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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2023
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Financial Instruments Having Difference Between Carrying Amount and Fair Value | At June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no material differences between the carrying amounts and the estimated fair values of CoreCivic's financial instruments, other than as follows (in thousands):
|  | June 30, 2023 |  |  | December 31, 2022 |
|  | Carrying Amount |  |  | Fair Value |  |  | Carrying Amount |  |  | Fair Value |
Note receivable from Agecroft Prison Management, LTD |  | $ | 2,870 |  |  | $ | 3,200 |  |  | $ | 2,741 |  |  | $ | 3,076 |
Debt |  | $ | (1,084,250 | ) |  | $ | (1,050,167 | ) |  | $ | (1,264,522 | ) |  | $ | (1,247,201 | )

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