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Summary of Capital Expenditures (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Total capital expenditures $ 91,179us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets $ 27,284us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
Owned and managed    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Total capital expenditures 82,834us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= cxw_OwnedAndManagedMember
25,620us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= cxw_OwnedAndManagedMember
Managed-only    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Total capital expenditures 731us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= cxw_ManagedOnlyMember
632us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= cxw_ManagedOnlyMember
Corporate and Other    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Total capital expenditures $ 7,614us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateAndOtherMember
$ 1,032us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateAndOtherMember