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Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Jan. 31, 2012 Facility | Nov. 30, 2011 Facility | Jun. 30, 2013 Facility
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Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Assets of discontinued operations | $ 0 us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation |  |  |  |
Current assets of discontinued operations |  | 15,000 us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCurrent |  |  |
Current liabilities of discontinued operations | $ 54,000 us-gaap_LiabilitiesOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCurrent | $ 886,000 us-gaap_LiabilitiesOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCurrent |  |  |
Delta Correctional Facility |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Housing capacity of terminated facility, in beds |  |  |  | 1,172 cxw_HousingCapacityOfTerminatedFacility / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = cxw_DeltaCorrectionalFacilityMember |
Number of inmates being transferred from facility |  |  | 900 cxw_NumberOfInmatesBeingTransferredFromFacility / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = cxw_DeltaCorrectionalFacilityMember |  |
Dawson State Jail |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Housing capacity of terminated facility, in beds |  |  |  |  | 2,216 cxw_HousingCapacityOfTerminatedFacility / cxw_FacilityActivationAndDevelopmentsAxis = cxw_DawsonStateJailMember
Wilkinson County Correctional Facility |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Housing capacity of terminated facility, in beds |  |  |  |  | 1,000 cxw_HousingCapacityOfTerminatedFacility / cxw_FacilityActivationAndDevelopmentsAxis = cxw_WilkinsonCountyCorrectionalFacilityMember

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