**Exhibit 24.1**

 

**CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.**

 

**Power of Attorney**

 

WHEREAS,Cornell Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), intendsto file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuantto the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules andregulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 of the Company, together withany and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary,advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendmentsthereto (the “Form 10-K”);

 

NOW,THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the Company, doeshereby appoint James E. Hyman, John R. Nieser and Cathryn L. Porter, and eachof them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to actwith or without the other, and with full power of substitution andresubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity asdirector of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto,including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents saidattorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable inconnection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appearbefore the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto.  Each of said attorneys shall have full powerand authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to bedone in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as theundersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying andapproving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or hissubstitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtuehereof.

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the26th day of February, 2009.

 

 
| By:    | /s/  Max W. Batzer |   |
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|   |               |   |
| Name:  | Max  W. Batzer     |   |

 

**CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.**

 

**Power of Attorney**

 

WHEREAS,Cornell Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), intendsto file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuantto the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules andregulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 of the Company, together withany and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisableor appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the “Form 10-K”);

 

NOW,THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the Company, doeshereby appoint James E. Hyman, John R. Nieser and Cathryn L. Porter, and eachof them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to actwith or without the other, and with full power of substitution andresubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity asdirector of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto,including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents saidattorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable inconnection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appearbefore the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto.  Each of said attorneys shall have full powerand authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to bedone in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as theundersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying andapproving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutesor substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the26th day of February, 2009.

 

 
| By:    | /s/  Anthony R. Chase |   |
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|   |                  |   |
| Name:  | Anthony  R. Chase     |   |

 

**CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.**

 

**Power of Attorney**

 

WHEREAS,Cornell Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), intendsto file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuantto the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules andregulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 of the Company, together withany and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary,advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendmentsthereto (the “Form 10-K”);

 

NOW,THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the Company, doeshereby appoint James E. Hyman, John R. Nieser and Cathryn L. Porter, and each ofthem severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to actwith or without the other, and with full power of substitution andresubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity asdirector of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto,including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents saidattorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable inconnection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appearbefore the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto.  Each of said attorneys shall have full powerand authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to bedone in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as theundersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying andapproving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or hissubstitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtuehereof.

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the26th day of February, 2009.

 

 
| By:    | /s/  Richard Crane |   |
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|   |               |   |
| Name:  | Richard  Crane     |   |

 

**CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.**

 

**Power of Attorney**

 

WHEREAS,Cornell Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), intendsto file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuantto the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules andregulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 of the Company, together withany and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary,advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendmentsthereto (the “Form 10-K”);

 

NOW,THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the Company, doeshereby appoint James E. Hyman, John R. Nieser and Cathryn L. Porter, and eachof them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to actwith or without the other, and with full power of substitution andresubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity asdirector of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto,including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents saidattorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable inconnection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appearbefore the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto.  Each of said attorneys shall have full powerand authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to bedone in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as theundersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying andapproving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or hissubstitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtuehereof.

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the26th day of February, 2009.

 

 
| By:    | /s/  Zachary George |   |
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|   |                |   |
| Name:  | Zachary  George     |   |

 

**CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.**

 

**Power of Attorney**

 

WHEREAS,Cornell Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), intendsto file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuantto the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules andregulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 of the Company, together withany and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary,advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendmentsthereto (the “Form 10-K”);

 

NOW,THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the Company, doeshereby appoint James E. Hyman, John R. Nieser and Cathryn L. Porter, and eachof them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to actwith or without the other, and with full power of substitution andresubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity asdirector of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto,including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents saidattorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable inconnection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appearbefore the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto.  Each of said attorneys shall have full powerand authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to bedone in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as theundersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying andapproving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or hissubstitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtuehereof.

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the26th day of February, 2009.

 

 
| By:    | /s/  Todd Goodwin |   |
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|   |              |   |
| Name:  | Todd  Goodwin     |   |

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**Power of Attorney**

 

WHEREAS,Cornell Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), intendsto file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuantto the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules andregulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 of the Company, together withany and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary,advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto(the “Form 10-K”);

 

NOW,THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the Company, doeshereby appoint James E. Hyman, John R. Nieser and Cathryn L. Porter, and eachof them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to actwith or without the other, and with full power of substitution andresubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity asdirector of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto,including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents saidattorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable inconnection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appearbefore the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto.  Each of said attorneys shall have full powerand authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to bedone in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as theundersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying andapproving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or hissubstitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtuehereof.

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 26thday of February, 2009.

 

 
| By:    | /s/  Andrew R. Jones |   |
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|   |                 |   |
| Name:  | Andrew  R. Jones     |   |

 

**CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.**

 

**Power of Attorney**

 

WHEREAS,Cornell Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), intendsto file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuantto the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules andregulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 of the Company, together withany and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary,advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendmentsthereto (the “Form 10-K”);

 

NOW,THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the Company, doeshereby appoint James E. Hyman, John R. Nieser and Cathryn L. Porter, and eachof them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to actwith or without the other, and with full power of substitution andresubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity asdirector of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto,including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents saidattorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable inconnection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appearbefore the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto.  Each of said attorneys shall have full powerand authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to bedone in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as theundersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying andapproving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or hissubstitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtuehereof.

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the26th day of February, 2009.

 

 
| By:    | /s/  Alfred J. Moran, Jr. |   |
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|   |                           |   |
| Name:  | Alfred  J. Moran, Jr.     |   |

 

**CORNELL COMPANIES, INC.**

 

**Power of Attorney**

 

WHEREAS,Cornell Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), intendsto file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuantto the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules andregulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 of the Company, together withany and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary,advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendmentsthereto (the “Form 10-K”);

 

NOW,THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director of the Company, doeshereby appoint James E. Hyman, John R. Nieser and Cathryn L. Porter, and eachof them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to actwith or without the other, and with full power of substitution andresubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity asdirector of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto,including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents saidattorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable inconnection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appearbefore the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto.  Each of said attorneys shall have full powerand authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to bedone in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as theundersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying andapproving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or hissubstitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtuehereof.

 

INWITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the26th day of February, 2009.

 

 
| By:    | /s/  D. Stephen Slack |   |
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|   |                  |   |
| Name:  | D.  Stephen Slack     |   |