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Subsequent Events (Details) |  |  |  | 3 Months Ended
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May 02, 2019 bed contract | Apr. 25, 2019 bed | Apr. 03, 2019 $ / shares | Mar. 31, 2019 $ / shares | Mar. 31, 2018 $ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares |  |  |  | $ 0.48 | $ 0.47
Subsequent Event |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares |  |  | $ 0.48 |  |
Subsequent Event | Bureau Of Prisons (BOP) |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Contract term | 10 years |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event | Bureau Of Prisons (BOP) | North Lake Correctional Facility |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Contract term | 10 years |  |  |  |
Number of beds in detention facility | 1,800 |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event | Bureau Of Prisons (BOP) | Reeves County Detention Center I & II |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Contract term | 10 years |  |  |  |
Number of beds in detention facility | 1,800 |  |  |  |
Number of new contracts | contract | 2 |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event | Bureau Of Prisons (BOP) | Reeves County Detention Center III |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of beds in detention facility | 1,376 |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event | Immigration and Customs Enforcement | South Louisiana ICE Processing Center |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of beds in detention facility |  | 1,000 |  |  |

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