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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-121074</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-8<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>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76-0433642</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or <BR>
organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1700 West Loop South, Suite&nbsp;1500<BR>
Houston, Texas</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>77027</B></TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Cornell Companies, Inc. 2000 Director Stock Plan<BR>
Cornell Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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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</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(561)&nbsp;893-0101</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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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-8 (Registration
Statement No.&nbsp;333-121074) filed on December&nbsp;8, 2004, pertaining to common stock, par value $0.001
per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) of Cornell Companies, Inc. (&#147;Cornell&#148;) to be offered under the
Cornell Companies, Inc. 2000 Director Stock Plan and the Cornell Companies, Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan.
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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-8 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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