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Assets Held for Sale (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Assets Held for Sale [Abstract] |
Assets Held for Sale by reportable segment | 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 |

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