumulative Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) is calculated in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation

S-K.

(6)

Represents the weighted peer group TSR, weighted according to the respective companies’ stock market capitalization at the beginning of each period for which a return is indicated. Our peer group consisted of similarly sized equity REIT’s. In 2022, due to the transition from REIT status in late 2021, the Compensation Committee continued to review compensation data from the REIT peer group while also referencing market data from a broad survey of general industry companies with revenues between $1 and $3 billion.

(7)

The dollar amounts reported represent the amount of net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc. reflected in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the applicable year.

(8)

Adjusted Net Income is calculated as net income/(loss) attributable to GEO adjusted for, if applicable in a given year, gain/loss on asset divestitures,

pre-tax,

gain/loss on extinguishment of debt, goodwill impairment charge,

pre-tax,

legal related expenses,

pre-tax,

start-up

expenses,

pre-tax,

close-out

expenses,

pre-tax,

COVID-19

expenses,

pre-tax,

transaction related expenses,

pre-tax,

one-time

employee restructuring expenses,

pre-tax,

close-out

expenses,

pre-tax,

change in tax structure to C Corp, and the tax effect of adjustments to net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc. Please refer to our current reports on Form 8-K filed on February 21, 2023 and February 24, 2022 for additional information and a reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income to our results as reported under GAAP.

Company Selected Measure Name

Adjusted Net Income

Named Executive Officers, Footnote [Text Block]

(3)

non-PEO

NEOs included for purposes of calculating the average amounts in each applicable year are as follows: (i) for 2022, George C. Zoley, Brian R.

Peer Group Issuers, Footnote [Text Block]

Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote [Text Block]

The dollar amounts reported in the columns labeled “(b)” represent the amount of “compensation actually paid” (as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of

Regulation S-K

Regulation S-K,

the following adjustments were made to Mr. Gordo’s and Dr. Zoley’s total compensation for each year to determine their respective CAP:



Summary of Equity Adjustments - PEO
Year	Prinicpal Executive Officer	Year End Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted During the Year		Year over Year Change in Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years			Fair Value as of the Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Year		Year over Year Change in Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested in the Year			Fair Value at the End of the Prior Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Year		Total Equity Award Adjustments
2022	Jose Gordo	$	3,720,000	$	346,909		$	—	$	(9,458	)	$	—	$	4,057,451
2021	Jose Gordo		449,368		(4,912	)		—		(1,977	)		—		442,479
2021	George C. Zoley		1,869,156		(166,125	)		—		(150,975	)		—		1,552,056
2020	George C. Zoley		1,186,500		(1,048,965	)		—		22,950			—		160,485

Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount

$ 3,206,216

$ 1,826,765

$ 1,596,221

Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount

$ 5,585,203

1,906,352

889,175

Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote [Text Block]


Summary Compensation Table Total to Compensation Actually Paid Reconciliation for Non-PEO NEO’s
Year		Reported Summary Compensation Table for Non-PEO NEO’s		Reported Value of Equity Awards			Equity Award Adjustments			Defined Benefit Plan Service Cost Additions		Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Value Deductions			Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEO’s
	2022	$	3,206,216	$	(757,001	)	$	3,070,663		$	65,325	$	—		$	5,585,203
	2021		1,826,765		(656,695	)		705,982			112,964		(82,664	)		1,906,352
	2020		1,596,221		(534,420	)		(54,034	)		91,840		(210,432	)		889,175


Summary of Equity Adjustments - Non-PEO NEO’s
Year	Year End Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted During the Year		Year over Year Change in Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years			Fair Value as of the Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Year		Year over Year Change in Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested in the Year			Fair Value at the End of the Prior Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Year		Total Equity Award Adjustments
2022	$	1,684,263	$	1,507,130		$	—	$	(120,730	)	$	—	$	3,070,663
2021		768,741		(36,338	)		—		(26,421	)		—		705,982
2020		197,430		(252,868	)		—		1,404			—		(54,034	)

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return [Text Block]

CAP and Cumulative TSR

The following graph describes the relationship between (a) the CAP for our principal executive officers and the average CAP for our named executive officers other than our principal executive officers included in the applicable Summary Compensation Table and (b) our cumulative total shareholder return across our last three completed fiscal years.

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income [Text Block]

CAP and Net Income

The following graph describes the relationship between (a) the CAP for our principal executive officers and the average CAP for our named executive officers other than our principal executive officers included in the applicable Summary Compensation Table and (b) our net income across our last three completed fiscal years.

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure [Text Block]

CAP and Adjusted Net Income

The following graph describes the relationship between (a) the CAP for our principal executive officers and the average CAP for our named executive officers other than our principal executive officers included in the applicable Summary Compensation Table and (b) our adjusted net income across our last three completed fiscal years.

Total Shareholder Return Vs Peer Group [Text Block]

Cumulative TSR of the Company and Cumulative TSR of the Peer Group

The following graph describes the relationship between (a) our cumulative total shareholder return across our last three completed fiscal years and (b) the cumulative total shareholder return for our peer group across the same period.

Tabular List [Table Text Block]

Tabular List of Financial Performance Measures

As described in greater detail in “Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion & Analysis,” the Compensation Committee’s fundamental philosophy is to closely link executive compensation with the achievement of performance goals tied to key metrics and to create an owner-oriented culture through our executive compensation programs. The objectives of our executive compensation program are to ensure that we are able to attract and retain highly skilled executives and to provide a compensation program that incentivizes management to optimize business performance, deploy capital productively, and increase long-term stockholder value. The most important financial performance measures used by the Compensation Committee for the most recently completed fiscal year to link compensation actually paid to our named executive officers to the Company’s performance are as follows:

•

Adjusted Net Income

•

Adjusted EBITDA

•

Return on Capital Employed

•

Revenue

Total Shareholder Return Amount

$ 56

Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount

137

103

Net Income (Loss)

$ 171,813,000

$ 77,418,000

$ 113,032,000

Company Selected Measure Amount

171,196

159,203

155,581

Measure [Axis]: 1

Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table]

Measure Name

Adjusted Net Income

Non-GAAP Measure Description [Text Block]

Adjusted Net Income is calculated as net income/(loss) attributable to GEO adjusted for, if applicable in a given year, gain/loss on asset divestitures,

pre-tax,

gain/loss on extinguishment of debt, goodwill impairment charge,

pre-tax,

legal related expenses,

pre-tax,

start-up

expenses,

pre-tax,

close-out

expenses,

pre-tax,

COVID-19