DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Schedule of Debt Outstanding

Debt outstanding consists of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2020			2019
Revolving Credit Facility maturing April 2023.  Interest payable     periodically at variable interest rates. The weighted average rate     at December 31, 2020 and 2019 was 1.7% and 3.3%, respectively.	$	219,000		$	365,000
Term Loan A maturing April 2023. Interest payable periodically at     variable interest rates. The rate at December 31, 2020 and 2019     was 1.6% and 3.3%, respectively.  Unamortized debt issuance     costs amounted to $0.1 million at both December 31, 2020 and     2019.		180,000			190,000
Term Loan B maturing December 2024. Interest payable periodically     at variable interest rates. The rate at December 31, 2020 and 2019     was 5.5% and 6.3%, respectively. Unamortized debt issuance costs     amounted to $4.1 million and $4.6 million at December 31, 2020     and 2019, respectively.		237,500			250,000
4.625% Senior Notes maturing May 2023. Unamortized debt     issuance costs amounted to $1.5 million and $2.1 million     at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.		350,000			350,000
5.0% Senior Notes maturing October 2022. Unamortized debt     issuance costs amounted to $0.8 million and $1.3 million at     December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.		250,000			250,000
4.75% Senior Notes maturing October 2027.  Unamortized debt     issuance costs amounted to $2.7 million and $3.1 million at     December 31, 2020 and 2019, 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, 2020 and 2019.		20,934			22,209
4.43% Lansing Correctional Center Non-Recourse Mortgage Note     maturing January 2040. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted     to $3.1 million and $3.3 million at December 31, 2020     and 2019, respectively.		157,607			159,522
4.5% SSA- Baltimore Non-Recourse Mortgage Note maturing     February 2034. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted to     $0.2 million at both December 31, 2020 and 2019.		144,476			150,134
Total debt		1,809,517			1,986,865
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(12,766	)		(14,993	)
Unamortized original issue discount		(10,000	)		(12,500	)
Current portion of long-term debt		(39,087	)		(31,349	)
Long-term debt, net	$	1,747,664		$	1,928,023

Schedule of Principal Payments

Scheduled principal payments as of December 31, 2020 for the next five years and thereafter were as follows (in thousands):

2021	$	39,087
2022		292,981
2023		758,110
2024		194,937
2025		14,556
Thereafter		509,846
Total debt	$	1,809,517