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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net - Protocol Acquisition (Details) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Feb. 25, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Jan. 01, 2012
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]            
Total acquired intangible assets, Net carrying amount       $ 155,275,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill $ 163,400,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill  
Goodwill       493,890,000us-gaap_Goodwill 490,196,000us-gaap_Goodwill 490,308,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Tangible and Intangible Assets of Unrelated Entity            
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]            
Acquisition, consideration transferred 13,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Total acquired intangible assets, Net carrying amount     7,000,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
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Goodwill     3,900,000us-gaap_Goodwill
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Initial accounting incomplete, adjustment     100,000geo_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustment
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Initial accounting incomplete, adjustment, intangibles   300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentIntangibles
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Goodwill, purchase accounting adjustments   $ 200,000us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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