SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Stock-based compensation (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares
Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (shares)	15,000
Age limit for forfeiture of stock award	65 years
Restricted Stock \| Share-based Compensation Award, Vesting Each Year Commencing with First Anniversary Date of Award
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting rights percent	20.00%
Restricted Stock \| Share-based Compensation Award, Vesting on Fifth Anniversary Date
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting rights percent	100.00%
Incentive Compensation Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (shares)	10,000
Cash compensation \| $	$ 300,000
Director \| Directors' Compensation Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized (shares)	20,000
Award requisite service period	12 months
Trading days period	30 days
Deferred Compensation, Share-based Payments
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum annual installments period	10 years

Age limit applicable to forfeiture of stock, the stock is to be forfeited if the participant retires early.

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Cash compensation which is paid under incentive compensation plan.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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