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Records docket

A docket of what has been obtained and what has not. A lobbying disclosure is not a meeting record, a missing ethics record is a gap in this site's evidence rather than a finding about a person, and a price divided by a bed count is a comparison rather than an appraisal.

Lobbying filings, contact not established

Each row reproduces what the registrant disclosed and records that no contact document has been obtained for it.

A lobbying disclosure lists the chambers, departments and agencies a registrant reported lobbying during a quarter. It does not name a meeting, a date, an attendee, a room, a document exchanged, or a decision. Every row below therefore starts at “contact not established” and stays there until a contact record is obtained.

The GEO Group, Inc. · The GEO Group, Inc.
Period
2026 Q1
Reported amount
$350,000 · in-house expense
Reported issues
Immigration enforcement, alternatives to detention, public-private partnerships, justice and banking issues.
Disclosed targets
U.S. Senate; U.S. House; ICE; OMB; DHS; DOJ
Contact proof
Contact not established
Records path
FOIA to DHS/ICE, OMB, and DOJ; congressional offices are outside FOIA.
- Lobbying Disclosure — GEO in-house LD-2, 2026 Q1
What this does not establish
An LD-2 target list establishes what a registrant disclosed. It does not establish that every named body was contacted, that a meeting occurred, what was said, or that any decision resulted.
The GEO Group, Inc. · The GEO Group, Inc.
Period
2026 Q2
Reported amount
$340,000 · in-house expense
Reported issues
H.R. 9310, S. 2, ICE, immigration enforcement, alternatives to detention, public-private partnerships, and justice issues.
Disclosed targets
U.S. Senate; U.S. House; ICE; OMB; DHS; DOJ
Contact proof
Contact not established
Records path
FOIA to DHS/ICE, OMB, and DOJ; congressional offices are outside FOIA.
- U.S. Senate / House Lobbying Disclosure — The GEO Group, Inc. in-house LD-2, Q2 2026
What this does not establish
An LD-2 target list establishes what a registrant disclosed. It does not establish that every named body was contacted, that a meeting occurred, what was said, or that any decision resulted.
The GEO Group, Inc. · Checkmate Government Relations
Period
2026 Q2
Reported amount
$80,000 · outside-firm income
Registrant termination
2026-05-04
Reported issues
Contracts related to detention centers.
Disclosed targets
White House Office; HHS; Administration for Children & Families; Federal Bureau of Prisons
Contact proof
Contact not established
Records path
FOIA to HHS/ACF and BOP. The White House is not subject to FOIA; use voluntary/PRA/archival and press inquiry routes.
- U.S. Senate / House Lobbying Disclosure — Checkmate Government Relations for GEO, Q2 2026
What this does not establish
An LD-2 target list establishes what a registrant disclosed. It does not establish that every named body was contacted, that a meeting occurred, what was said, or that any decision resulted.
The GEO Group, Inc. · Continental Strategy, LLC
Period
2026 Q1
Reported amount
$150,000 · outside-firm income
Reported issues
Facilitating meetings and discussions on rehabilitation programs.
Disclosed targets
Executive Office of the President; DHS
Contact proof
Contact not established
Records path
FOIA to DHS; Executive Office records require office-specific analysis and are not assumed obtainable under FOIA.
- Lobbying Disclosure — Continental Strategy for GEO LD-2, 2026 Q1
What this does not establish
An LD-2 target list establishes what a registrant disclosed. It does not establish that every named body was contacted, that a meeting occurred, what was said, or that any decision resulted.
CoreCivic, Inc. · CoreCivic, Inc.
Period
2026 Q2
Reported amount
$490,000 · in-house expense
Reported issues
Budgets, appropriations, construction, management and acquisition of privately operated prisons and detention facilities.
Disclosed targets
U.S. Senate; U.S. House
Contact proof
Contact not established
Records path
Congressional offices and committees are outside FOIA; request calendars and records directly and use committee publication/archival sources.
- Lobbying Disclosure — CoreCivic in-house LD-2, 2026 Q2
What this does not establish
An LD-2 target list establishes what a registrant disclosed. It does not establish that every named body was contacted, that a meeting occurred, what was said, or that any decision resulted.
CoreCivic · Venture Government Strategies, LLC
Period
2026 Q2
Reported amount
$120,000 · outside-firm income
Reported issues
BOP, USMS, OFDT and ICE funding; DHS and immigration legislation.
Disclosed targets
U.S. Senate; U.S. House; DHS
Contact proof
Contact not established
Records path
FOIA to DHS and DOJ components; direct requests to Congress.
- Lobbying Disclosure — Venture Government Strategies for CoreCivic LD-2, 2026 Q2
What this does not establish
An LD-2 target list establishes what a registrant disclosed. It does not establish that every named body was contacted, that a meeting occurred, what was said, or that any decision resulted.

Person-level ethics records not obtained

General rules that exist on the books, then the person-level records this site has requested and does not have.

These are records-coverage gaps, not compliance findings. No entry establishes that a named person was required to recuse, failed to recuse, sought a waiver, received one, complied with a rule, or breached one. A record this site has not obtained is a gap in this site's evidence.

General rules on the books

Employees generally must recuse from matters affecting a prospective employer and procurement participants must report certain bidder contacts before negotiating employment.
- U.S. Department of Justice — Ethics Handbook for On and Off-Duty Conduct
A one-year contractor-compensation restriction can apply to former officials who served in specified roles on contracts exceeding $10 million.
- U.S. Department of Justice — Leaving Government
Post-employment communication and appearance restrictions depend on the particular matter and the former official's participation.
- U.S. Department of Justice — Ethics Handbook for On and Off-Duty Conduct

Matthew T. Albence
Company
The GEO Group
Company role
Senior Vice President, Client Relations
Prior government context
ICE leadership culminating as Acting Director
Record custodian candidate
ICE/DHS
Requested record classes
post-employment counseling; 18 U.S.C. 207 advice or determination; 41 U.S.C. 2104 contractor-compensation determination where applicable; 18 U.S.C. 208 recusal or disqualification; screening arrangement; waiver; procurement-integrity notification; STOCK Act employment-negotiation notice where applicable; contract-specific communications restrictions
Person-specific record
not-obtained-in-reviewed-sources
Evidence status
coverage gap
What this does not establish
No person-specific ethics record was obtained in the reviewed public sources. This does not establish that no advice, recusal, waiver, screening arrangement, notice, or restriction existed, nor that any person complied or failed to comply.
Daniel Ragsdale
Company
The GEO Group
Company role
Senior Vice President, Contract Administration and Compliance
Prior government context
ICE Deputy Director and long ICE service
Record custodian candidate
ICE/DHS
Requested record classes
post-employment counseling; 18 U.S.C. 207 advice or determination; 41 U.S.C. 2104 contractor-compensation determination where applicable; 18 U.S.C. 208 recusal or disqualification; screening arrangement; waiver; procurement-integrity notification; STOCK Act employment-negotiation notice where applicable; contract-specific communications restrictions
Person-specific record
not-obtained-in-reviewed-sources
Evidence status
coverage gap
What this does not establish
No person-specific ethics record was obtained in the reviewed public sources. This does not establish that no advice, recusal, waiver, screening arrangement, notice, or restriction existed, nor that any person complied or failed to comply.
Julie Myers Wood
Company
The GEO Group
Company role
Director
Prior government context
Head of ICE, 2006–2008
Record custodian candidate
ICE/DHS
Requested record classes
post-employment counseling; 18 U.S.C. 207 advice or determination; 41 U.S.C. 2104 contractor-compensation determination where applicable; 18 U.S.C. 208 recusal or disqualification; screening arrangement; waiver; procurement-integrity notification; STOCK Act employment-negotiation notice where applicable; contract-specific communications restrictions
Person-specific record
not-obtained-in-reviewed-sources
Evidence status
coverage gap
What this does not establish
No person-specific ethics record was obtained in the reviewed public sources. This does not establish that no advice, recusal, waiver, screening arrangement, notice, or restriction existed, nor that any person complied or failed to comply.
Paul Laird
Company
The GEO Group
Company role
Senior Vice President, Secure Services
Prior government context
29 years at BOP, including Regional Director
Record custodian candidate
BOP/DOJ
Requested record classes
post-employment counseling; 18 U.S.C. 207 advice or determination; 41 U.S.C. 2104 contractor-compensation determination where applicable; 18 U.S.C. 208 recusal or disqualification; screening arrangement; waiver; procurement-integrity notification; STOCK Act employment-negotiation notice where applicable; contract-specific communications restrictions
Person-specific record
not-obtained-in-reviewed-sources
Evidence status
coverage gap
What this does not establish
No person-specific ethics record was obtained in the reviewed public sources. This does not establish that no advice, recusal, waiver, screening arrangement, notice, or restriction existed, nor that any person complied or failed to comply.
Stacia A. Hylton
Company
CoreCivic
Company role
Director
Prior government context
USMS Director and Federal Detention Trustee
Record custodian candidate
USMS/DOJ
Requested record classes
post-employment counseling; 18 U.S.C. 207 advice or determination; 41 U.S.C. 2104 contractor-compensation determination where applicable; 18 U.S.C. 208 recusal or disqualification; screening arrangement; waiver; procurement-integrity notification; STOCK Act employment-negotiation notice where applicable; contract-specific communications restrictions
Person-specific record
not-obtained-in-reviewed-sources
Evidence status
coverage gap
What this does not establish
No person-specific ethics record was obtained in the reviewed public sources. This does not establish that no advice, recusal, waiver, screening arrangement, notice, or restriction existed, nor that any person complied or failed to comply.
Harley G. Lappin
Company
CoreCivic
Company role
Director; former corrections executive
Prior government context
BOP Director
Record custodian candidate
BOP/DOJ
Requested record classes
post-employment counseling; 18 U.S.C. 207 advice or determination; 41 U.S.C. 2104 contractor-compensation determination where applicable; 18 U.S.C. 208 recusal or disqualification; screening arrangement; waiver; procurement-integrity notification; STOCK Act employment-negotiation notice where applicable; contract-specific communications restrictions
Person-specific record
not-obtained-in-reviewed-sources
Evidence status
coverage gap
What this does not establish
No person-specific ethics record was obtained in the reviewed public sources. This does not establish that no advice, recusal, waiver, screening arrangement, notice, or restriction existed, nor that any person complied or failed to comply.
Thurgood Marshall Jr.
Company
CoreCivic
Company role
Director; Risk Committee chair
Prior government context
Former White House Cabinet Secretary and Senate committee counsel
Record custodian candidate
White House / Senate
Requested record classes
post-employment counseling; 18 U.S.C. 207 advice or determination; 41 U.S.C. 2104 contractor-compensation determination where applicable; 18 U.S.C. 208 recusal or disqualification; screening arrangement; waiver; procurement-integrity notification; STOCK Act employment-negotiation notice where applicable; contract-specific communications restrictions
Person-specific record
not-obtained-in-reviewed-sources
Evidence status
coverage gap
What this does not establish
No person-specific ethics record was obtained in the reviewed public sources. This does not establish that no advice, recusal, waiver, screening arrangement, notice, or restriction existed, nor that any person complied or failed to comply.

Exact sale prices and derived per-bed ratios

Exact prices from the purchase records, the rounded figures the company announced, and the arithmetic that follows from them, labelled as derived and not as valuation.

Sale-price and per-bed arithmetic are comparisons, not appraisals. The reviewed records do not establish fair market value or overpayment.

Prairie Correctional Facility
Purchase date
2026-08-04
Exact price in the purchase record
$495,639,588
Company-announced approximate price
$495,600,000 (rounded, as announced)
Published beds
1,600
Derived price per published bed
$309,775 · derived-not-appraisal
- CoreCivic, Inc. — CoreCivic Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
What this does not establish
Sale price divided by a published bed count is a comparison ratio, not an appraisal, replacement-cost estimate, or overpayment finding.
Midwest Regional Reception Center
Purchase date
2026-08-04
Exact price in the purchase record
$238,409,354
Company-announced approximate price
$238,400,000 (rounded, as announced)
Published beds
1,033
Derived price per published bed
$230,793 · derived-not-appraisal
- CoreCivic, Inc. — CoreCivic Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
What this does not establish
Sale price divided by a published bed count is a comparison ratio, not an appraisal, replacement-cost estimate, or overpayment finding.
California City Detention Facility
Purchase date
2026-07-02
Exact price in the purchase record
$732,571,392
Company-announced approximate price
$732,600,000 (rounded, as announced)
Published beds
2,560
Derived price per published bed
$286,161 · derived-not-appraisal
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — California City Purchase and Sale Agreement
What this does not establish
Sale price divided by a published bed count is a comparison ratio, not an appraisal, replacement-cost estimate, or overpayment finding.
Otay Mesa Detention Center
Purchase date
2026-07-02
Exact price in the purchase record
$739,208,496
Company-announced approximate price
$739,200,000 (rounded, as announced)
Published beds
1,994
Derived price per published bed
$370,716 · derived-not-appraisal
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — Otay Mesa Purchase and Sale Agreement
What this does not establish
Sale price divided by a published bed count is a comparison ratio, not an appraisal, replacement-cost estimate, or overpayment finding.

Across the four purchases

Exact price total: $2,205,828,830
Published bed total: 7,187
Derived average price per published bed: $306,919 · derived-not-appraisal
Company-reported approximate gain: $1,800,000,000
Derived approximate basis plus transaction costs: $405,828,830 · Inference from an approximate company-reported gain
Derived sale price to approximate basis multiple: 5.4359× · Inference from an approximate company-reported gain

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — CoreCivic 2025 Form 10-K

What this does not establish

The reported gain is approximate. The inferred basis and multiple are therefore approximate accounting comparisons, not appraisals.

Other transactions, listed for comparison

GEO sale of Lawton Correctional Facility to Oklahoma
$312,000,000 · 2,388 beds · $130,653 per bed · public acquisition
- The GEO Group, Inc. — Sale of Lawton Correctional Facility for $312 million
GEO purchase of Western Region Detention Facility
$60,000,000 · 770 beds · $77,922 per bed · private acquisition
- The GEO Group, Inc. — Second Quarter 2025 results and $300 million share repurchase program
CoreCivic purchase of Farmville Detention Center
$71,400,000 · 736 beds · $97,011 per bed · private acquisition
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / CoreCivic, Inc. — CoreCivic, Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 — Farmville Detention Center acquisition

What this does not establish

These transactions are listed side by side because each one is a sourced sale or purchase with a published bed count. They are not matched appraisal comparables: the properties, parties, dates, conditions and terms differ, and no ranking of value is drawn from them.

Due-diligence record categories

California City Detention Facility
Access agreement
2026-02-01
Due diligence end
2026-03-03
Buyer could elect
survey; environmental site assessment; appraisal; title examination
Seller document categories
permits; environmental reports; structural reports; maintenance reports; tax assessments; service contracts; title reports; budgets; anticipated capital expenditures; surveys; building plans
Excluded from transferred property
appraisals; internal memoranda; privileged communications
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — California City Purchase and Sale Agreement
What this does not establish
A contractual right to elect a survey, environmental assessment, appraisal or title examination does not establish that any of them was performed, obtained or relied on.
Otay Mesa Detention Center
Access agreement
2026-02-01
Due diligence end
2026-03-03
Buyer could elect
survey; environmental site assessment; appraisal; title examination
Seller document categories
permits; environmental reports; structural reports; maintenance reports; tax assessments; service contracts; title reports; budgets; anticipated capital expenditures; surveys; building plans
Excluded from transferred property
appraisals; internal memoranda; privileged communications
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — Otay Mesa Purchase and Sale Agreement
What this does not establish
A contractual right to elect a survey, environmental assessment, appraisal or title examination does not establish that any of them was performed, obtained or relied on.

Records not obtained

government appraisal or appraisal procurement file
buy-versus-lease analysis
negotiation and approval memoranda
CBRE or broker valuation materials
independent fairness opinion
post-sale management contract amendments
government lifecycle-cost comparison

Take the records

Each slice exports as its own file. Nothing is merged on the way out.