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Basis of Presentation (Details Textual) | Sep. 30, 2013 agency state person bed facility
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Number of beds | 73,000
Correctional, detention and residential treatment facilities including projects under development | 96
Provision of monitoring services tracking offenders (more than 70,000) | 70,000
Number of federal, state and local correctional agencies to which company provides monitoring services | 900
Number of states in which the company operates | 50

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