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Pay vs Performance Disclosure Unit_pure in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Pay vs Performance [Table Text Block] | PAY VERSUS P ERFORMANCE Pay Versus Performance Table As required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, we are providing the following information about the relationship between executive compensation actually paid to our named executive officers and certain financial performance of the Company. For further information concerning the Company’s variable pay-for-performance philosophy and how the Company aligns executive compensation with the Company’s performance, refer to “Executive Compensation — Compensation Discussion & Analysis.”
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Year |  | Summary Compensation Table Total for Mr. Gordo (1) |  | Summary Compensation Table Total for Dr. Zoley (1) |  |  | Compensation Actually Paid to Mr. Gordo (2) |  |  | Compensation Actually Paid to Dr. Zoley (2) |  |  | Average Summary Compensation Total for Non-PEO Named Executive Officers (“NEO’s) (3) |  |  | Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEO’s (4) |  |  | Total Shareholder Return (5) |  |  | Peer Group Total Shareholder Return (6) |  |  | Net Income Attributable to GEO (7) |  |  | Adjusted Net Income (8) |
|  | (a) |  |  | (a) |  |  |  | (b) |  |  |  | (b) |  |  |  | (c) |  |  |  | (d) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (in thousands) |
2022 |  | $4,531,272 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,028,722 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,206,216 |  |  | $ | 5,585,203 |  |  | $ | 56 |  |  | $ | 99 |  |  | $ | 171,813 |  |  | $ | 171,196 |
2021 |  | 1,601,207 |  |  | 11,270,248 |  |  |  | 1,652,434 |  |  |  | 10,844,304 |  |  |  | 1,826,765 |  |  |  | 1,906,352 |  |  |  | 41 |  |  |  | 137 |  |  |  | 77,418 |  |  |  | 159,203 |
2020 |  | — |  |  | 2,041,894 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (250,121 | ) |  |  | 1,596,221 |  |  |  | 889,175 |  |  |  | 63 |  |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | 113,032 |  |  |  | 155,581 |
| (1) | The dollar amounts reflected in the columns labeled “(a)” are the amounts of total compensation reported for Mr. Gordo and Dr. Zoley for each corresponding year in the “Total” column of the applicable “Summary Compensation Table.”
| (2) | The dollar amounts reported in the columns labeled “(b)” represent the amount of “compensation actually paid” (as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K and referred to as “CAP”) to Mr. Gordo and Dr. Zoley. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Mr. Gordo or Dr. Zoley during the applicable year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following adjustments were made to Mr. Gordo’s and Dr. Zoley’s total compensation for each year to determine their respective CAP:
Summary of Equity Adjustments - PEO |
Year |  | Prinicpal Executive Officer |  | Year End Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted During the Year |  |  | Year over Year Change in Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years |  |  | Fair Value as of the Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Year |  |  | Year over Year Change in Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested in the Year |  |  | Fair Value at the End of the Prior Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Year |  |  | Total Equity Award Adjustments |
2022 |  | Jose Gordo |  | $ | 3,720,000 |  |  | $ | 346,909 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (9,458 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,057,451 |
2021 |  | Jose Gordo |  |  | 449,368 |  |  |  | (4,912 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,977 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 442,479 |
2021 |  | George C. Zoley |  |  | 1,869,156 |  |  |  | (166,125 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (150,975 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,552,056 |
2020 |  | George C. Zoley |  |  | 1,186,500 |  |  |  | (1,048,965 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 22,950 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 160,485 |
| (3) | The dollar amounts reported in column (c) represent the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s named executive officers (“NEOs”) as a group (excluding any person who served as our principal executive officer, or “PEO”) in the “Total” column of the applicable “Summary Compensation Table.” The names of each of the non-PEO NEOs included for purposes of calculating the average amounts in each applicable year are as follows: (i) for 2022, George C. Zoley, Brian R.
| Evans, Ann M. Schlarb and James Black; (ii) for 2021, Brian R. Evans, Ann M. Schlarb, David Venturella and Joe Negron; and (iii) for 2020, Brian R. Evans, J. David Donahue, Ann M. Schlarb, Blake Davis, and David Venturella.
| (4) | The dollar amounts reported in column (d) represent the average CAP for the non-PEO NEOs as a group, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual average amount of compensation earned by or paid to the non-PEO NEOs as a group during the applicable year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following adjustments were made to the average total compensation for the non-PEO NEOs as a group for each year to determine the average CAP for such group:
Summary Compensation Table Total to Compensation Actually Paid Reconciliation for Non-PEO NEO’s |
Year |  |  | Reported Summary Compensation Table for Non-PEO NEO’s |  |  | Reported Value of Equity Awards |  |  | Equity Award Adjustments |  |  | Defined Benefit Plan Service Cost Additions |  |  | Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Value Deductions |  |  | Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEO’s |
| 2022 |  |  | $ | 3,206,216 |  |  | $ | (757,001 | ) |  | $ | 3,070,663 |  |  | $ | 65,325 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5,585,203 |
| 2021 |  |  |  | 1,826,765 |  |  |  | (656,695 | ) |  |  | 705,982 |  |  |  | 112,964 |  |  |  | (82,664 | ) |  |  | 1,906,352 |
| 2020 |  |  |  | 1,596,221 |  |  |  | (534,420 | ) |  |  | (54,034 | ) |  |  | 91,840 |  |  |  | (210,432 | ) |  |  | 889,175 |
Summary of Equity Adjustments - Non-PEO NEO’s |
Year |  | Year End Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted During the Year |  |  | Year over Year Change in Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years |  |  | Fair Value as of the Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Year |  |  |  |  |  | Year over Year Change in Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested in the Year |  |  | Fair Value at the End of the Prior Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Year |  |  | Total Equity Award Adjustments |
2022 |  | $ | 1,684,263 |  |  | $ | 1,507,130 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (120,730 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,070,663 |
2021 |  |  | 768,741 |  |  |  | (36,338 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (26,421 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 705,982 |
2020 |  |  | 197,430 |  |  |  | (252,868 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,404 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (54,034 | )
| (5) | Cumulative Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) is calculated in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K.
| (6) | Represents the weighted peer group TSR, weighted according to the respective companies’ stock market capitalization at the beginning of each period for which a return is indicated. Our peer group consisted of similarly sized equity REIT’s. In 2022, due to the transition from REIT status in late 2021, the Compensation Committee continued to review compensation data from the REIT peer group while also referencing market data from a broad survey of general industry companies with revenues between $1 and $3 billion.
| (7) | The dollar amounts reported represent the amount of net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc. reflected in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the applicable year.
| (8) | Adjusted Net Income is calculated as net income/(loss) attributable to GEO adjusted for, if applicable in a given year, gain/loss on asset divestitures, pre-tax, gain/loss on extinguishment of debt, goodwill impairment charge, pre-tax, legal related expenses, pre-tax, pre-tax, start-up expenses, pre-tax, close-out expenses, pre-tax, COVID-19 expenses, pre-tax, transaction related expenses, pre-tax, one-time employee restructuring expenses, pre-tax, close-out expenses, pre-tax, change in tax structure to C Corp, and the tax effect of adjustments to net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc. Please refer to our current reports on Form 8-K filed on February 21, 2023 and February 24, 2022 for additional information and a reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income to our results as reported under GAAP.
Company Selected Measure Name | Adjusted Net Income |  |
Named Executive Officers, Footnote [Text Block] |
| (3) | The dollar amounts reported in column (c) represent the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s named executive officers (“NEOs”) as a group (excluding any person who served as our principal executive officer, or “PEO”) in the “Total” column of the applicable “Summary Compensation Table.” The names of each of the non-PEO NEOs included for purposes of calculating the average amounts in each applicable year are as follows: (i) for 2022, George C. Zoley, Brian R.
| Evans, Ann M. Schlarb and James Black; (ii) for 2021, Brian R. Evans, Ann M. Schlarb, David Venturella and Joe Negron; and (iii) for 2020, Brian R. Evans, J. David Donahue, Ann M. Schlarb, Blake Davis, and David Venturella.
Peer Group Issuers, Footnote [Text Block] | Represents the weighted peer group TSR, weighted according to the respective companies’ stock market capitalization at the beginning of each period for which a return is indicated. Our peer group consisted of similarly sized equity REIT’s. In 2022, due to the transition from REIT status in late 2021, the Compensation Committee continued to review compensation data from the REIT peer group while also referencing market data from a broad survey of general industry companies with revenues between $1 and $3 billion. |  |
Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote [Text Block] | The dollar amounts reported in the columns labeled “(b)” represent the amount of “compensation actually paid” (as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K and referred to as “CAP”) to Mr. Gordo and Dr. Zoley. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Mr. Gordo or Dr. Zoley during the applicable year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following adjustments were made to Mr. Gordo’s and Dr. Zoley’s total compensation for each year to determine their respective CAP:
Summary of Equity Adjustments - PEO |
Year |  | Prinicpal Executive Officer |  | Year End Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted During the Year |  |  | Year over Year Change in Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years |  |  | Fair Value as of the Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Year |  |  | Year over Year Change in Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested in the Year |  |  | Fair Value at the End of the Prior Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Year |  |  | Total Equity Award Adjustments |
2022 |  | Jose Gordo |  | $ | 3,720,000 |  |  | $ | 346,909 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (9,458 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,057,451 |
2021 |  | Jose Gordo |  |  | 449,368 |  |  |  | (4,912 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,977 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 442,479 |
2021 |  | George C. Zoley |  |  | 1,869,156 |  |  |  | (166,125 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (150,975 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,552,056 |
2020 |  | George C. Zoley |  |  | 1,186,500 |  |  |  | (1,048,965 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 22,950 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 160,485 |
Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount | $ 3,206,216 | $ 1,826,765 | $ 1,596,221
Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount | $ 5,585,203 | 1,906,352 | 889,175
Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote [Text Block] |
Summary Compensation Table Total to Compensation Actually Paid Reconciliation for Non-PEO NEO’s |
Year |  |  | Reported Summary Compensation Table for Non-PEO NEO’s |  |  | Reported Value of Equity Awards |  |  | Equity Award Adjustments |  |  | Defined Benefit Plan Service Cost Additions |  |  | Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Value Deductions |  |  | Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEO’s |
| 2022 |  |  | $ | 3,206,216 |  |  | $ | (757,001 | ) |  | $ | 3,070,663 |  |  | $ | 65,325 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5,585,203 |
| 2021 |  |  |  | 1,826,765 |  |  |  | (656,695 | ) |  |  | 705,982 |  |  |  | 112,964 |  |  |  | (82,664 | ) |  |  | 1,906,352 |
| 2020 |  |  |  | 1,596,221 |  |  |  | (534,420 | ) |  |  | (54,034 | ) |  |  | 91,840 |  |  |  | (210,432 | ) |  |  | 889,175 |
Summary of Equity Adjustments - Non-PEO NEO’s |
Year |  | Year End Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted During the Year |  |  | Year over Year Change in Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years |  |  | Fair Value as of the Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Year |  |  |  |  |  | Year over Year Change in Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested in the Year |  |  | Fair Value at the End of the Prior Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Year |  |  | Total Equity Award Adjustments |
2022 |  | $ | 1,684,263 |  |  | $ | 1,507,130 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (120,730 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,070,663 |
2021 |  |  | 768,741 |  |  |  | (36,338 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (26,421 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 705,982 |
2020 |  |  | 197,430 |  |  |  | (252,868 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,404 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (54,034 | )
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return [Text Block] | CAP and Cumulative TSR The following graph describes the relationship between (a) the CAP for our principal executive officers and the average CAP for our named executive officers other than our principal executive officers included in the applicable Summary Compensation Table and (b) our cumulative total shareholder return across our last three completed fiscal years. |  |
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income [Text Block] | CAP and Net Income The following graph describes the relationship between (a) the CAP for our principal executive officers and the average CAP for our named executive officers other than our principal executive officers included in the applicable Summary Compensation Table and (b) our net income across our last three completed fiscal years. |  |
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure [Text Block] | CAP and Adjusted Net Income The following graph describes the relationship between (a) the CAP for our principal executive officers and the average CAP for our named executive officers other than our principal executive officers included in the applicable Summary Compensation Table and (b) our adjusted net income across our last three completed fiscal years. |  |
Total Shareholder Return Vs Peer Group [Text Block] | Cumulative TSR of the Company and Cumulative TSR of the Peer Group The following graph describes the relationship between (a) our cumulative total shareholder return across our last three completed fiscal years and (b) the cumulative total shareholder return for our peer group across the same period. |  |
Tabular List [Table Text Block] | Tabular List of Financial Performance Measures As described in greater detail in “Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion & Analysis,” the Compensation Committee’s fundamental philosophy is to closely link executive compensation with the achievement of performance goals tied to key metrics and to create an owner-oriented culture through our executive compensation programs. The objectives of our executive compensation program are to ensure that we are able to attract and retain highly skilled executives and to provide a compensation program that incentivizes management to optimize business performance, deploy capital productively, and increase long-term stockholder value. The most important financial performance measures used by the Compensation Committee for the most recently completed fiscal year to link compensation actually paid to our named executive officers to the Company’s performance are as follows:
| • |  | Adjusted Net Income
| • |  | Adjusted EBITDA
| • |  | Return on Capital Employed
| • |  | Revenue
Total Shareholder Return Amount | $ 56 | 41 | 63
Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount | 99 | 137 | 103
Net Income (Loss) | $ 171,813,000 | $ 77,418,000 | $ 113,032,000
Company Selected Measure Amount | 171,196 | 159,203 | 155,581
Measure [Axis]: 1 |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Measure Name | Adjusted Net Income |  |
Non-GAAP Measure Description [Text Block] | Adjusted Net Income is calculated as net income/(loss) attributable to GEO adjusted for, if applicable in a given year, gain/loss on asset divestitures, pre-tax, gain/loss on extinguishment of debt, goodwill impairment charge, pre-tax, legal related expenses, pre-tax, pre-tax, start-up expenses, pre-tax, close-out expenses, pre-tax, COVID-19 expenses, pre-tax, transaction related expenses, pre-tax, one-time employee restructuring expenses, pre-tax, close-out expenses, pre-tax, change in tax structure to C Corp, and the tax effect of adjustments to net income attributable to The GEO Group, Inc. Please refer to our current reports on Form 8-K filed on February 21, 2023 and February 24, 2022 for additional information and a reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income to our results as reported under GAAP. |  |
Measure [Axis]: 2 |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Measure Name | Adjusted EBITDA |  |
Measure [Axis]: 3 |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Measure Name | Return on Capital Employed |  |
Measure [Axis]: 4 |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Measure Name | Revenue |  |
Jose Gordo [Member] |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
PEO Total Compensation Amount | $ 4,531,272 | $ 1,601,207 |
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount | $ 7,028,722 | $ 1,652,434 |
PEO Name | Jose Gordo | Jose Gordo |
George C. Zoley [Member] |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
PEO Total Compensation Amount |  | $ 11,270,248 | $ 2,041,894
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount |  | $ 10,844,304 | $ (250,121)
PEO Name |  | George C. Zoley | George C. Zoley
PEO [Member] | Jose Gordo [Member] | Add: Total Equity Awards Adjustments [Member] |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation Amount | $ 4,057,451 | $ 442,479 |
PEO [Member] | Jose Gordo [Member] | Equity Award Adjustments [Member] |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Fair Value Of Outstanding And Unvested Equity Awards Granted During The Year | 3,720,000 | 449,368 |
Change in Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years | 346,909 | (4,912) |
Change in Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested in the Year | (9,458) | (1,977) |
PEO [Member] | George C. Zoley [Member] | Add: Total Equity Awards Adjustments [Member] |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation Amount |  | 1,552,056 | $ 160,485
PEO [Member] | George C. Zoley [Member] | Equity Award Adjustments [Member] |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Fair Value Of Outstanding And Unvested Equity Awards Granted During The Year |  | 1,869,156 | 1,186,500
Change in Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years |  | (166,125) | (1,048,965)
Change in Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested in the Year |  | (150,975) | 22,950
Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Add: Total Equity Awards Adjustments [Member] |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation Amount | 3,070,663 | 705,982 | (54,034)
Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Reported Value of Equity Awards [Member] |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation Amount | (757,001) | (656,695) | (534,420)
Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Equity Award Adjustments [Member] |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation Amount | 3,070,663 | 705,982 | (54,034)
Fair Value Of Outstanding And Unvested Equity Awards Granted During The Year | 1,684,263 | 768,741 | 197,430
Change in Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years | 1,507,130 | (36,338) | (252,868)
Change in Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years that Vested in the Year | (120,730) | (26,421) | 1,404
Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Value Deduction [Member] |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation Amount |  | (82,664) | (210,432)
Non-PEO NEO [Member] | Defined Benefit Plan Service Cost [Member] |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure [Table] |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation Amount | $ 65,325 | $ 112,964 | $ 91,840

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