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Assets Held for Sale | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Assets Held for Sale [Abstract] |
Assets Held for Sale | Assets Held for Sale As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company’s Assets Held for Sale by reportable segment were as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
U.S. Corrections & Detention |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
GEO Community Services |  | — |  |  | 3,243 |
Total |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,243 |
2013 As of December 31, 2013, the Company had no facilities classified as available for sale. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company sold two of its facilities previously classified as Assets Held for Sale (Abraxas Center for Adolescent Females and Philadelphia Community-Based Programs). The sale of the facilities resulted in an insignificant gain. During 2013, Contact Interventions (carrying value $1.2 million) and Abraxas III (carrying value $0.2 million) no longer met the Assets Held For Sale criteria and were reclassified to Property and Equipment. The Company previously had potential buyers for these properties, but based on new market information, has deemed the potential sales to be improbable. The reclassification to Property and Equipment had no significant impact on the Company's results of operations. 2012 During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, the Company sold two of its facilities previously classified as Assets Held for Sale (Baker Community Correctional and Texas Adolescent Treatment Center). The sale of these facilities resulted in an insignificant gain. 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, and was donated to a non-profit organization in September 2012. The carrying value of this facility was not significant. 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.

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