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Assets Held for Sale (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Assets Held for Sale [Abstract] |
Assets Held for Sale by reportable segment | 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 |

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