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Schedule of Selected Quarterly Financial Information (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Quarterly Financial Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Asset impairments | $ 27,800,000 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  | $ 30,082,000 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | $ 6,513,000 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Costs associated with tender offer and redemption |  | $ 36,300,000 cxw_CostsAssociatedWithTenderOfferAndRedemption |  |

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- Definition Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 28 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=31042434&loc=d3e3602-108585 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=8077374&loc=d3e2420-110228 + Details
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