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Business Segments and Geographic Information (Customer Concentration Risk) (Details) (Customer Concentration Risk, Revenues)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2010
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Entity Wide Revenue Major Customer [Line Items]        
Percentage of revenue 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1      
U S Federal Government
       
Entity Wide Revenue Major Customer [Line Items]        
Percentage of revenue   42.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= geo_USFederalGovernmentMember
45.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= geo_USFederalGovernmentMember
47.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= geo_USFederalGovernmentMember