Basis of Presentation (Details Textual)	Sep. 30, 2013 agency state person bed facility
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of beds	73,000
Correctional, detention and residential treatment facilities including projects under development	96
Provision of monitoring services tracking offenders (more than 70,000)	70,000
Number of federal, state and local correctional agencies to which company provides monitoring services	900
Number of states in which the company operates	50