WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORP Filing Type: 4 Description: Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership Filing Date: Feb 14, 2003 Period End: Feb 12, 2003 Primary Exchange: New York Stock Exchange Ticker: WHC UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this 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 Keens, Donald H. c/o Wackenhut Corrections 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 Feb, 2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President, International Services 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person _____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 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 Month |ect(I)| | _____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________| 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 | | | |Month |(I)| | _____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________| Employee Stock Option |8.4375 | | | | | |2/17/|2/16/| | | |4,000 |D | | (Right to buy) | | | | | | |00 |10 | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option |9.3000 | | | | | |2/8/0|2/8/1| | | |6,000 |D | | (Right to buy) | | | | | | |1 |1 | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option |15.400| | | | | |2/7/0|2/7/1| | | |30,000 |D | | (Right to Buy) | | | | | | |2 |2 | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option |9.510 |2/12/03|A | |8,509 |A |2/12/|2/12/| Common Stock| | |8,509 |D | | (Right to Buy) | | | | | | |03 |13 | | | | | | | _____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Donald H. Keens BY: K. Mendell DATE 2/14/03