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                                                      Rules 424(b)(3) and 424(c)
                                                              File No. 333-09981
                                               Wackenhut Corrections Corporation




                 Supplement Number 1 dated September 10, 1996
                     To Prospectus dated August 12, 1996




        The table of Selling Shareholders in the Selling Shareholders Section
of the Prospectus is hereby supplemented to add the following Selling
Shareholders: 

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    Number of                              Number of         % of Common
                                                      Shares              Number of          Shares             Stock
                                  Position         Beneficially        Shares Covered     Beneficially       Beneficially
                                  with the        Owned Prior to          by this         Owned After        Owned After
Selling Shareholder               Company            Offering            Prospectus       Offering(1)        Offering(1)
- -------------------               --------        --------------       --------------     ------------       ------------   
<S>                               <C>            <C>                   <C>                <C>                <C>

Richard DeCook                     None              46,666                46,666              0                   0%

Timothy Cole                       None              74,666                74,666              0                   0%

</TABLE>
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(1) Assumes that all shares offered hereby are sold. 



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