Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

The termination of any of the Company's management contracts by expiration or otherwise, may result in the classification of the assets, liabilities and cash flows associated with, and operating results of such management contracts, net of taxes, as a discontinued operation. The Company presents such events as discontinued operations so long as the financial results can be clearly identified, the operations and cash flows are completely eliminated from ongoing operations, and so long as the Company does not have any significant continuing involvement in the operations of the component after the disposal or termination transaction. Historically, the Company has classified operations as discontinued in the period they are announced as normally all continuing cash flows cease within three to six months of that date. During the thirty-nine weeks ended September 30, 2012, the Company discontinued operations at certain of its domestic facilities. The results of operations, net of taxes, and the assets and liabilities of these operations, each as further described below, have been retrospectively reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations for all prior periods presented. Assets, primarily consisting of accounts receivable, and liabilities have been presented separately in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets for all prior periods presented.

U.S. Corrections & Detention:  On April 19, 2012, the Company announced its discontinuation of its managed-only contract with the State of Mississippi, Department of Corrections for the 1,500-bed East Mississippi Correctional Facility ("East Mississippi") effective July 19, 2012. In connection with the discontinuation of East Mississippi, the Company has also discontinued its managed-only contracts with the State of Mississippi, Department of Corrections for the 1,000-bed Marshall County Correctional Facility effective August 13, 2012, and the 1,450-bed Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility effective July 1, 2012. Revenues related to the discontinued operations through their respective disposition dates, were $2.4 million and $11.2 million, for the thirteen weeks ended September 30, 2012 and October 2, 2011, respectively and $24.7 million and $33.6 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 30, 2012 and October 2, 2011, respectively. Loss from discontinued operations includes a charge of $1.1 million of insurance liability claims for the thirteen weeks and thirty-nine weeks ended September 30, 2012 which are directly related to these discontinued operations. All income (loss) from discontinued operations included in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income is attributable to The Geo Group, Inc.