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Basis of Presentation (Details Textual)
Mar. 31, 2015
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Number of beds 86,000geo_NumberofBedsinFacilityWhichHasNoticeofIntenttoAwardContractFor
Correctional, detention and residential treatment facilities including projects under development 106geo_CorrectionalDetentionAndResidentialTreatmentFacilitiesIncludingProjectsUnderDevelopment
Provision of monitoring services tracking offenders (more than 70,000) 70,000geo_ProvisionOfMonitoringServicesTrackingOffenders
Number of federal, state and local correctional agencies to which company provides monitoring services 900geo_NumberOfFederalStateAndLocalCorrectionalAgencies
Number of states in which entity operates 50us-gaap_NumberOfStatesInWhichEntityOperates