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G4S Secure Solutions (USA) is an American/British-based security services company, and a subsidiary of G4S plc.It was founded as The Wackenhut Corporation in 1954, in Coral Gables, Florida, by George Wackenhut and three partners (all former FBI agents).
This is a list of notable corporations headquartered in Los Angeles County, California. The table is arranged alphabetically by company. The table is arranged alphabetically by company. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In November 2018, CalSTRS, the $220 billion-dollar California teachers pension fund, voted to divest from GEO Group and CoreCivic because of concerns expressed by teachers in the Bay Area. [57] In November, 2019, CalPERS , the $370 billion public employee pension fund, quietly divested from GEO Group and CoreCivic, as well.
Los Angeles Federal Courthouse - Spring Street ("B-18") In use (2009) Los Angeles, California: Ad hoc courthouse Secure ICE Los Custody Case: In use (2007) San Pedro, California: Migrant detention centre Secure DHS/ ICE: ICE "As needed" 397 (2007) LSS El Paso (Lutheran Social Services of the South) In use (2008) El Paso, Texas: Other - shelter ...
Zoley established The GEO Group as a division of The Wackenhut Corporation in 1984 when the company was named Wackenhut Corrections Corporation. He founded GEO care Inc. a subsidiary of The GEO Group, Inc. in 1984. Prior to founding the GEO Group, he served as manager, director, and vice president of government services at Wackenhut.
In 1994, The Quiet American, an 800-page authorized biography of Wackenhut by John Minahan, was published. [6] George Wackenhut was known as a hard-line right-winger. He built up dossiers on Americans suspected of being Communists or left-leaning "subversives and sympathizers" and sold the information to interested parties.
The tribe came to public attention in 1987 when they won California v.Cabazon Band; prior to the U.S.Supreme Court's decision 480 U.S. 202 (1987), the tribe had been the subject of public attention, given claims about events involving John Philip Nichols, The Wackenhut Corporation, and the June 29, 1981 triple homicides of Alfred "Fred" Alvarez, Patricia Castro, and Ralph Boger.
Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.With an estimated 3,820,914 residents within the city limits as of 2023, [8] it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.