Subsequent Events (Details) (Subsequent Event, USD $)	0 Months Ended
Apr. 28, 2014	Apr. 01, 2014 McFArland Female CCF [Member] bed	Apr. 30, 2014 Adelanto Detention Facility [Member] bed
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividend per share of common stock declared	$ 0.57
Number of beds in a facility		260	1,300
Additional number of beds			640

Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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