DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Schedule of Debt Outstanding

Debt outstanding consists of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2021			2020
Revolving Credit Facility maturing April 2023.  Interest payable     periodically at variable interest rates. The weighted average rate     at December 31, 2020 was 1.7%.	$	—		$	219,000
Term Loan A maturing April 2023. Interest payable periodically at     variable interest rates. The rate at  December 31, 2021 and 2020     was 1.4% and 1.6%, respectively.  Unamortized debt issuance costs     amounted to $0.0 million and $0.1 million at December 31, 2021     and 2020, respectively.		170,000			180,000
Term Loan B maturing December 2024. Interest payable periodically     at variable interest rates. The rate at both December 31, 2021 and     2020 was 5.5%. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted to     $2.0 million and $4.1 million at December 31, 2021 and     2020, respectively.		128,750			237,500
4.625% Senior Notes maturing May 2023. Unamortized debt     issuance costs amounted to $0.4 million and $1.5 million     at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  A portion of     these notes was repurchased during the second and fourth     quarters of 2021 in privately negotiated transactions, as     further described hereafter.		173,650			350,000
5.0% Senior Notes. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted to     $0.8 million at December 31, 2020.  These notes were fully     redeemed in April 2021, as further described hereafter.		—			250,000
4.75% Senior Notes maturing October 2027.  Unamortized debt     issuance costs amounted to $2.3 million and $2.7 million at     December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.		250,000			250,000
8.25% Senior Notes maturing April 2026.  Unamortized debt     issuance costs amounted to $12.9 million at December 31, 2021.		675,000			—
4.5% Capital Commerce Center Non-Recourse Mortgage Note.     Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted to $0.3 million at     December 31, 2020.  This note was repaid in connections with     the sale of Capital Commerce Center, as further described hereafter.		—			20,934
4.43% Lansing Correctional Center Non-Recourse Mortgage Note     maturing January 2040. Unamortized debt issuance costs amounted     to $3.0 million and $3.1 million at December 31, 2021     and 2020, respectively.		154,532			157,607
4.5% SSA- Baltimore Non-Recourse Mortgage Note. Unamortized     debt issuance costs amounted to $0.2 million at December 31, 2020.     This note was repaid in connection with the sale of SSA-Baltimore,      as further described hereafter.		—			144,476
Total debt		1,551,932			1,809,517
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(20,588	)		(12,766	)
Net unamortized original issue discount		(3,922	)		(10,000	)
Current portion of long-term debt		(35,376	)		(39,087	)
Long-term debt, net	$	1,492,046		$	1,747,664

Schedule of Principal Payments

Scheduled principal payments as of December 31, 2021 for the next five years and thereafter were as follows (in thousands):

2022	$	35,376
2023		354,796
2024		96,597
2025		5,823
2026		681,326
Thereafter		378,014
Total debt	$	1,551,932