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Property and Equipment - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 Facility Building Property Bed | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2009 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2013 Y
Number of real estate properties owned | 54 us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties |  |  |  |  |
Number of correctional and detention facilities | 52 cxw_NumberOfCorrectionalAndDetentionFacilities |  |  |  |  |
Number of real estate properties leased | 3 us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseNumberOfUnits |  |  |  |  |
Number of corporate office buildings | 2 cxw_NumberOfCorporateOfficeBuildings |  |  |  |  |
Number of correctional and detention facilities owned by government agencies | 12 cxw_NumberOfFacilitiesManagedAndNotOwnedByCompany |  |  |  |  |
Interest capitalization cost on construction in progress | $ 2,500,000 us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized | $ 800,000 us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized | $ 1,100,000 us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized |  |  |
Depreciation expense | 114,000,000 us-gaap_Depreciation | 112,800,000 us-gaap_Depreciation | 113,200,000 us-gaap_Depreciation |  |  |
Number of facilities subject to options | 11 cxw_NumberOfFacilitiesSubjectToOptions |  |  |  |  |
Number of facilities subject to options that are constructed on land which is leased from governmental agencies | 2 us-gaap_NumberOfPropertiesSubjectToGroundLeases |  |  |  |  |
Number of facilities also subject to purchase option | 1 cxw_NumberOfPropertiesSubjectToGroundLeasesAndPurchaseOption |  |  |  |  |
Number of beds at the facility | 84,500 cxw_HousingCapacityOfFacility |  |  |  |  |
Rental expenses incurred on lease property | 9,100,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet | 5,900,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet | 4,700,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet |  |  |
Purchase price paid for real property in addition to bonds value |  |  |  | 100 cxw_AmountInAdditionToBondToBePaidToPurchaseRealProperty |  |
Third Party Lessor |  |  |  |  |  |
Agreement notice period for termination | 90 days |  |  |  |  |
Payment amount |  |  |  |  | 70,000,000 us-gaap_PrepaidRent / cxw_FacilityActivationAndDevelopmentsAxis = cxw_ThirdPartyLessorMember |
Average number of useful life in years | 4 years |  |  |  |  |
Third Party Lessor | Preexisting Cottages |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease term | 4 months |  |  |  |  |
Third Party Lessor | Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating leases agreement renewal term | 1 year |  |  |  |  |
South Texas Family Residential Center |  |  |  |  |  |
Contractually committed for various other services | 57,600,000 us-gaap_OtherCommitment / cxw_FacilityActivationAndDevelopmentsAxis = cxw_SouthTexasFamilyResidentialCenterMember |  |  |  |  |
Payments expected to be made under the cancelable lease | 287,400,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue / cxw_FacilityActivationAndDevelopmentsAxis = cxw_SouthTexasFamilyResidentialCenterMember |  |  |  |  |
South Texas Family Residential Center | Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |
Agreement notice period for termination |  |  |  |  | 90 days |
South Texas Family Residential Center | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of beds at the facility | 2,400 cxw_HousingCapacityOfFacility / cxw_FacilityActivationAndDevelopmentsAxis = cxw_SouthTexasFamilyResidentialCenterMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember |  |  |  | 2,400 cxw_HousingCapacityOfFacility / cxw_FacilityActivationAndDevelopmentsAxis = cxw_SouthTexasFamilyResidentialCenterMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember |
Non-appropriation of fund | Third Party Lessor |  |  |  |  |  |
Agreement notice period for termination | 60 days |  |  |  |  |
Lease termination penalty | 13,400,000 cxw_LeaseTerminationPenalty / cxw_FacilityActivationAndDevelopmentsAxis = cxw_ThirdPartyLessorMember / cxw_ManagerFundAxis = cxw_NonfundedExposureMember |  |  |  |  |
Facility one |  |  |  |  |  |
Ground Lease expiration year | 2015 |  |  |  |  |
Facility two |  |  |  |  |  |
Ground Lease expiration year | 2017 |  |  |  |  |
Elizabeth Detention Center |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease, expire date | June 2015 |  |  |  |  |
San Diego Correctional Facility |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease, expire date | December 2015 |  |  |  |  |
Wheeler County Development Authority |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of property tax abatement |  |  |  | 50.00%cxw_PercentageOfPropertyTaxAbatement / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cxw_WheelerCountyDevelopmentAuthorityMember |  |
Principal amount of bond issued |  |  |  | 30,000,000 cxw_PrincipalAmountOfBondIssuedAsNoncashConsiderationUnderTaxAbatementAgreement / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cxw_WheelerCountyDevelopmentAuthorityMember |  |
Number of years of tax abatement |  |  |  | 6 cxw_NumberOfYearsOfTaxAbatement / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cxw_WheelerCountyDevelopmentAuthorityMember |  |
Douglas-Coffee County Industrial Authority |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of property tax abatement |  |  |  | 100.00%cxw_PercentageOfPropertyTaxAbatement / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cxw_DouglasCoffeeCountyIndustrialAuthorityMember |  |
Principal amount of bond issued |  |  |  | 33,000,000 cxw_PrincipalAmountOfBondIssuedAsNoncashConsiderationUnderTaxAbatementAgreement / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cxw_DouglasCoffeeCountyIndustrialAuthorityMember |  |
Number of years of tax abatement |  |  |  | 5 cxw_NumberOfYearsOfTaxAbatement / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cxw_DouglasCoffeeCountyIndustrialAuthorityMember |  |
Development Authority Of Telfair County |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of property tax abatement |  |  |  |  |  | 90.00%cxw_PercentageOfPropertyTaxAbatement / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cxw_DevelopmentAuthorityOfTelfairCountyMember
Principal amount of bond issued |  |  |  |  |  | $ 15,000,000 cxw_PrincipalAmountOfBondIssuedAsNoncashConsiderationUnderTaxAbatementAgreement / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cxw_DevelopmentAuthorityOfTelfairCountyMember
Number of years of tax abatement |  |  |  |  |  | 9 cxw_NumberOfYearsOfTaxAbatement / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cxw_DevelopmentAuthorityOfTelfairCountyMember
Percentage of property tax abatement, decrease in percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 10.00%cxw_IncreaseDecreaseInPercentageOfPropertyTaxAbatement / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cxw_DevelopmentAuthorityOfTelfairCountyMember

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