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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions |  | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 17, 2017 | Feb. 23, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Dividend declared per common share |  |  | $ 2.04 | $ 2.16 | $ 2.04
Subsequent Event |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Dividend declared per common share | $ 0.42 |  |  |  |
Dividend payable date | Apr. 17, 2017 |  |  |  |
Dividend declared, record date | Apr. 03, 2017 |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) | CoreCivic's employees and non-employee directors |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued |  | 0.5 |  |  |
Aggregate value of shares issued |  | $ 17.7 |  |  |
Subsequent Event | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) | Officers And Executive Officers |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued |  | 0.3 |  |  |
Vesting period |  | 3 years |  |  |
Subsequent Event | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) | Other Employees |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued |  | 0.2 |  |  |
Vesting period |  | 3 years |  |  |

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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 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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- Definition Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition Gross value of stock (or other type of equity) issued during the period as a result of any equity-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Stock issued could result from the issuance of restricted stock, the exercise of stock options, stock issued under employee stock purchase plans, and/or other employee benefit plans. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event. + References No definition available. + Details
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