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Debt Senior Notes (Details) (Senior Notes) | Mar. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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5.875% Senior Notes, Due 2024 |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Interest rate | 5.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = geo_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDue2024Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember | 5.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = geo_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDue2024Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
5.125% Senior Notes, Due 2023 |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Interest rate | 5.125%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = geo_FivePointOneTwoFivePercentSeniorNotesDue2023Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember | 5.125%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = geo_FivePointOneTwoFivePercentSeniorNotesDue2023Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
5.875% Senior Notes, Due 2022 |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Interest rate | 5.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = geo_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDue2022Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember | 5.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = geo_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDue2022Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember
6.625% Senior Notes, Due 2021 |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |
Interest rate | 6.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = geo_SixPointSixTwoFivePercentSeniorNotesDue2021Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember | 6.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = geo_SixPointSixTwoFivePercentSeniorNotesDue2021Member / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember

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- Definition Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 22 -Article 5 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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