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message cornell companies inc. type public industry prisons founded 1973 headquarters houston tx united states area served united states key people chris coonfield manager investor relations james e.hyman ceo & president john r. nieser svp cfo & treasurer cathryn l. porter svp general counsel & corporate secretary patrick n. perrin svp & chief administrative officer benjamin e. erwin svp corporate development & acb michael caltabiano svp adult secure jonathan p. swatsburg svp abraxas youth & family servicesmarianne bonetati esq. legal representative managing director brenda harris director hr abraxas gina pomilla vp human resouces adult secure revenue 386.7 million 2008 operating income 62.2 million 2008 net income 22.2 million 2008 total assets 636.9 million 2008 total equity 228.2 million 2008 number of employees 4 300 september 2009 website cornellcompanies.com cornell companies nyse crn was an american corporation that operated correctional facilities contracting them to state and local governments . the company s headquarters were located in houston texas . 1 on august 12 2010 cornell and the geo group merged . contents 1 history 2 business segments 3 employees 4 references 5 external links history edit cornell companies through predecessor entities began juvenile operations in 1973 adult community based programs in 1974 and adult secure operations in 1984 . in 1996 cornell companies was officially incorporated in the state of delaware as a consolidated entity . by 2010 cornell had established long standing relationships with a number of significant federal and state customers including a nearly 20 year relationship with the bureau of prisons in its adult secure division and a 35 year relationship with the bureau of prisons in its adult community based division . also in cornell s abraxas juvenile division over 70 % of revenue was sourced from customers over 15 years . cornell had attained a significant presence with the alaska california colorado mississippi and arizona departments of corrections . business segments edit cornell companies offered a diverse portfolio of services in structured and secure environments through three operating divisions adult secure services adult community based services abraxas youth and family services within the adult secure services segment cornell provided minimum to maximum security incarceration services for federal state and local government agencies . cornell s adult community based services involved the supervision of adult parolees and probationers . cornell offered a national presence with locations in many large urban areas throughout the united states . cornell was a leading provider of community based services to the u.s. federal bureau of prisons and to a number of state corrections departments . the abraxas youth & family services division included residential detention shelter care and community based services along with educational rehabilitation and treatment programs for juveniles typically between the ages of 10 and 18 . employees edit at december 31 2008 cornell had 4 109 full time employees and 300 part time employees . cornell employs management administrative and clerical security educational and counseling services health services and general maintenance personnel . references edit contact cornell . cornell companies . retrieved on july 10 2010 . cornell companies inc. 1700 west loop south suite 1500 houston tx 77027 external links edit boca raton portal companies portal criminal justice portal geo group web site larger inmate population is boon to private prisons wsj.com growth in the total correctional population during 2008 was the slowest in eight years bureau of justice statistics retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cornell companies & oldid 742424693 categories private prisons in the united statescompanies disestablished in 2010geo grouphidden categories articles with a promotional tone from may 2014all articles with a promotional 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