Idled Facilities and Respective Carrying Values Excluding Equipment and Other Assets (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) Bed	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Prairie Correctional Facility
Facility Activations Developments And Closures [Line Items]
Design Capacity | Bed	1,600
Date Idled	2010
Net Carrying Value | $	$ 15,857	$ 16,118
Huerfano County Correctional Center
Facility Activations Developments And Closures [Line Items]
Design Capacity | Bed	752
Date Idled	2010
Net Carrying Value | $	$ 16,909	16,980
Diamondback Correctional Facility
Facility Activations Developments And Closures [Line Items]
Design Capacity | Bed	2,160
Date Idled	2010
Net Carrying Value | $	$ 41,151	41,370
Southeast Kentucky Correctional Facility
Facility Activations Developments And Closures [Line Items]
Design Capacity | Bed	656
Date Idled	2012
Net Carrying Value | $	$ 21,656	21,864
Marion Adjustment Center
Facility Activations Developments And Closures [Line Items]
Design Capacity | Bed	826
Date Idled	2013
Net Carrying Value | $	$ 11,956	12,058
Kit Carson Correctional Center
Facility Activations Developments And Closures [Line Items]
Design Capacity | Bed	1,488
Date Idled	2016
Net Carrying Value | $	$ 56,661	57,095
Eden Detention Center
Facility Activations Developments And Closures [Line Items]
Design Capacity | Bed	1,422
Date Idled	2017
Net Carrying Value | $	$ 39,320	39,707
Torrance County Detention Facility
Facility Activations Developments And Closures [Line Items]
Design Capacity | Bed	910
Date Idled	2017
Net Carrying Value | $	$ 36,495	36,882
Idle Facilities
Facility Activations Developments And Closures [Line Items]
Design Capacity | Bed	9,814
Net Carrying Value | $	$ 240,005	$ 242,074