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Commitments and Contingencies and Other
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER
COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER
Litigation, Claims and Assessments
The nature of the Company's business exposes it to various types of third-party legal claims or litigation against the Company, including, but not limited to, civil rights claims relating to conditions of confinement and/or mistreatment, sexual misconduct claims brought by prisoners or detainees, medical malpractice claims, product liability claims, intellectual property infringement claims, claims relating to employment matters (including, but not limited to, employment discrimination claims, union grievances and wage and hour claims), property loss claims, environmental claims, automobile liability claims, indemnification claims by its customers and other third parties, contractual claims and claims for personal injury or other damages resulting from contact with the Company's facilities, programs, electronic monitoring products, personnel or prisoners, including damages arising from a prisoner's escape or from a disturbance or riot at a facility. The Company does not expect the outcome of any pending claims or legal proceedings to have a material adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Commitments
The Company currently has contractual commitments for a number of projects using Company financing. The Company’s management estimates that the cost of these existing capital projects will be $252.1 million of which $86.1 million was spent through the first quarter of 2015. The Company estimates the remaining capital requirements related to these capital projects will be $166.0 million which will be spent through 2017. Included in these commitments is a contractual commitment to provide a capital contribution towards the design and construction of a prison project in Ravenhall, a locality near Melbourne, Australia, in the amount of AUD 115 million, or $88.4 million, based on exchange rates as of March 31, 2015. This capital contribution is expected to be made in January 2017.
Additionally, in connection with the Ravenhall Prison Project, the Company has a contractual commitment for construction of the facility and has entered into a syndicated facility agreement with National Australia Bank Limited to provide funding for the project up to AUD 791 million, or $608.4 million, based on exchange rates as of March 31, 2015. Refer to Note 10 - Debt.
Contract Awards

On January 28, 2015, GEO announced that GEO signed a contract for the reactivation of the company-owned, 400-bed Mesa Verde Detentional Facility (the "Facility") in California. The Facility will house immigration detainees under an intergovernmental service agreement between the City of McFarland and U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement ("ICE").

On February 18, 2015, GEO announced the closing of its previously announced acquisition of the LCS Facilities totaling more than 6,500 beds from LCS. Refer to Note 2 - Business Combinations.
Idle Facilities
The Company is currently marketing approximately 4,386 vacant beds at five of its idle facilities to potential customers. The carrying values of these idle facilities, which are included in Property and Equipment, Net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, totaled $103.9 million as of March 31, 2015, excluding equipment and other assets that can be easily transferred for use at other facilities.