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Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended |  |  |
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Oct. 31, 2012 noncontributory_defined_benefit_pension_plans bed | Sep. 30, 2012 bed | Oct. 31, 2012 Marshal Service Contract [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] | Oct. 02, 2012 Marshal Service Contract [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] detainees | Oct. 18, 2012 Golden State Correctional Facility [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] detainees | Oct. 30, 2012 Blackwater River Correctional Facility [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] detainees
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event, Term of Contract |  |  | 10 years |  |  |
Number of Non-Contributory Defined Benefit Pension Plans | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Number of Federal Detainees |  |  |  | 320 |  |
Number of beds |  | 75,000 |  |  | 625 | 2,000
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared |  | $ 0.20 |  |  |  |

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