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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Recent Accounting Pronouncements | Recent Accounting Pronouncements Recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the SEC applicable to financial statements beginning January 1, 2021 or later did not, or are not expected to, have a material effect on the Company's results of operations or financial position.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments | Fair Value of Financial Instruments To meet the reporting requirements of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 825, "Financial Instruments", regarding fair value of financial instruments, CoreCivic calculates the estimated fair value of financial instruments using market interest rates, quoted market prices of similar instruments, or discounted cash flow techniques with observable Level 1 inputs for publicly traded debt and Level 2 inputs for all other financial instruments, as defined in ASC 820, "Fair Value Measurement". At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were no material differences between the carrying amounts and the estimated fair values of CoreCivic's financial instruments, other than as follows (in thousands):
|  | March 31, 2021 |  |  | December 31, 2020 |
|  | Carrying Amount |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Carrying Amount |  |  | Fair Value |
Note receivable from Agecroft Prison Management, LTD |  | $ | 3,121 |  |  | $ | 3,929 |  |  | $ | 3,094 |  |  | $ | 3,896 |
Debt |  | $ | (1,779,572 | ) |  | $ | (1,750,259 | ) |  | $ | (1,809,517 | ) |  | $ | (1,774,016 | )

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