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Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
bed
Mar. 31, 2014
Apr. 29, 2015
Apr. 28, 2015
bed
Subsequent Event [Line Items]        
Cash dividend per share of common stock declared $ 0.62us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.57us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared    
Number of vacant beds at idle facilities marketed to potential customers 4,400geo_NumberOfVacantBedsAtIdleFacilitiesMarketedToPotentialCustomers      
Subsequent Event        
Subsequent Event [Line Items]        
Cash dividend per share of common stock declared     $ 0.62us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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Number of vacant beds at idle facilities marketed to potential customers       1,740geo_NumberOfVacantBedsAtIdleFacilitiesMarketedToPotentialCustomers
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