The GEO Group Closes Sale of Company-Owned Lawton Correctional Facility in Oklahoma for $312 Million

OKLAHOMA WATCH: Oklahoma completes takeover of Lawton Prison

For the first time since the mid-1990s, Oklahoma is out of the private prison business.

The GEO Group Closes Sale of Company-Owned Lawton Correctional Facility in Oklahoma for $312 Million

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