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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | THE GEO GROUP, INC. SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS For the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015
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, 2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 3,664 |  |  | $ | 2,138 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,228 | ) |  | $ | 4,574 |
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 3,088 |  |  | $ | 2,682 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,106 | ) |  | $ | 3,664 |
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 3,315 |  |  | $ | 764 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (991 | ) |  | $ | 3,088 |

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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 FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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