Basis of Presentation (Details Textual)	Jun. 30, 2014 agency state bed facility person	Dec. 31, 2013
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of beds	79,000
Correctional, detention and residential treatment facilities including projects under development	98
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 entity operates	50
Common stock, shares authorized	125,000,000	90,000,000