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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | THE GEO GROUP, INC. SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS For the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2012, January 1, 2012, and January 2, 2011
Description | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged to Cost and Expenses |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  | Deductions, Actual Charge-Offs |  | Balance at End of Period
| (In thousands)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 2,426 |  |  | $ | 757 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | (635 | ) |  | $ | 2,546 |
YEAR ENDED JANUARY 1, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 1,281 |  |  | $ | 1,812 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | (670 | ) |  | $ | 2,426 |
YEAR ENDED JANUARY 2, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 429 |  |  | $ | 905 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (53 | ) |  | $ | 1,281 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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