Discontinued Operations (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2012	Jul. 03, 2011	Jul. 01, 2012	Jul. 03, 2011	Apr. 19, 2012 East Mississippi Correctional Facility [Member] bed	Aug. 13, 2012 Marshall County Correctional Facility [Member] bed	Jul. 01, 2012 Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility [Member] bed
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of beds discontinued					1,500	1,000	1,450
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Revenue	$ 11.2	$ 11.0	$ 22.3	$ 22.4

Amount of sales or other form of revenues attributable to the disposal group, including a component of the entity (discontinued operation), during the reporting period.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 144

-Paragraph 47

-Subparagraph c

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 205

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760

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