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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-152707</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>



<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>76-0433642</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1700 West Loop South, Suite&nbsp;1500<BR>
Houston, Texas 77027<BR>
(713)&nbsp;623-0790</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal<BR>
executive offices)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>John J. Bulfin, Esq.<BR>
One Park Place, Suite&nbsp;700<BR>
621 Northwest 53</B><SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>rd</b></SUP><b> Street<BR>
Boca Raton, Florida<BR>
33487-8242<BR>
(561)&nbsp;893-0101</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: </B>Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities
offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.
<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a
post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to
General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of
securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No.
333-152707, filed on August&nbsp;1, 2008, as amended on September&nbsp;4, 2008, pertaining to (a)&nbsp;Senior Debt
Securities of Cornell Companies, Inc. (&#147;Cornell&#148;), (b)&nbsp;Subordinated Debt Securities of Cornell, (c)
Common Stock of Cornell, (d)&nbsp;Preferred Stock of Cornell, (e)&nbsp;Warrants of Cornell, (f)&nbsp;Units of
Cornell, and (g)&nbsp;Guarantees by certain subsidiaries of Cornell.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On August&nbsp;12, 2010, The GEO Group, Inc. (&#147;GEO&#148;) completed its acquisition of Cornell pursuant to an
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April&nbsp;18, 2010 (the &#147;Merger Agreement&#148;), as amended July
22, 2010, by and among GEO, GEO Acquisition III, Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of GEO
(&#147;Merger Sub&#148;) and Cornell. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and
into Cornell (the &#147;Merger&#148;), with Cornell being the surviving corporation of the Merger. As a
result of the Merger, for each share of Cornell common stock, Cornell stockholders had the option
to elect to receive: (i)&nbsp;1.3 shares of common stock of GEO, par value $.01 per share, for each
share of Cornell common stock; or (ii)&nbsp;the right to receive cash consideration equal to the greater
of (x)&nbsp;the fair market value, as defined in the Merger Agreement, of one share of GEO common stock
plus $6.00 or (y)&nbsp;the fair market value, as defined in the Merger Agreement, of 1.3 shares of GEO
common stock.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As a result of the merger, Cornell has terminated the offering of Cornell&#146;s securities pursuant to
the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking made by Cornell in the Registration
Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the
securities that had been registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, Cornell
hereby removes and withdraws from registration all securities registered pursuant to this
Registration Statement that remain unsold.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boca Raton, State of Florida, on August&nbsp;24,
2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.</B><BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Brian R. Evans
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Brian R. Evans&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President of Finance&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 in reliance upon Rule
478 under the Securities Act.
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