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Assets Held for Sale | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Assets Held for Sale [Abstract] |
Assets held for sale | Assets Held for Sale As of December 31, 2012 and January 1, 2012, the Company’s Assets Held for Sale by reportable segment were as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
U.S. Corrections & Detention |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,455 |
GEO Community Services |  | 3,243 |  |  | 908 |
Total |  | $ | 3,243 |  |  | $ | 4,363 |
As of December 31, 2012, the Company has classified four facilities as available for sale in its consolidated balance sheet with GEO Community Services segment assets. One of these facilities, with a carrying value of $1.5 million was sold in January 2013 for $1.6 million, net of selling costs. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, the Company sold certain of its facilities previously classified as Assets Held for Sale as follows: On August 12, 2010, the Company acquired the Baker Community Correctional Facility in connection with the Cornell Acquisition. This facility, an asset of the U.S. Corrections & Detention reportable segment, was classified as an Asset Held for Sale as of January 1, 2012, had a carrying value of $0.4 million and was sold in January 2012 for $0.4 million, net of selling costs. On August 12, 2010, the Company acquired the Reality House Facility in connection with the Cornell Acquisition. This facility, an asset of the GEO Community Services reportable segment, was classified as an Asset Held For Sale as of January 1, 2012, had a carrying value of $0.1 million and was donated to a non-profit organization in September 2012. On August 12, 2010, the Company acquired the Texas Adolescent Treatment Center in connection with the Cornell Acquisition. This facility, an asset of the GEO Community Services reportable segment, was classified as an Asset Held For Sale during 2012, had a carrying value of $4.5 million and was sold in September 2012 for $5.3 million, net of selling costs. On March 17, 2008, the Company purchased its former Coke County Juvenile Justice Center. In October 2008, the Company classified this facility as an Asset Held for Sale. In December 2012, the Company donated this facility to a local municipality, which was included in the U.S. Corrections and Detention segment. The facility had a carrying value of $2.8 million prior to its donation. During the fiscal year ended January 1, 2012, the Company sold certain of its facilities previously classified as Assets Held for Sale as follows: On August 12, 2010, the Company acquired the International Building in connection with its purchase of Cornell. This facility had a carrying value of $0.5 million and was sold in July 2011 for $0.5 million, net of selling costs. On August 12, 2010, the Company acquired the Washington D.C. Facility in connection with its purchase of Cornell. This facility was classified as held for sale during the Company's fiscal year ended January 2, 2011, had a carrying value of $6.9 million and was sold in April 2011 for $6.6 million, net of selling costs.

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