4 1 FORM 4 - APRIL, 1996 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. FORM 4 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Calabrese, Wayne H. c/o The Wackenhut Corporation 4200 Wackenhut Drive #100 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410-4243 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Wackenhut Corrections Corporation WHC 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) ###-##-#### 4. Statement for Month/Year April, 1996 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) April, 1996 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Executive Vice President
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Year |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |4/29/9|M | |1,883 |A |2.400 |0 | | | |6 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |4/29/9|S | |1,883 |D |48.894 |0 | | | |6 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Year |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Employee Stock Option |2.400 |4/29/|M | |1,883 |D |9/1/9|2/29/|Common Stock| | |6,333 |D | | | |96 | | | | |4 |04 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Right to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option |7.500 | | | | | |11/5/|5/5/0|Common Stock| | |18,667 |D | | | | | | | | |94 |4 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Right to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option |45.250 |4/25/|A | |5,000 |A |4/25/|4/24/|Common Stock| | |5,000 |D | | | |96 | | | | |96 |06 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Right to buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Wayne H. Calabrese BY: J. P. Rowan as Attorney-In-Fact DATE 5/20/96