DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Schedule of Debt Outstanding

Debt outstanding consists of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2019			2018
Revolving Credit Facility maturing April 2023.  Interest payable     periodically at variable interest rates. The weighted average rate     at December 31, 2019 and 2018 was 3.3% and 4.0%, respectively.	$	365,000		$	201,000
Term Loan A maturing April 2023. Interest payable periodically at     variable interest rates. The rate at December 31, 2019 and 2018     was 3.3% and 4.0%, respectively.  Unamortized debt issuance     costs amounted to $0.1 million at both December 31, 2019 and     2018.		190,000			197,500
Term Loan B maturing December 2024. Interest payable periodically     at variable interest rates. The rate at December 31, 2019 was 6.3%.     Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted to $4.6 million     at December 31, 2019.		250,000			—
4.625% Senior Notes maturing May 2023. Unamortized debt     issuance costs amounted to $2.1 million and $2.7 million     at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.		350,000			350,000
4.125% Senior Notes. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted     to $1.0 million at 2018.		—			325,000
5.0% Senior Notes maturing October 2022. Unamortized debt     issuance costs amounted to $1.3 million and $1.8 million at     December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.		250,000			250,000
4.75% Senior Notes maturing October 2027.  Unamortized debt     issuance costs amounted to $3.1 million and $3.5 million at     December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.		250,000			250,000
4.5% Capital Commerce Center Non-Recourse Mortgage Note     maturing January 2033.  Unamortized debt issuance costs     amounted to $0.3 million at both December 31, 2019 and 2018.		22,209			23,429
4.43% Lansing Correctional Center Non-Recourse Mortgage Note     maturing January 2040. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted     to $3.3 million and $3.4 million at December 31, 2019     and 2018, respectively.		159,522			62,331
4.5% SSA- Baltimore Non-Recourse Mortgage Note maturing     February 2034. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted to    $0.2 million and $0.3 million at December 31, 2019 and 2018,     respectively.		150,134			155,535
Total debt		1,986,865			1,814,795
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(14,993	)		(13,119	)
Unamortized original issue discount		(12,500	)		—
Current portion of long-term debt		(31,349	)		(14,121	)
Long-term debt, net	$	1,928,023		$	1,787,555

Schedule of Principal Payments

Scheduled principal payments as of December 31, 2019 for the next five years and thereafter were as follows (in thousands):

2020	$	31,349
2021		39,087
2022		292,981
2023		904,110
2024		194,937
Thereafter		524,401
Total debt	$	1,986,865