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Declared Common Stock Dividends (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Dividend Payment 1st |
Dividends Payable [Line Items] |
Declaration Date | Feb. 20, 2014
Record Date | Apr. 02, 2014
Payable Date | Apr. 15, 2014
Per Share | $ 0.51 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared / cxw_DividendsPayableAxis = cxw_DividendPaymentOneMember
Dividend Payment 2nd |
Dividends Payable [Line Items] |
Declaration Date | May 15, 2014
Record Date | Jul. 02, 2014
Payable Date | Jul. 15, 2014
Per Share | $ 0.51 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared / cxw_DividendsPayableAxis = cxw_DividendPaymentTwoMember
Dividend Payment 3rd |
Dividends Payable [Line Items] |
Declaration Date | Aug. 14, 2014
Record Date | Oct. 02, 2014
Payable Date | Oct. 15, 2014
Per Share | $ 0.51 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared / cxw_DividendsPayableAxis = cxw_DividendPaymentThreeMember
Dividend Payment 4th |
Dividends Payable [Line Items] |
Declaration Date | Dec. 11, 2014
Record Date | Jan. 02, 2015
Payable Date | Jan. 15, 2015
Per Share | $ 0.51 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared / cxw_DividendsPayableAxis = cxw_DividendPaymentFourMember
Dividend Payment 5th |
Dividends Payable [Line Items] |
Declaration Date | Feb. 20, 2015
Record Date | Apr. 02, 2015
Payable Date | Apr. 15, 2015
Per Share | $ 0.54 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared / cxw_DividendsPayableAxis = cxw_DividendPaymentFiveMember

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- Definition Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Article 3 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770 + Details
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- Definition Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586 + Details
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