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Summary of Business Organization, Operations and Significant Accounting Policies (Reserve for Insurance Loss) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]    
General liability insurance maximum recoverage per occurrence $ 67.0geo_GeneralLiabilityInsuranceMaximumRecoveragePerOccurrence  
GEO care insurance maximum recoverable per occurrence 35.0geo_SegmentInsuranceMaximumRecoveragePerOccurrence  
Deductible amount for general insurance liability and hospital professional insurance liability 3.0geo_DeductibleAmountForGeneralInsuranceLiabilityAndHospitalProfessionalInsuranceLiability  
Deductible amount for worker's compensation insurance liability 2.0geo_DeductibleAmountForWorkersCompensationInsuranceLiability  
Deductible amount for automobile insurance liability 1.0geo_DeductibleAmountForAutomobileInsuranceLiability  
Undiscounted reserves for workers compensation and general liability claims $ 49.5us-gaap_SelfInsuranceReserve $ 47.6us-gaap_SelfInsuranceReserve