XML 61 R50.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.10.0.1

Summary of Capital Expenditures Including Accrued Amounts (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
--- | --- | ---
Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total capital expenditures | $ 298,897 | $ 32,139 | $ 394,322 | $ 75,978
Safety |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total capital expenditures | 13,166 | 14,027 | 38,018 | 37,861
Community |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total capital expenditures | 1,202 | 7,273 | 9,621 | 20,393
Properties |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total capital expenditures | 282,968 | 9,507 | 336,670 | 15,064
Corporate and Other |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total capital expenditures | $ 1,561 | $ 1,332 | $ 10,013 | $ 2,660

X
- Definition The cash outflow for purchases of and capital improvements on property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 13 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109223946&loc=d3e3213-108585 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_SegmentReportingInformationLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=cxw_SafetySegmentMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=cxw_CommunitySegmentMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=cxw_PropertiesSegmentMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=us-gaap_CorporateAndOtherMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |