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The GEO Group, Inc
(NYSE:GEO) 

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The GEO Group (NYSE: GEO) is the first fully integrated equity real estate investment trust specializing in the design, financing, development, and operation of secure facilities, processing centers, and community reentry centers in the United States, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom....

Founded: 1984
Full Time Employees: 23,000
Sector: Real Estate
Industry: REIT-Healthcare Facilities

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      revenues
    705,213,000 707,695,000 682,341,000 636,169,000 604,647,000 607,720,000 603,125,000 607,185,000 605,672,000 608,282,000 602,785,000 593,891,000 608,209,000 620,682,000 616,683,000 588,177,000 551,185,000 557,539,000 557,277,000 565,419,000 576,377,000 578,116,000 579,136,000 587,829,000 605,017,000 621,710,000 631,579,000 613,966,000 583,530,000 568,977,000 566,759,000 577,070,000 550,614,000 566,579,000 554,376,000 548,350,000 510,185,000 500,126,000 469,866,000 445,945,000 427,369,000 412,843,000 393,137,000 379,842,000 381,653,000 377,031,000 253,933,000 411,524,000 406,469,000 406,847,000 407,817,000 391,766,000 374,398,000 327,933,000 280,095,000 287,542,000 310,785,000 294,865,000 276,379,000 259,061,000 222,000,000 265,407,000 281,539,000 274,960,000 262,637,000 267,009,000 258,183,000 237,004,000 247,404,000 218,909,000 208,688,000 185,881,000 158,399,000 149,457,000 158,179,000 154,030,000 176,992,000 148,279,000 146,726,000 142,551,000 157,848,000 153,207,000 145,254,000 145,532,000 141,706,000 
      operating expenses
    521,509,000 529,907,000 508,881,000 475,218,000 453,778,000 447,358,000 441,917,000 443,529,000 441,675,000 441,941,000 440,667,000 428,128,000 433,492,000 430,566,000 436,210,000 411,791,000 385,161,000 395,986,000 399,900,000 405,009,000 428,151,000 437,263,000 434,402,000 445,339,000 461,322,000 478,080,000 472,513,000 453,168,000 434,806,000 424,209,000 423,134,000 438,445,000 414,707,000 429,279,000 415,659,000 416,837,000 388,506,000 365,970,000 345,966,000 333,930,000 317,909,000 300,058,000 291,923,000 283,903,000 279,246,000 280,797,000 170,105,000 305,832,000 305,929,000 307,721,000 308,644,000 299,286,000 280,672,000 251,100,000 216,927,000 226,382,000 241,764,000 234,408,000 218,857,000 202,327,000 163,141,000 209,511,000 226,247,000 224,336,000 212,645,000 216,512,000 207,373,000 194,105,000 210,246,000 181,771,000 172,415,000 153,746,000 153,096,000 128,533,000 134,098,000 130,953,000 149,779,000 121,028,000 122,864,000 121,237,000 141,770,000 129,540,000 123,300,000 126,027,000 123,822,000 
      depreciation and amortization
    33,830,000 34,132,000 33,039,000 32,732,000 32,136,000 31,786,000 31,756,000 31,313,000 31,365,000 30,997,000 31,173,000 31,691,000 31,923,000 32,641,000 32,330,000 32,016,000 35,938,000 34,871,000 32,883,000 33,306,000 34,117,000 34,291,000 33,628,000 33,434,000 33,327,000 33,585,000 32,419,000 32,352,000 31,297,000 31,833,000 31,649,000 31,866,000 28,949,000 29,030,000 28,783,000 28,652,000 28,451,000 28,128,000 27,127,000 26,560,000 24,940,000 23,748,000 24,142,000 23,888,000 23,657,000 22,935,000 21,042,000 23,761,000 23,509,000 21,974,000 21,056,000 18,802,000 16,015,000 13,384,000 9,474,000 9,238,000 10,244,000 9,616,000 9,630,000 9,816,000 9,365,000 9,512,000 9,457,000 9,073,000 8,939,000 9,179,000 8,471,000 7,281,000 4,467,000 6,080,000 6,024,000 5,664,000 4,751,000 3,672,000 3,760,000 3,803,000 4,080,000 3,604,000 3,402,000 3,365,000 3,433,000 3,606,000 3,313,000 4,747,000 2,422,000 
      general and administrative expenses
    60,575,000 59,823,000 62,121,000 56,246,000 57,749,000 60,679,000 47,081,000 52,198,000 53,070,000 51,584,000 47,356,000 41,692,000 50,134,000 49,094,000 50,022,000 49,296,000 48,560,000 50,664,000 50,475,000 54,688,000 48,479,000 47,403,000 46,644,000 45,543,000 53,782,000 43,743,000 48,488,000 47,271,000 47,647,000 46,477,000 49,074,000 52,206,000 42,586,000 40,261,000 37,483,000 36,904,000 34,061,000 39,276,000 33,742,000 32,174,000 31,848,000 28,148,000 28,502,000 27,222,000 27,363,000 32,040,000 32,080,000 27,228,000 27,389,000 25,922,000 27,710,000 32,788,000 34,336,000 33,925,000 20,655,000 17,448,000 19,304,000 15,685,000 17,015,000 17,236,000 17,326,000 16,944,000 17,857,000 17,024,000 17,643,000 16,054,000 15,741,000 15,053,000 13,894,000 14,073,000 14,292,000 14,009,000 13,165,000 11,719,000 12,673,000 11,401,000 13,277,000 10,629,000 10,782,000 11,191,000      
      operating income
    89,299,000 83,833,000 40,700,000 71,973,000 60,984,000 67,897,000 82,371,000 80,145,000 79,562,000 83,760,000 83,589,000 92,380,000 92,660,000 108,381,000 98,121,000 95,074,000 81,526,000 76,018,000 74,019,000 72,416,000 65,630,000 38,013,000 64,462,000 63,513,000 56,586,000 66,302,000 78,159,000 81,175,000 69,780,000 66,458,000 62,902,000 54,553,000 64,372,000 68,009,000 72,451,000 65,957,000 59,167,000 66,752,000 63,031,000 53,281,000 52,672,000 60,889,000 48,570,000 44,829,000 51,387,000 41,259,000 30,706,000 54,703,000 49,642,000 51,230,000 50,407,000 40,890,000 43,375,000 29,524,000 33,039,000 34,474,000 39,473,000 35,156,000 30,877,000 29,682,000 32,168,000 29,440,000 27,978,000 24,527,000 23,410,000 25,264,000 26,598,000 20,565,000 18,797,000 16,985,000 15,957,000 12,462,000 -12,613,000 5,533,000 7,648,000 7,873,000 9,856,000 13,018,000 9,678,000 6,758,000 3,123,000 9,946,000 9,706,000 6,862,000 7,613,000 
      yoy
    46.43% 23.47% -50.59% -10.20% -23.35% -18.94% -1.46% -13.24% -14.14% -22.72% -14.81% -2.83% 13.66% 42.57% 32.56% 31.29% 24.22% 99.98% 14.83% 14.02% 15.98% -42.67% -17.52% -21.76% -18.91% -0.23% 24.26% 48.80% 8.40% -2.28% -13.18% -17.29% 8.80% 1.88% 14.95% 23.79% 12.33% 9.63% 29.77% 18.85% 2.50% 47.58% 58.18% -18.05% 3.52% -19.46% -39.08% 33.78% 14.45% 73.52% 52.57% 18.61% 9.89% -16.02% 7.00% 16.14% 22.71% 19.42% 10.36% 21.02% 37.41% 16.53% 5.19% 19.27% 24.54% 48.74% 66.69% 65.02% -249.03% 206.98% 108.64% 58.29% -227.97% -57.50% -20.98% 16.50% 215.59% 30.89% -0.29% -1.52% -58.98%     
      qoq
    6.52% 105.98% -43.45% 18.02% -10.18% -17.57% 2.78% 0.73% -5.01% 0.20% -9.52% -0.30% -14.51% 10.46% 3.20% 16.62% 7.25% 2.70% 2.21% 10.34% 72.65% -41.03% 1.49% 12.24% -14.65% -15.17% -3.72% 16.33% 5.00% 5.65% 15.30% -15.25% -5.35% -6.13% 9.85% 11.48% -11.36% 5.90% 18.30% 1.16% -13.50% 25.36% 8.35% -12.76% 24.55% 34.37% -43.87% 10.19% -3.10% 1.63% 23.27% -5.73% 46.91% -10.64% -4.16% -12.66% 12.28% 13.86% 4.03% -7.73% 9.27% 5.23% 14.07% 4.77% -7.34% -5.02% 29.34% 9.41% 10.67% 6.44% 28.05% -198.80% -327.96% -27.65% -2.86% -20.12% -24.29% 34.51% 43.21% 116.39% -68.60% 2.47% 41.45% -9.86%  
      interest income
    1,672,000 1,755,250 2,558,000 2,466,000 1,997,000 1,908,500 3,168,000 1,992,000 2,474,000 946,250 1,320,000 1,297,000 1,168,000 530,000 5,111,000 5,562,000 5,628,000 5,830,000 5,990,000 5,985,000 6,202,000 6,026,000 6,360,000 5,248,000 5,438,000 5,807,000 6,686,000 8,045,000 8,428,000 12,705,000 14,648,000 12,346,000 11,977,000 10,109,000 7,928,000 5,902,000 4,557,000 3,645,000 2,992,000 2,868,000 2,073,000 824,000 732,000 1,084,000 1,165,000 1,184,000 1,497,000 1,651,000 2,073,000 1,767,000 1,629,000 1,569,000 1,823,000 1,734,000 1,486,000 1,229,000 1,423,000 1,224,000 1,206,000 1,090,000 1,465,000 1,878,000 1,947,000 1,755,000 2,210,000 2,296,000 1,000,000 3,240,000 2,881,000 2,783,000 2,807,000 2,216,000 2,266,000 2,196,000 2,356,000 2,336,000 2,692,000 2,114,000 2,464,000 2,328,000 1,705,000 1,415,000 1,129,000 1,559,000 1,119,000 
      interest expense
    -38,301,000 -37,939,000 -38,234,000 -41,907,000 -42,441,000 -43,187,000 -45,498,000 -50,644,000 -51,295,000 -53,211,000 -55,777,000 -55,046,000 -54,258,000 -53,167,000 -46,537,000 -33,225,000 -31,621,000 -33,038,000 -32,525,000 -32,053,000 -31,844,000 -31,298,000 -30,749,000 -30,610,000 -34,180,000 -35,167,000 -36,645,000 -38,932,000 -37,991,000 -38,322,000 -38,719,000 -35,983,000 -35,000,000 -34,854,000 -33,428,000 -31,089,000 -29,366,000 -27,526,000 -27,314,000 -26,651,000 -24,646,000 -20,602,000 -20,652,000 -21,569,000 -21,103,000 -19,341,000 -20,159,000 -20,606,000 -19,682,000 -19,327,000 -19,412,000 -16,961,000 -12,529,000 -11,917,000 -8,447,000 -7,814,000 -8,020,000 -6,533,000 -6,761,000 -7,204,000 -8,535,000 -7,309,000 -6,871,000 -7,487,000 -8,002,000 -8,351,000 -8,633,000 -11,064,000 -6,236,000 -6,587,000 -7,829,000 7,579,000 -6,922,000 -5,300,000 5,340,000 5,454,000 -5,476,000 -5,167,000 -5,972,000 -5,840,000 -5,558,000 -3,088,000 -3,003,000 -1,261,000 -802,000 
      income before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliates
    52,670,000 47,949,000 229,554,000 37,451,000 20,540,000 24,524,000 37,121,000 -53,753,000 30,702,000 29,111,000 30,315,000 39,188,000 39,434,000 55,336,000 48,487,000 71,091,000 54,906,000 50,018,000 41,396,000 45,052,000 56,355,000 15,025,000 41,545,000 38,151,000 29,407,000 37,294,000 48,794,000 44,547,000 40,217,000 40,841,000 38,831,000 30,916,000 41,349,000 43,264,000 46,951,000 24,904,000 34,358,000 24,575,000 38,709,000 29,498,000 30,099,000 41,111,000 28,650,000      22,948,000 33,670,000                               58,315,000 8,273,000 7,832,000 5,443,250 7,930,000 
      provision for income taxes
    15,026,000 16,949,000 56,391,000 10,554,000 1,826,000 10,045,000 11,664,000 -20,379,000 8,071,000 5,363,000 6,521,000 11,153,000 12,362,000 14,793,000 11,246,000 18,898,000 17,962,000 5,348,500 8,395,000 5,063,000 7,936,000 5,105,000 4,616,000 4,196,000 6,546,000 2,139,000 5,137,000 4,532,000 3,723,000 12,368,000 1,720,000 1,400,000 2,470,000 -4,096,000 4,970,000 3,879,000 3,151,000 435,000 1,758,000 2,369,000 2,828,000 3,387,000    881,000 -76,074,000 11,304,000 12,617,000 12,649,000 12,879,000 9,780,000 10,972,000 7,547,000 10,189,000 10,807,000 11,667,000 11,493,000  9,141,000 9,082,000 8,835,000 9,100,000 6,906,000 6,696,000 7,385,000 7,004,000 3,141,000 5,363,000 4,854,000 3,595,000 2,693,000 -13,768,000 608,000 -369,000 1,854,000 -92,000 4,567,000 2,432,000 1,406,000 28,461,000 3,412,000 3,280,000 2,948,000 3,229,000 
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 216 and 230, respectively
    662,000                                                                                     
      net income
    38,306,000 31,768,000 173,922,000 29,074,000 19,542,000 15,511,000 26,289,000 -32,563,000 22,659,000 25,161,000 24,503,000 29,525,000 27,994,000 41,528,000 38,312,000 53,673,000 38,179,000 -49,824,000 34,641,000 41,931,000 50,483,000 11,884,000 39,172,000 36,654,000 25,121,000 38,042,000 45,885,000 41,836,000 39,229,000 36,263,000 38,453,000 30,942,000 40,366,000 49,342,000 43,674,000 23,156,000 32,326,000 44,020,000 38,291,000 28,253,000 28,756,000 38,898,000 27,996,000 29,909,000 34,219,000 23,438,000 81,636,000 14,727,000 18,627,000 21,293,000 21,163,000 16,380,000 23,047,000 5,010,000 17,017,000 17,672,000 15,480,000 19,258,000 16,511,000 14,705,000 16,437,000 15,859,000 14,199,000 12,407,000 11,477,000 12,738,000 12,367,000 5,264,000 10,515,000 8,642,000 6,318,000 4,556,000 -807,000 443,000 4,474,000 2,896,000 4,936,000 5,741,000 3,739,000 2,399,000 30,368,000 6,299,000 5,172,000 5,555,000 5,358,000 
      yoy
    96.02% 104.81% 561.58% -189.29% -13.76% -38.35% 7.29% -210.29% -19.06% -39.41% -36.04% -44.99% -26.68% -183.35% 10.60% 28.00% -24.37% -519.25% -11.57% 14.40% 100.96% -68.76% -14.63% -12.39% -35.96% 4.91% 19.33% 35.21% -2.82% -26.51% -11.95% 33.62% 24.87% 12.09% 14.06% -18.04% 12.41% 13.17% 36.77% -5.54% -15.96% 65.96% -65.71% 103.09% 83.71% 10.07% 285.75% -10.09% -19.18% 325.01% 24.36% -7.31% 48.88% -73.98% 3.06% 20.18% -5.82% 21.43% 16.28% 18.52% 43.22% 24.50% 14.81% 135.70% 9.15% 47.40% 95.74% 15.54% -1402.97% 1850.79% 41.22% 57.32% -116.35% -92.28% 19.66% 20.72% -83.75% -8.86% -27.71% -56.81% 466.78%     
      qoq
    20.58% -81.73% 498.20% 48.78% 25.99% -41.00% -180.73% -243.71% -9.94% 2.69% -17.01% 5.47% -32.59% 8.39% -28.62% 40.58% -176.63% -243.83% -17.39% -16.94% 324.80% -69.66% 6.87% 45.91% -33.97% -17.09% 9.68% 6.65% 8.18% -5.70% 24.27% -23.35% -18.19% 12.98% 88.61% -28.37% -26.57% 14.96% 35.53% -1.75% -26.07% 38.94% -6.40% -12.60% 46.00% -71.29% 454.33% -20.94% -12.52% 0.61% 29.20% -28.93% 360.02% -70.56% -3.71% 14.16% -19.62% 16.64% 12.28% -10.54% 3.64% 11.69% 14.44% 8.10% -9.90% 3.00% 134.94% -49.94% 21.67% 36.78% 38.67% -664.56% -282.17% -90.10% 54.49% -41.33% -14.02% 53.54% 55.86% -92.10% 382.11% 21.79% -6.89% 3.68%  
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
    28,000 17,000 18,000 34,000 16,000 22,500 31,000 50,000 9,000 17,750 16,000 46,000 9,000 29,750 25,000 54,000 40,000 39,250 69,000 28,000 61,000 43,500 48,000 66,000 60,000 45,250 47,000 78,000 60,000 30,750 36,000 50,000 37,000 30,750 46,000 53,000 24,000 19,750 21,000 38,000 21,000   -12,000 -12,000  220,250 890,000 262,500 225,000 415,000 410,000 56,750 271,000                                
      net income attributable to the geo group, inc.
    38,334,000 55,651,500 173,940,000 29,108,000 19,558,000 15,491,000 26,320,000 -32,513,000 22,668,000 25,232,000 24,519,000 29,571,000 28,003,000 41,530,000 38,337,000 53,727,000 38,219,000 -49,796,000 34,710,000 41,959,000 50,544,000 11,911,000 39,220,000 36,720,000 25,181,000 38,052,000 45,932,000 41,914,000 39,289,000 36,357,000 38,489,000 30,992,000 40,403,000 49,436,000 43,720,000 23,209,000 32,350,000 44,064,000 38,312,000 28,291,000 28,777,000 38,898,000 27,990,000 29,897,000 34,207,000 23,420,000 81,607,000 15,617,000 18,739,000 21,518,000 21,578,000 16,790,000                                  
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                         
      basic
    132,612,000 137,487,000 138,283,000 138,539,000 137,143,000 131,318,000 135,961,000 130,518,000 122,497,000 121,908,000 122,066,000 122,045,000 121,432,000 121,040,000 121,154,000 121,119,000 120,714,000 120,384,000 120,525,000 120,426,000 120,022,000 119,719,000 119,826,000 119,810,000 119,394,000 119,097,000 119,209,000 119,168,000 119,681,000 120,095,000 122,251,000 122,125,000 113,599,000 74,043,000 74,108,000 74,044,000 73,875,000 73,696,000 73,757,000 73,665,000 73,549,000 71,749,000 71,449,000 71,201,000 71,083,000 70,850,000 60,934,000 60,906,000 63,425,000 63,340,000 64,455,000 64,291,000 55,379,000 57,799,000 48,776,000 50,711,000 50,879,000 50,900,000 50,802,000 50,697,000 50,539,000 50,626,000 50,506,000 50,353,000 47,727,000 50,331,000 50,091,000 20,069,000 17,221,000 19,263,000 10,442,000 9,700,000 9,580,000 9,584,000 9,550,000  9,384,000 9,382,000 9,342,000 9,333,000      
      diluted
    134,055,000 139,723,000 139,992,000 140,470,000 140,915,000 134,064,000 138,130,000 130,518,000 130,987,000 123,698,000 123,433,000 123,278,000 125,139,000 122,281,000 122,426,000 121,881,000 121,394,000 120,732,000 120,872,000 120,470,000 120,417,000 119,991,000 120,032,000 119,964,000 119,933,000 119,311,000 119,282,000 119,544,000 120,302,000 120,814,000 122,887,000 122,895,000 114,478,000 74,323,000 74,336,000 74,319,000 74,200,000 73,995,000 73,919,000 73,903,000 73,884,000 71,994,000 71,895,000 71,655,000 71,607,000 71,412,000 61,265,000 61,302,000 63,740,000 63,555,000 64,858,000 64,731,000 55,989,000 58,198,000 49,314,000 51,640,000 51,922,000 51,950,000 51,835,000 51,723,000 51,830,000 51,803,000 51,837,000 51,726,000 49,192,000 51,770,000 51,592,000 20,781,000 17,872,000 20,010,000 10,924,000 10,034,000 10,010,000 10,006,000 9,944,000  9,738,000 9,670,000 9,716,000 9,712,000      
      net income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc.:
                                                                                         
      basic:
                                                                                         
      net income per common share attributable to the geo group inc.-basic
    290 402.5 1,260 210 140 30 190 -250                                                                              
      diluted:
                                                                                         
      net income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc.-diluted
    290 395 1,240 210 140 27.5 190 -250 140 137.5 160                                                                           
      contingent litigation reserve
      37,600,000                                                                                   
      loss on extinguishment of debt
      -7,851,000 -595,000  -1,339,000 -2,920,000 -82,339,000 -39,000 -461,250 -91,000 -1,618,000 -136,000               -5,741,000        -15,866,000        -1,451,000 -5,527,000         -7,933,000                                
      other income
       5,514,000                                                                                  
      gain on asset divestitures/impairment
     58,095,250 232,381,000   -726,750  -2,907,000                                                                              
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 219, 197, 618 and 512, respectively
     941,000 759,000                                                                                   
      loss on asset divestitures/impairment
                                                                                         
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 169, 186, 399 and 314, respectively
       2,177,000                                                                                  
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 230 and 128, respectively
        828,000                                                                                 
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 197, 67, 512 and 581, respectively
         417,750 832,000                                                                               
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 186, 334, 314 and 514, respectively
           811,000                                                                              
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 128 and 179, respectively
            28,000                                                                             
      net income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc.-basic
            150 140 170                                                                           
      gain on asset divestitures
             862,250 1,274,000 2,175,000  8,083,000 29,279,000                                                                       
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 67, 189, 581 and 464, respectively
             780,250 709,000                                                                           
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 334, 163, 514 and 275, respectively
               1,490,000                                                                          
      net income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc. - basic
               200 190 222.5 260 370 260 235 240 290 410 210 330 310 210 270 390 350  230 310  360   310 440 322.5 520                                               
      net income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc. - diluted
               200 190 222.5 260 370 260 235 240 290 410 210 330 310 210 270 390 350  227.5 310  350   310 440 322.5 520                                               
      loss on asset divestitures
                                                                                         
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 179 and 112, respectively
                922,000                                                                         
      gain on extinguishment of debt
                 -408,000 -37,487,000     1,654,000 3,038,000 2,284,000 1,472,000  1,563,000 -1,286,750 594,000                                                           
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 189, 218, 464 and 848 respectively
                 946,500 1,071,000                                                                       
      dividends declared per share
                        0.25 0.34 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.465 0.62 0.62 0.62                                             
      gain on dispositions of real estate
                   3,680,000 -627,000 2,330,500 -1,057,000 -2,950,000                                                                  
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 163, 291, 275 and 631 respectively
                   1,480,000                                                                      
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 112 and 340 respectively
                    1,235,000                                                                     
      loss on asset divestiture
                     -1,257,750 -5,031,000                                                                   
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 291, 484, 631 and 928 respectively
                     1,411,750 1,640,000 1,942,000                                                                  
      gain on sales of real estate
                        13,329,000                                                                 
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 340 and 444 respectively
                        2,064,000                                                                 
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 506, 456, 1,434 and 1,176 respectively
                         1,800,500 2,243,000                                                               
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 484, 357, 928 and 716, respectively
                           2,699,000                                                              
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 444, and 359, respectively
                            2,260,000                                                             
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 456, 200, 1,171 and 636, respectively
                             1,661,250 2,228,000                                                           
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 357, (269), 716 and 436, respectively
                               1,821,000                                                          
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 200, 77, 636 and 1,785, respectively
                                2,735,000                                                         
      net income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc. – basic
                                330   250  335 590     380                                              
      net income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc. – diluted
                                330   250  335 590     380                                              
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 577, 650, 1,785 and 1,850, respectively
                                 1,063,750 1,342,000                                                       
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 597, 728, 1,208 and 1,199, respectively
                                   1,426,000                                                      
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 611 and 471, respectively
                                    1,487,000                                                     
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 650, 583, 1,850 and 1,712, respectively
                                     1,235,750 1,693,000                                                   
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 728, 516, 1,199 and 1,128, respectively
                                       2,131,000                                                  
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 471 and 613, respectively
                                        1,119,000                                                 
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 583, 711, 1,712 and 1,914, respectively
                                         987,250 1,340,000                                               
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 516, 654, 1,128 and 1,203, respectively
                                           1,124,000                                              
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of
                                                                                         
      613 and 549, respectively
                                            1,485,000                                             
      income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc.:
                                                                                         
      income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc. - basic
                                            390 540 390   330 217.5 260                                      
      income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc. - diluted
                                            390 540 390   330 217.5 250                                      
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 654, 417, 1,203 and 894, respectively
                                             1,174,000                                            
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                              -6,000   -18,000                                        
      provison for income taxes
                                              2,138,000                                           
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 549 and 477, respectively
                                              1,484,000                                           
      income before income taxes, equity in earnings of affiliates and discontinued operations
                                               22,893,000 25,922,000 23,102,000 22,093,500 27,286,000                                      
      income tax provision
                                               -7,755,000 -7,268,000                                         
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 578, 234, 1,472 and 858, respectively
                                               1,526,000                                          
      income from continuing operations
                                               32,174,000 34,219,000 23,438,000 90,044,000 16,456,000     23,047,000 5,010,000 17,017,000 17,672,000 15,480,000 19,258,000 16,491,000 15,071,000 18,551,000 15,857,000 14,465,000 12,407,000 11,477,000 12,325,000 12,367,000 5,097,000 10,537,000 8,666,000 6,431,000 4,674,000 -1,423,000 542,000 4,346,000 2,766,000 5,206,000 5,981,000 4,093,000 2,150,000      
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax provision of 0, 90, 0 and 1,819, respectively
                                               -2,265,000                                          
      income from discontinued operations
                                               -30   -130 -30         -2.5  10 -10 -40  -10   10  10   -10 -10 70 -10 10 10 -30 -30 -40 30      
      income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc.—basic
                                               420 480                                         
      income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc.—diluted
                                               420 480                                         
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 417, 303, 894 and 624, respectively
                                                1,029,000                                         
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax provision of 0, 973, 0 and 1,729, respectively
                                                                                         
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 477 and 321, respectively
                                                 1,217,000                                        
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax provision of 0 and 756, respectively
                                                                                         
      loss on early extinguishment of debt
                                                  -2,115,500 -8,462,000                                      
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 234, 118, 858 and 1,705, respectively
                                                  413,000 474,000                                      
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax provision of (1,088), 394, (1,418) and 1,379, respectively
                                                  -563,000 -1,729,000                                      
      other comprehensive income, net of tax:
                                                                                         
      foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax benefit of 364, 1,714, 239 and 1,151, respectively
                                                  8,250 187,000                                      
      pension liability adjustment, net of tax benefit of 19, 5, 56, and 18, respectively
                                                  22,250 30,000                                      
      loss on derivative instrument classified as cash flow hedge, net of tax benefit of 56, 99, 276 and 196, respectively
                                                  -125,500 -102,000                                      
      total other comprehensive income, net of tax
                                                  1,004,000 115,000 6,710,747 -7,521,000 497,000 305,000 2,337 5,208                                
      total comprehensive income
                                                  82,640,000 14,842,000 -52,047,790 13,772,000 21,660,000 16,685,000 25,384 10,218                                
      comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                  68,000 903,000 -1,158,726 325,000 418,000 417,000                                  
      comprehensive income attributable to the geo group, inc.
                                                  82,708,000 15,745,000 -53,206,516 14,097,000 22,078,000 17,102,000                                  
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 118, 449, 1,705 and 1,672
                                                    588,000 272,000                                    
      income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc. — basic
                                                    235 340 330 260                                  
      income per common share attributable to the geo group, inc. — diluted
                                                    232.5 340 330 260                                  
      comprehensive income:
                                                                                         
      income before income taxes and equity in earnings of affiliate
                                                      32,624,000 25,498,000                                  
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 563, 437, 1,587 and 1,223
                                                      1,418,000                                   
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 1,024 and 786
                                                       662,000                                  
      income before income taxes, equity in earnings of affiliate and discontinued operations
                                                        16,358,750 11,408,000 26,078,000 27,889,000 19,684,250 29,847,000  23,568,000                          
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 449, 352, 1,672 and 936
                                                        717,000 1,149,000                                
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit 216
                                                                                         
      net income attributable to the geo group inc.
                                                        9,992,500 5,281,000                                
      income per common share attributable to the geo group inc.
                                                                                         
      net income per share
                                                        0.39 0.09 0.35 0.35 0.31 0.38 0.33 0.29 0.33 0.31 0.28 0.25 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.56 0.45 0.61 0.47 -0.09 0.05 0.47 0.3 0.52 0.61 0.4 0.26      
      loss from discontinued operations
                                                                                         
      comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                        -46.25 -214                                
      comprehensive income attributable to the geo group inc.
                                                        10,559 10,432                                
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 437, 334, 1,223 and 584
                                                          1,128,000                               
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of 0, 13, 0 and
                                                                                         
      income per common share:
                                                                                         
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 786 and 250
                                                           590,000                              
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 0 and 228
                                                                                         
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 352, 276, 936 and 819
                                                            601,750 904,000                            
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of 0, 348, (216) and 875
                                                            -86,500                             
      income before income taxes, equity in earnings
                                                              25,322,000                           
      of affiliate and discontinued operations provision for income taxes
                                                              9,690,000                           
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 334, 300, 584 and 543
                                                              859,000                           
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of 13, 206, (216) and 527
                                                              20,000                           
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 250 and 244
                                                               644,000                          
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of (228) and 321
                                                               -366,000                          
      write-off of deferred financing fees from extinguishment of debt
                                                                                    -1,989,000     
      income before income taxes, minority interest, equity in earnings of affiliate and discontinued operations
                                                                16,535,250 24,009,000 23,054,000 18,795,000 11,529,750 19,209,000 18,965,000 7,947,000 7,480,000 13,181,000 9,640,000 7,099,000              
      minority interest
                                                                -79,000 -95,000 -100,000 -102,000 -116,000 -90,000 -100,000 -92,000 -80,000 -71,000 35,000 -9,000 -202,000 -181,000 -175,000 -184,000          
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 276, 258, 819 and 690
                                                                502,250 778,000                        
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of 1, 373, (278) and 620
                                                                -109,250 2,000                        
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 300, 223, 543 and 433
                                                                  611,000                       
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of (169), 69, (279) and 251
                                                                  -266,000                       
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 244 and 209
                                                                   620,000                      
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of 0 and 109
                                                                                         
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 258, 15, 690 and 55
                                                                    370,000 591,000                    
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of 269,
                                                                    145,000 413,000                    
      write off of deferred financing fees from extinguishment of debt
                                                                       4,794,000 -323,750  -1,295,000  -340,000 -1,233,000            
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 223, 22, 433 and 40
                                                                      506,000                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of -,
                                                                                         
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 209 and 18
                                                                       383,000                  
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of 109 and
                                                                       167,000                  
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax expense of 15, 20, 55 and 41
                                                                        259,500 410,000                
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of (13), 15, (139) and 281
                                                                        -63,750 -24,000                
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax expense of 22, 206, 40 and 222
                                                                          351,000               
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense of (61), 79, (126) and 266
                                                                          -113,000               
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax expense of 18 and
                                                                           277,000              
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax expense of (65) and 187
                                                                           -118,000              
      income before income taxes, minority interest, equity in income of affiliate and discontinued operations
                                                                            2,496,250 1,196,000            
      equity in income of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 20,
                                                                            -50,250 135,000            
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of (42), 35, 219 and 219
                                                                            127,750 -99,000            
      write off of deferred financing fees
                                                                              127,000  -79,250         
      income before income taxes, minority interest, equity in loss of affiliate and discontinued operations
                                                                              4,537,000           
      equity in loss of affiliate, net of income tax provision of 206,
                                                                              -385,000           
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax provision of 55,
                                                                              128,000           
      income before taxes, minority interest, equity in
                                                                                         
      earnings of affiliates and discontinued operations
                                                                               4,755,000          
      equity in earnings of affiliate, net of income tax
                                                                                         
      income from discontinued operations,
                                                                                         
      net of tax of 56 and 107
                                                                               130,000          
      weighted-average common shares
                                                                                         
      outstanding:
                                                                                         
      basic
                                                                               9,525,000          
      diluted
                                                                               10,002,000          
      gain on sale of uk joint venture
                                                                                    61,034,000     
      income before taxes, equity in earnings of affiliates and discontinued operations
                                                                                4,845,250 9,965,000 6,170,000 3,246,000      
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax of 388, 372, 870 and 1,863, respectively
                                                                                312,000 583,000        
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax (benefit) of (103), 307, (148) and 1,091
                                                                                -86,250 -240,000        
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax of 257, 1,042, 482 and 1,491
                                                                                  355,000       
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax (benefit) of (152), 428, (45) and 784
                                                                                  -354,000       
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax of 225 and 449
                                                                                   310,000      
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax of 107 and 356
                                                                                   249,000      
      g&a expense
                                                                                    9,522,000 10,115,000 8,935,000 6,062,500 7,849,000 
      income before equity in earnings of affiliates
                                                                                    29,854,000 4,861,000 4,552,000 4,212,000 4,701,000 
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 372, 539, 1,863 and 2,450, respectively
                                                                                    514,000     
      basic earnings per share
                                                                                    2.86 0.3  0.19 0.25 
      basic weighted-average shares outstanding
                                                                                    10,622 21,274 21,246 21,148 21,240 
      diluted earnings per share
                                                                                    2.79 0.29  0.188 0.25 
      diluted weighted-average shares outstanding
                                                                                    10,895 21,412 21,325 21,364 21,391 
      contribution from operations
                                                                                     20,061,000 18,641,000 14,758,000 15,462,000 
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 1,042, 916, 1,491 and 1,911, respectively
                                                                                     1,438,000    
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 449 and 1,007
                                                                                      620,000   
      basic earnings per share:
                                                                                         
      diluted earnings per share:
                                                                                         
      equity in earnings of affiliates, net of income tax provision of 539, 131, 2,450 and 1,566
                                                                                       969,250 657,000 
    Balance Sheets:
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        assets
                                                                                            
        current assets
                                                                                            
        cash and cash equivalents
      80,217,000 68,995,000 183,945,000 67,861,000 64,822,000 76,896,000 70,635,000 46,299,000 126,497,000 93,971,000 141,020,000 48,716,000 110,916,000 95,073,000 91,645,000 587,861,000 598,508,000 506,491,000 537,070,000 483,048,000 289,391,000 283,524,000 53,676,000 75,734,000 32,414,000 32,463,000 54,030,000 21,561,000 66,007,000 81,377,000 51,526,000 65,901,000 434,559,000 68,038,000 30,123,000 38,865,000 23,225,000 59,638,000 47,131,000 47,044,000 68,981,000 37,360,000 38,063,000 53,161,000 38,511,000 83,724,000 31,755,000 69,085,000 44,753,000 43,956,000 57,453,000 85,894,000 39,664,000 53,766,000 40,135,000 30,276,000 33,856,000 24,299,000 47,177,000 60,009,000 31,655,000 26,613,000 41,075,000 33,462,000 44,403,000 56,276,000 76,849,000 83,875,000 111,520,000 100,163,000 98,716,000 56,169,000 57,094,000 97,430,000 87,244,000 103,148,000 92,801,000 84,502,000 78,325,000 69,095,000 92,801,000 120,445,000 58,955,000 48,324,000 35,240,000 56,937,000 
        restricted cash and cash equivalents
       2,998,000   3,657,000   6,240,000        21,134,000 23,795,000  30,201,000 29,892,000 29,317,000  27,229,000 28,345,000 27,865,000  33,536,000 56,343,000 54,931,000                                                          
        accounts receivable, net of credit loss reserve of 897 and 857, respectively
      573,375,000                                                                                      
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      45,272,000 53,073,000 48,461,000 46,451,000 50,660,000 44,485,000 46,359,000 53,802,000 48,276,000 44,511,000 41,138,000 52,299,000 40,995,000 43,536,000 40,388,000 35,321,000 34,998,000 45,176,000 31,682,000 35,449,000 29,081,000 32,108,000 33,393,000 39,133,000 36,108,000 40,716,000 43,856,000 46,316,000 37,587,000 45,342,000 36,073,000 42,467,000 28,992,000 32,210,000 33,443,000 29,072,000 32,351,000 28,208,000 33,256,000 32,672,000 44,420,000 39,998,000 39,877,000 48,481,000 25,142,000 25,649,000 24,849,000 25,046,000 50,532,000 21,611,000 24,272,000 31,897,000 36,710,000                                  
        total current assets
      698,864,000 718,529,000 685,324,000 504,050,000 503,366,000 500,179,000 484,498,000 490,413,000 531,490,000 528,505,000 538,659,000 451,976,000 501,248,000 555,008,000 515,727,000 1,023,413,000 1,022,815,000 943,908,000 932,989,000 868,640,000 700,963,000 711,323,000 500,073,000 510,320,000 476,526,000 547,778,000 517,599,000 532,884,000 571,555,000 579,709,000 730,480,000 707,065,000 1,025,530,000 697,669,000 507,672,000 437,643,000 445,478,000 438,346,000 403,741,000 383,714,000 409,054,000 383,707,000 388,734,000 373,827,000 336,590,000 398,360,000 337,183,000 398,647,000 459,329,000 425,866,000 452,144,000 482,021,000 425,134,000 408,267,000 258,169,000 253,566,000 279,634,000 292,843,000 279,472,000 280,817,000 281,920,000 264,832,000 285,161,000 266,084,000 264,518,000 283,793,000 300,207,000 287,836,000 322,754,000 303,738,000 289,366,000 236,398,000  253,218,000 224,082,000 215,828,000  197,748,000 186,404,000 181,598,000       
        restricted cash and investments
      188,261,000 179,366,000 169,956,000 170,374,000 148,772,000 2,785,000 147,774,000 141,312,000 141,378,000 135,968,000 130,729,000 136,497,000 129,832,000  89,760,000 81,392,000 84,886,000 20,161,000 60,732,000 45,465,000 39,924,000 26,740,000 40,970,000 32,703,000 27,271,000 32,418,000 33,728,000 27,358,000 28,939,000 44,932,000 12,452,000 17,378,000 16,839,000 17,133,000 102,652,000 72,453,000 48,306,000 8,489,000 8,389,000 7,946,000 8,489,000 14,448,000 14,094,000 9,337,000 15,646,000 15,780,000 15,654,000 15,530,000 42,535,000 41,033,000 38,734,000 37,593,000 41,150,000 40,180,000                                 
        property and equipment
      1,870,534,000 1,884,198,000 1,884,668,000 1,823,900,000 1,900,525,000 1,899,690,000 1,910,554,000 1,919,541,000 1,929,012,000 1,944,278,000 1,951,524,000 1,963,880,000 1,972,859,000 2,002,021,000 2,012,679,000 2,007,636,000 2,017,322,000 2,037,845,000 2,055,406,000 2,074,350,000 2,114,058,000 2,122,195,000 2,126,438,000 2,130,126,000 2,142,530,000 2,144,722,000 2,155,498,000 2,148,225,000 2,148,005,000 2,078,123,000 2,055,982,000 2,049,613,000 1,909,698,000 1,897,241,000 1,908,053,000 1,913,670,000 1,919,594,000 1,916,386,000 1,921,461,000 1,919,266,000 1,907,063,000 1,737,357,000 1,726,869,000 1,729,407,000 1,739,986,000 1,680,165,000 1,687,159,000 1,709,628,000 1,706,171,000 1,673,851,000 1,617,504,000 1,568,517,000 1,511,292,000 1,498,886,000 1,030,558,000 1,003,917,000 998,560,000 969,218,000 940,889,000 903,921,000 878,616,000 853,628,000 832,915,000 819,787,000 783,612,000 740,353,000 719,256,000 696,210,000 287,374,000 275,646,000 288,248,000 287,145,000 282,236,000 193,502,000 190,909,000 194,743,000 196,744,000 196,353,000 198,118,000 200,192,000 196,744,000 204,257,000 205,119,000 205,931,000 206,466,000 53,033,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      67,340,000 72,294,000 73,713,000 84,975,000 90,476,000 95,327,000 96,718,000 95,365,000 97,318,000 102,204,000 106,552,000 108,975,000 85,294,000 90,950,000 95,119,000 105,972,000 105,617,000 112,187,000 118,073,000 120,208,000 125,269,000 124,727,000 121,805,000 123,401,000 123,465,000 121,527,000 125,718,000 132,016,000                                                           
        deferred income tax assets
      9,396,000 9,396,000 9,522,000 9,522,000 9,522,000 9,522,000 8,551,000 8,551,000 8,551,000 8,551,000 8,005,000 8,005,000 8,005,000 8,005,000     36,604,000 36,604,000 36,604,000 36,604,000 36,278,000 36,278,000 36,278,000 36,278,000 29,924,000 29,924,000 26,277,000 26,277,000 31,831,000 32,262,000 30,039,000               31,199,000 28,726,000 44,972,000 47,983,000 47,983,000 32,126,000     4,417,000 4,417,000 4,417,000 4,417,000 4,918,000 4,918,000 4,918,000 4,918,000 2,858,000 2,897,000 4,701,000 4,941,000                  
        goodwill
      756,039,000 756,028,000 756,024,000 756,021,000 756,004,000 756,001,000 756,042,000 756,027,000 756,019,000 755,199,000 755,178,000 755,189,000 755,192,000 755,199,000 755,179,000 755,203,000 755,238,000 755,225,000 755,222,000 755,239,000 755,244,000 755,250,000 776,364,000 776,349,000 776,306,000 776,356,000 776,341,000 776,357,000 776,368,000 778,951,000 781,972,000 787,803,000 615,458,000 615,433,000 615,457,000 615,446,000 615,459,000 615,438,000 615,937,000 616,180,000 601,205,000 494,095,000 493,911,000 490,230,000 490,216,000 490,312,000 490,308,000 508,078,000 508,066,000 512,669,000 526,964,000 527,118,000 244,947,000 244,568,000 40,089,000 40,147,000 40,090,000 22,339,000 22,293,000 22,209,000 22,202,000                          
        intangible assets
      115,406,000 117,332,000 119,643,000 121,955,000 124,265,000 126,576,000 128,902,000 131,208,000 133,516,000 135,886,000 138,271,000 140,971,000 144,243,000 147,688,000 151,272,000 154,978,000 158,695,000 166,124,000 172,794,000 177,514,000 182,481,000 187,747,000 193,265,000 198,826,000 204,387,000 210,070,000 215,607,000 221,222,000 237,947,000 255,339,000 261,790,000 268,345,000 198,810,000 203,884,000 208,970,000 214,023,000 219,098,000 224,148,000 229,327,000 234,525,000 224,171,000 162,991,000 167,133,000 167,085,000 170,743,000 174,473,000 178,318,000 186,229,000 200,342,000 205,131,000 204,973,000 210,598,000 87,813,000 92,342,000 16,292,000 17,032,000 17,579,000 11,596,000 11,910,000 11,965,000 12,393,000                          
        other non-current assets
      106,398,000 106,479,000 110,423,000 106,498,000 99,535,000 99,419,000 100,253,000 95,491,000 87,226,000 85,815,000 90,335,000 92,283,000 90,717,000 89,341,000 84,292,000 80,008,000 73,048,000 71,013,000 81,104,000 74,563,000 76,265,000 79,187,000 74,234,000 74,219,000 76,860,000 83,174,000 71,693,000 70,337,000 65,820,000 72,286,000 70,474,000 66,933,000 62,966,000 64,512,000 64,897,000 70,399,000 66,861,000 105,422,000 104,237,000 105,331,000 103,219,000 83,271,000 84,123,000 87,511,000 88,742,000 85,193,000 80,938,000 84,274,000 79,576,000 83,192,000 75,611,000 69,944,000 56,648,000 64,948,000 48,740,000 47,461,000 49,690,000 37,688,000 36,436,000 33,156,000 33,942,000 33,858,000 37,789,000 37,934,000 36,998,000 34,448,000                13,057,000     
        total assets
      3,812,238,000 3,843,622,000 3,809,273,000 3,661,419,000 3,632,465,000 3,632,080,000 3,633,292,000 3,643,988,000 3,684,510,000 3,696,406,000 3,724,383,000 3,671,889,000 3,701,984,000 3,760,383,000 3,704,508,000 4,555,323,000 4,608,884,000 4,537,408,000 4,588,796,000 4,563,609,000 4,427,447,000 4,460,126,000 4,247,835,000 4,242,712,000 4,187,847,000 4,317,534,000 4,282,879,000 4,308,138,000 4,242,339,000 4,226,908,000 4,369,341,000 4,293,768,000 4,167,015,000 3,749,409,000 3,742,395,000 3,600,446,000 3,543,027,000 3,503,342,000 3,434,616,000 3,401,451,000 3,367,921,000 2,905,383,000 2,900,788,000 2,895,405,000 2,888,202,000 2,888,082,000 2,839,194,000 2,967,569,000 3,049,616,000 2,990,590,000 2,982,293,000 2,956,135,000 2,423,776,000                                  
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                            
        current liabilities
                                                                                            
        accounts payable
      59,075,000 58,727,000 68,719,000 70,012,000 65,047,000 67,464,000 64,532,000 76,287,000 67,822,000 64,447,000 66,758,000 73,076,000 78,851,000 79,312,000 71,408,000 79,569,000 80,313,000 64,073,000 67,411,000 75,329,000 84,469,000 85,861,000 91,955,000 86,155,000 92,887,000 99,232,000 96,263,000 91,257,000 82,284,000 92,587,000 91,617,000 98,027,000 84,858,000 79,637,000 81,906,000 92,636,000 83,509,000 77,523,000 72,567,000 59,567,000 60,535,000 56,467,000 52,397,000 46,057,000 47,391,000 52,152,000 50,110,000 53,643,000 69,653,000 72,216,000 81,457,000 80,158,000 73,880,000 66,799,000 44,901,000 44,591,000 51,856,000 65,338,000 65,006,000 66,826,000 56,143,000 54,648,000 56,522,000 62,992,000 48,661,000 56,195,000 64,929,000 53,958,000 48,890,000 38,320,000 47,665,000 39,761,000 27,762,000 22,294,000 23,394,000 18,802,000 21,874,000 19,760,000 14,748,000 20,249,000 21,874,000 16,962,000 15,296,000 14,178,000 10,138,000 10,874,000 
        accrued payroll and related taxes
      107,610,000 82,086,000 99,258,000 68,877,000 85,731,000 68,044,000 86,280,000 64,940,000 89,160,000 64,436,000 78,568,000 46,136,000 69,020,000 53,225,000 68,777,000 66,956,000 87,699,000 67,210,000 80,798,000 65,298,000 87,466,000 67,797,000 64,812,000 76,925,000 63,005,000 54,672,000 57,774,000 71,369,000 53,597,000 71,732,000 48,780,000 63,192,000 51,282,000 55,260,000 46,947,000 50,533,000 47,247,000 48,477,000 39,674,000 45,113,000 55,851,000 39,807,000 49,113,000 46,437,000 34,314,000 46,316,000 39,322,000 50,416,000 38,642,000 47,772,000 38,579,000 48,834,000 33,361,000 43,690,000 24,958,000 32,684,000 25,209,000 22,934,000 28,622,000 19,902,000 27,957,000 25,228,000 37,166,000 28,984,000 34,766,000 26,485,000 34,882,000 28,068,000 31,320,000 29,831,000 29,485,000 30,204,000 26,985,000 24,536,000 24,949,000 26,923,000 25,026,000 18,572,000 17,623,000 15,659,000 25,026,000 14,371,000 16,074,000 16,166,000 17,489,000 17,454,000 
        accrued expenses and other current liabilities
      214,208,000 197,530,000 235,454,000 178,587,000 188,000,000 177,768,000 210,309,000 198,626,000 196,276,000 228,059,000 200,187,000 174,835,000 182,768,000 237,369,000 218,628,000 196,916,000 193,704,000 200,712,000 216,404,000 189,770,000 195,763,000 202,378,000 212,127,000 186,272,000 178,834,000 191,608,000 202,356,000 189,083,000 197,459,000 176,324,000 174,321,000 153,930,000 119,908,000 131,096,000 144,384,000 128,549,000 126,260,000 135,483,000 127,549,000 134,783,000 135,821,000                                              
        operating lease liabilities, current portion
      16,107,000 17,193,000 17,781,000 22,761,000 24,374,000 25,335,000 25,408,000 24,568,000 24,271,000 24,640,000 24,506,000 23,784,000 20,723,000 22,584,000 23,910,000 28,125,000 28,038,000 28,279,000 28,982,000 28,095,000 28,223,000 29,080,000 27,910,000 26,992,000 26,968,000 26,208,000 28,795,000 32,077,000                                                           
        current portion of finance lease liabilities and long-term debt
      1,344,000  1,422,000 220,801,000 25,622,000  55,109,000 24,442,000 43,400,000  63,307,000 29,377,000                                                                           
        total current liabilities
      398,344,000 356,891,000 422,634,000 561,038,000 388,774,000 340,223,000 441,638,000 388,863,000 420,929,000 437,464,000 433,326,000 347,208,000 396,098,000 437,212,000 427,425,000 389,205,000 408,371,000 378,842,000 420,605,000 385,732,000 423,056,000 411,296,000 421,877,000 400,921,000 385,319,000 395,928,000 408,605,000 409,652,000 673,483,000 369,563,000 574,764,000 570,553,000 511,171,000 504,058,000 288,875,000 288,868,000 274,602,000 278,624,000 256,218,000 256,285,000 268,855,000 246,950,000 240,557,000 231,147,000 213,225,000 270,270,000 259,871,000 286,824,000 288,818,000 300,726,000 299,650,000 296,485,000 270,462,000 270,985,000 166,549,000 185,490,000 177,448,000 200,345,000 203,552,000 186,178,000 185,926,000 175,749,000 190,828,000 190,965,000 186,432,000 180,188,000 188,256,000 162,874,000 173,703,000 159,638,000 162,446,000 149,418,000  100,455,000 104,562,000 106,258,000  101,661,000 99,441,000 104,601,000       
        deferred income tax liabilities
      99,689,000 99,689,000 87,497,000 78,198,000 78,198,000 78,198,000 72,604,000 72,604,000 74,872,000 77,369,000 75,849,000 75,849,000 75,849,000 75,849,000 45,074,000 80,768,000 80,768,000 80,768,000 30,726,000 30,726,000 30,726,000 30,726,000 19,254,000 19,254,000 19,254,000 19,254,000 13,681,000 13,681,000                    119,470,000 125,209,000 99,142,000 107,370,000 107,370,000 63,546,000                                  
        other non-current liabilities
      176,205,000 176,083,000 167,987,000 99,974,000 96,330,000 95,410,000 90,594,000 87,869,000 85,609,000 83,643,000 79,797,000 79,763,000 76,232,000 74,008,000 81,593,000 77,936,000 82,500,000 87,073,000 95,789,000 117,273,000 114,521,000 115,555,000 121,525,000 104,601,000 82,591,000 88,526,000 88,159,000 81,812,000 89,214,000 96,702,000 92,804,000 98,741,000 89,308,000 88,656,000 92,081,000 92,291,000 90,789,000 87,694,000 88,406,000 85,919,000 99,666,000 70,342,000 71,450,000 74,224,000 74,137,000 82,522,000 82,025,000 59,206,000 56,381,000 59,322,000 63,405,000 61,905,000 46,862,000 50,996,000 31,500,000 34,056,000 33,142,000 33,155,000 31,692,000 29,779,000 28,876,000 29,177,000 31,205,000 30,419,000 30,179,000 25,117,000                14,792,000     
        operating lease liabilities
      53,527,000 57,557,000 58,562,000 65,414,000 69,522,000 73,638,000 75,232,000 74,924,000 77,431,000 82,114,000 86,849,000 90,127,000 69,698,000 73,801,000 76,977,000 83,522,000 83,408,000 89,917,000 95,357,000 98,474,000 103,491,000 101,375,000 96,675,000 99,264,000 99,314,000 97,291,000 99,271,000 102,844,000                                                           
        long-term debt
      1,588,917,000 1,649,268,000 1,552,613,000 1,475,375,000 1,658,093,000 1,711,197,000 1,638,686,000 1,739,191,000 1,717,048,000 1,725,502,000 1,789,273,000 1,845,649,000 1,883,956,000 1,933,145,000 1,961,402,000 2,574,061,000 2,626,473,000 2,625,959,000 2,629,010,000 2,632,332,000 2,494,987,000 2,561,881,000 2,343,342,000 2,371,556,000 2,370,890,000 2,408,297,000 2,355,724,000 2,354,526,000 2,363,318,000 2,181,544,000 2,157,882,000 2,107,208,000 2,089,499,000 1,935,465,000 1,893,980,000 1,869,281,000 1,884,641,000 1,875,556,000 1,881,034,000 1,844,763,000 1,795,267,000 1,479,027,000 1,479,788,000 1,448,233,000 1,444,475,000 1,370,167,000 1,317,529,000 1,324,902,000 1,319,068,000 1,310,771,000 1,234,193,000 1,236,241,000 798,336,000 802,506,000 523,034,000 462,391,000 453,860,000 408,579,000 386,486,000 387,515,000 378,448,000 345,904,000 338,350,000 326,282,000 305,678,000 305,410,000 304,887,000 306,853,000 144,971,000 144,897,000 143,491,000 217,992,000 219,254,000 219,771,000 184,393,000 184,563,000 186,198,000 195,343,000 194,414,000 243,791,000 186,198,000 265,707,000 123,438,000 123,750,000 123,750,000  
        commitments, contingencies and other matters
                                                                                            
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                                            
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                            
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
      1,422,000 1,412,000 1,412,000 1,413,000 1,412,000 1,402,000 1,397,000 1,396,000 1,307,000 1,303,000 1,303,000 1,303,000 1,302,000 1,289,000 1,290,000 1,289,000 1,289,000 1,273,000 1,273,000 1,273,000 1,272,000 1,262,000 1,262,000 1,262,000 1,262,000 1,254,000 1,255,000 1,254,000 1,248,000 1,240,000 1,240,000 1,240,000 1,236,000 750,000 750,000 750,000 750,000 747,000 746,000 747,000 746,000 726,000 871,000 866,000 865,000 862,000 860,000 856,000 852,000 852,000 851,000 849,000 845,000 644,000 489,000 492,000 516,000 514,000 513,000 511,000 511,000 511,000 511,000 510,000 510,000 510,000 509,000 252,000 197,000 130,000 130,000 97,000 97,000    95,000 95,000   95,000 213,000     
        additional paid-in capital
      1,321,056,000 1,319,135,000 1,314,953,000 1,309,317,000 1,302,902,000 1,315,256,000 1,303,243,000 1,299,558,000 1,297,998,000 1,299,193,000 1,295,983,000 1,292,826,000 1,289,399,000 1,291,363,000 1,288,075,000 1,284,867,000 1,281,268,000 1,276,213,000 1,272,725,000 1,272,014,000 1,268,027,000 1,262,267,000 1,257,176,000 1,252,037,000 1,247,068,000 1,230,865,000 1,225,310,000 1,220,242,000 1,204,982,000 1,190,906,000 1,185,643,000 1,180,038,000 1,173,451,000 892,368,000 888,975,000 885,497,000 881,567,000 879,599,000 875,992,000 872,753,000 869,432,000 804,762,000 854,385,000 845,019,000 841,097,000 838,148,000 832,230,000 714,961,000 727,297,000 726,107,000 724,682,000 721,701,000 718,489,000 713,296,000 358,791,000 353,988,000 351,550,000 347,895,000 346,417,000 345,349,000 344,175,000 342,202,000 340,999,000 339,233,000 338,092,000 336,374,000 333,338,000 331,465,000 143,233,000 140,099,000 141,448,000 71,635,000 70,784,000 69,766,000 67,994,000 67,600,000 67,005,000 66,125,000 64,844,000 64,605,000 67,005,000 64,527,000 63,815,000 63,500,000 63,500,000 63,491,000 
        retained earnings
      332,586,000 294,252,000 262,486,000 88,546,000 59,438,000 39,880,000 24,389,000 -1,931,000 125,757,000 103,089,000 77,857,000 53,338,000 23,767,000                                  264,667,000 547,602,000 507,170,000 488,431,000 466,913,000 445,335,000 428,545,000 405,047,000 400,616,000 383,599,000 365,927,000 350,447,000 331,189,000 314,678,000 299,973,000 283,536,000 267,677,000 253,478,000 241,071,000 229,594,000 216,857,000 204,490,000 201,697,000 191,181,000 182,539,000 176,221,000 171,666,000 172,473,000 172,030,000 173,775,000 170,879,000 168,483,000 162,742,000 159,004,000 170,879,000 153,176,000 122,808,000 116,509,000 111,337,000 105,782,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -16,703,000 -17,972,000 -15,605,000 -16,254,000 -20,654,000 -21,602,000 -12,916,000 -16,970,000 -19,815,000 -16,642,000 -20,065,000 -18,582,000 -18,935,000 -16,919,000 -26,637,000 -25,839,000 -17,632,000 -20,216,000 -23,854,000 -21,132,000 -20,110,000 -22,589,000 -27,073,000 -29,554,000 -33,499,000 -20,335,000 -23,989,000 -16,716,000 -25,785,000 -24,446,000 -26,068,000 -27,694,000 -29,567,000 -30,825,000 -35,406,000 -35,889,000 -33,310,000 -32,404,000 -34,710,000 -28,312,000 -33,166,000 -2,742,000 -3,379,000                -444,000 -6,625,000           -1,237,000 -624,000 -2,073,000 -1,339,000 -1,631,000   -3,894,000 -4,606,000 -4,247,000  -3,611,000 -17,543,000 -20,494,000 -22,407,000 -22,104,000 
        treasury stock
      -141,124,000 -91,021,000 -41,630,000      -95,175,000 -95,175,000 -95,175,000 -95,175,000 -95,175,000 -105,099,000 -105,099,000 -105,099,000 -105,099,000 -105,099,000 -105,099,000 -105,099,000 -105,099,000 -104,946,000 -104,737,000 -104,457,000 -104,184,000 -95,175,000 -95,175,000 -95,175,000 -70,446,000              -53,568,000 -53,590,000 -53,597,000 -53,608,000 -53,615,000 -213,709,000 -214,031,000 -189,036,000 -139,049,000 -139,049,000 -139,049,000 -138,848,000 -136,128,000 -112,705,000 -58,888,000 -58,888,000 -58,888,000 -58,888,000 -58,888,000 -58,888,000 -58,888,000 -58,888,000 -58,888,000 -58,888,000 -58,888,000 -58,888,000 -98,910,000 -98,910,000 -98,910,000 -131,880,000 -131,880,000 -131,880,000 -131,880,000 -131,880,000 -131,880,000 -131,880,000 -131,880,000 -131,880,000 -131,880,000 -132,000,000     
        total shareholders’ equity attributable to the geo group, inc.
      1,497,237,000 1,505,806,000 1,521,616,000 1,383,022,000 1,343,098,000 1,334,936,000 1,316,113,000 1,282,053,000 1,310,072,000 1,291,768,000 1,259,903,000 1,233,710,000 1,200,358,000 1,166,398,000 1,111,863,000 1,071,113,000 1,022,085,000 976,211,000 1,018,880,000 986,181,000 941,256,000 913,102,000 933,283,000 945,250,000 958,346,000 996,830,000 1,007,794,000 1,022,266,000 1,080,981,000 1,199,241,000 1,214,310,000 1,226,883,000 1,245,782,000 975,056,000 966,404,000 967,466,000 991,646,000 1,006,738,000 1,005,290,000 1,016,344,000 1,026,154,000 1,019,624,000 1,017,806,000 1,033,919,000 1,035,434,000 1,039,309,000 1,046,812,000 1,051,279,000 1,023,218,000 1,029,816,000 1,064,280,000 1,039,219,000 1,018,901,000 987,901,000 626,380,000  664,601,000 641,349,000 618,787,000 595,025,000                           
        noncontrolling interests
      -1,681,000 -1,672,000 -1,636,000 -1,602,000 -1,550,000 -1,522,000 -1,575,000 -1,516,000 -1,451,000 -1,454,000 -1,354,000 -1,339,000 -1,309,000 -1,310,000 -1,283,000 -1,281,000 -1,250,000 -1,195,000 -1,174,000 -1,113,000 -1,083,000 -1,020,000 -999,000 -955,000 -890,000 -782,000 -790,000 -728,000 -569,000 -322,000 -218,000 -184,000 -134,000 -99,000 -5,000 31,000 83,000 99,000 169,000 233,000 277,000 456,000 456,000 454,000 450,000 469,000 492,000 560,000  15,417,000 15,742,000 16,160,000  21,012,000                                 
        total shareholders’ equity
      1,495,556,000 1,504,134,000 1,519,980,000 1,381,420,000 1,341,548,000 1,333,414,000 1,314,538,000 1,280,537,000 1,308,621,000 1,290,314,000 1,258,549,000 1,232,371,000 1,199,049,000 1,165,088,000 1,110,580,000 1,069,832,000 1,020,835,000 975,016,000 1,017,706,000 985,068,000 940,173,000 912,082,000 932,284,000 944,295,000 957,456,000 996,048,000 1,007,004,000 1,021,538,000 1,080,412,000 1,198,919,000 1,214,092,000 1,226,699,000 1,245,648,000 974,957,000 966,399,000 967,497,000 991,729,000 1,006,837,000 1,005,459,000 1,016,577,000 1,026,431,000 1,020,080,000 1,018,262,000 1,034,373,000 1,035,884,000 1,039,778,000 1,047,304,000 1,051,839,000 1,038,521,000 1,045,233,000 1,080,022,000 1,055,379,000 1,039,490,000 1,008,913,000 626,906,000 631,588,000 665,098,000 641,983,000 619,344,000 595,759,000 578,496,000 570,781,000 558,599,000 540,922,000 527,705,000 513,175,000 495,974,000 478,327,000 248,610,000 233,297,000 223,970,000 115,449,000  109,116,000 106,609,000 109,761,000  98,929,000 91,194,000 87,575,000       
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
      3,812,238,000 3,843,622,000 3,809,273,000 3,661,419,000 3,632,465,000 3,632,080,000 3,633,292,000 3,643,988,000 3,684,510,000 3,696,406,000 3,724,383,000 3,671,889,000 3,701,984,000 3,760,383,000 3,704,508,000 4,555,323,000 4,608,884,000 4,537,408,000 4,588,796,000 4,563,609,000 4,427,447,000 4,460,126,000 4,247,835,000 4,242,712,000 4,187,847,000 4,317,534,000 4,282,879,000 4,308,138,000 4,242,339,000 4,226,908,000 4,369,341,000 4,293,768,000 4,167,015,000 3,749,409,000 3,742,395,000 3,600,446,000 3,543,027,000 3,503,342,000 3,434,616,000 3,401,451,000 3,367,921,000 2,905,383,000 2,900,788,000 2,895,405,000 2,888,202,000 2,888,082,000 2,839,194,000 2,967,569,000 3,049,616,000 2,990,590,000 2,982,293,000 2,956,135,000 2,423,776,000                                  
        accounts receivable, net of credit loss reserve of 857 and 685, respectively
       593,463,000                                                                                     
        current portion of finance lease obligations and long-term debt
       1,355,000                                                                                     
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                            
        accounts receivable, net of credit loss reserve of 665 and 685, respectively
        452,918,000                                                                                    
        accounts receivable, net of credit loss reserve of 691 and 685, respectively
         389,738,000                                                                                   
        assets held for sale
         84,124,000    6,080,000   5,130,000 14,113,000 14,594,000 480,000 480,000 2,570,000 14,488,000 7,877,000 9,717,000 28,197,000 6,926,000 9,108,000 9,521,000 4,526,000 4,405,000 6,059,000 3,761,000 4,607,000 2,634,000 3,915,000              1,200,000 1,200,000 1,700,000 3,243,000 6,590,000 4,363,000 3,998,000 3,631,000 10,269,000 9,970,000 4,348,000 4,348,000 4,348,000 4,348,000 4,348,000 4,348,000 4,348,000 4,348,000 1,265,000 1,267,000 1,265,000 1,265,000 1,265,000 1,412,000 2,597,000 1,610,000 1,265,000 1,265,000 1,265,000 5,000,000              
        accounts receivable, net of credit loss reserve of 633 and 685, respectively
          384,227,000                                                                                  
        accounts receivable, net of credit loss reserve of 685 and 606, respectively
           376,013,000                                                                                 
        current portion of long-term debt
           1,612,000                                                                               1,250,000  
        accounts receivable, net of credit loss reserve of 676 and 606, respectively
            367,504,000                                                                                
        accounts receivable, net of credit loss reserve of 675 and 606, respectively
             384,072,000                                                                               
        accounts receivable, net of credit loss reserve of 677 and 606, respectively
              356,717,000                                                                              
        accounts receivable, net of credit loss reserve of 606 and 809, respectively
               390,023,000                                                                             
        current portion of finance lease liabilities, long-term debt and non-recourse debt
               55,882,000   44,736,000 44,722,000 44,702,000 17,639,000 18,617,000 18,568,000 27,010,000 27,240,000 27,135,000 26,180,000 25,073,000 24,577,000 23,625,000 24,208,000 23,417,000 25,866,000                                                           
        accounts receivables
                356,501,000 350,961,000 349,337,000 416,399,000 383,694,000 371,851,000 358,648,000 365,573,000 327,723,000 313,831,000 346,817,000 362,668,000 380,072,000 361,030,000 375,453,000 430,982,000 377,984,000 394,720,000 403,610,000 389,916,000 386,898,000 342,361,000 307,491,000 356,255,000 341,454,000 297,253,000 341,596,000 314,097,000 289,044,000 270,131,000 261,280,000 270,965,000 275,764,000 244,558,000 239,001,000 254,917,000 246,635,000 251,459,000 292,783,000 274,294,000 283,702,000 278,654,000 275,484,000 261,683,000 174,199,000 179,848,000 200,756,000 224,638,000 189,530,000 178,273,000 199,665,000 191,667,000 194,233,000 181,841,000 172,291,000 176,553,000 171,062,000 154,625,000 162,867,000 150,152,000 144,485,000 137,468,000 127,612,000 96,549,000 103,863,000 82,334,000 94,028,000 88,547,000 81,292,000 84,882,000 94,028,000 101,622,000 88,095,000 86,207,000 84,737,000 88,802,000 
        finance lease liabilities
                740,000 922,000 1,102,000  1,457,000 1,632,000 1,805,000  2,147,000 2,614,000 2,890,000  2,979,000 2,608,000 2,563,000  3,403,000 3,779,000                                                           
        contract receivable, current portion
                     7,246,000 6,866,000 6,507,000 6,313,000 6,420,000 6,357,000 6,283,000 5,703,000 6,078,000 4,686,000 11,199,000 8,193,000 13,944,000 9,420,000 18,142,000 243,531,000 238,958,000 237,649,000 224,033,000                                                     
        contract receivable
                     344,151,000 376,775,000 367,071,000 366,155,000 382,829,000 389,713,000 396,647,000 368,887,000 355,964,000 319,819,000 360,647,000 353,010,000 365,208,000       388,729,000 302,575,000 230,927,000 174,141,000 124,679,000 110,176,000 87,042,000                                             28,197,000 
        finance lease obligations
                   1,280,000    1,977,000    2,988,000    2,954,000                                                             
        non-recourse debt
                     278,367,000 304,724,000 297,856,000 297,456,000 311,390,000 317,603,000 324,223,000 309,899,000 300,213,000 270,460,000 309,236,000 307,032,000 320,306,000 22,201,000 365,364,000 323,387,000 283,780,000 224,291,000 238,842,000 493,303,000 374,434,000 292,879,000 234,467,000 178,738,000 172,852,000 158,060,000 63,894,000 65,377,000 80,548,000 93,352,000 97,964,000 104,836,000 113,136,000 208,532,000 162,033,000 184,009,000 184,867,000 191,394,000 191,603,000 87,415,000 91,922,000 96,791,000 102,415,000 100,551,000 95,838,000 100,634,000 114,687,000 122,448,000 121,116,000 124,975,000 131,996,000 130,568,000 128,573,000 131,680,000 121,840,000 127,101,000 126,245,000 131,279,000 40,495,000 40,363,000 41,972,000 42,953,000 39,593,000 39,419,000 42,308,000 42,953,000 39,671,000 39,164,000 34,013,000 30,866,000 28,197,000 
        distributions in excess of earnings
                   -4,236,000  -84,105,000 -137,741,000 -175,960,000 -126,165,000 -160,875,000 -202,834,000 -222,892,000 -193,345,000 -174,038,000 -152,301,000 -119,779,000 -99,607,000 -87,339,000                                                           
        accumulated deficit
                    -45,766,000                                                                        
        non-current contract receivable
                                  384,794,000 404,309,000 405,780,000 358,727,000 302,836,000 219,783,000                                                     
        current portion of capital lease obligations, long-term debt and non-recourse debt
                                  340,143,000 28,920,000 260,046,000 255,404,000 255,123,000 238,065,000 15,638,000 17,150,000 17,586,000 17,141,000 16,428,000 16,822,000 16,648,000 22,837,000 22,527,000 17,120,000 22,341,000 59,627,000 53,882,000 47,840,000 53,666,000 51,204,000 50,563,000 50,047,000 41,574,000 41,173,000 19,671,000 19,990,000 19,624,000 19,186,000 18,788,000 18,136,000 17,925,000 18,272,000 18,875,000 18,636,000 17,477,000 22,106,000 21,896,000 16,644,000 12,685,000 17,252,000 12,058,000 12,399,000 8,441,000              
        non-current deferred income tax liabilities
                                  8,757,000 8,757,000        11,471,000 15,769,000 15,769,000 10,068,000 14,689,000 14,689,000 15,703,000 15,703,000 15,703,000 15,703,000                                        
        capital lease obligations
                                  4,954,000 6,059,000 6,412,000 6,787,000 7,098,000 7,431,000 7,757,000 8,075,000 8,387,000 8,693,000 8,992,000 9,286,000 9,574,000 10,401,000 10,665,000 11,177,000 11,426,000 11,678,000 11,926,000 12,192,000 13,087,000 13,363,000 13,644,000 13,888,000 13,686,000 13,888,000 14,087,000 14,233,000 14,419,000 14,601,000 14,779,000 14,954,000 15,126,000 15,295,000 15,461,000 15,624,000 15,800,000 16,005,000 16,205,000 16,415,000 16,621,000 16,823,000 17,019,000 17,262,000 17,072,000              
        commitments, contingencies and other
                                                                                            
        (distributions) in excess of earnings/earnings in excess of distributions
                                  -29,018,000                                                          
        earnings in excess of distributions
                                   31,541,000 53,495,000 73,299,000 100,662,000 112,763,000 112,085,000 117,108,000 142,639,000 158,796,000 163,262,000 171,156,000 189,142,000 216,878,000 219,497,000 244,665,000 250,767,000 252,376,000                                         
        current deferred income tax assets
                                           27,914,000 25,921,000 25,921,000 25,884,000 20,936,000 20,936,000 18,290,000 18,290,000 18,290,000 18,290,000                                        
        direct finance lease receivable
                                           1,826,000 3,303,000 5,339,000 7,077,000 14,361,000 15,869,000 19,310,000 20,445,000 25,010,000 26,757,000 28,128,000 32,146,000 31,673,000 36,711,000 36,758,000 37,544,000 36,835,000 32,848,000 36,969,000 37,162,000 36,822,000 35,093,000 30,901,000 31,195,000 38,632,000 45,571,000 44,444,000 43,213,000 44,597,000 43,362,000 41,592,000 39,271,000 37,716,000 38,051,000 37,394,000 38,492,000 40,495,000 40,363,000 41,972,000 42,953,000 39,593,000 39,419,000 42,308,000 42,953,000 39,671,000 39,164,000 34,013,000 30,866,000  
        non-current deferred income tax assets
                                       30,039,000 24,154,000 24,154,000 24,154,000 7,399,000 5,873,000 5,873,000 5,873,000 4,821,000 4,821,000 2,532,000 2,532,000 2,532,000 2,532,000                                        
        accrued expenses and other
                                               127,839,000 116,520,000                                            
        accrued expenses
                                                 119,268,000 109,179,000 112,175,000 116,557,000 134,606,000 126,857,000 129,534,000 129,051,000 117,446,000 121,647,000 119,323,000 77,019,000 88,225,000 80,759,000 92,887,000 91,136,000 81,314,000 82,442,000 77,601,000 78,265,000 80,353,000 85,528,000 75,260,000 66,549,000 64,204,000 77,675,000 70,970,000 70,165,000 64,028,000 70,177,000 47,753,000 47,720,000 43,552,000 53,607,000 54,332,000 58,643,000 57,194,000 53,607,000 69,234,000 44,649,000 41,944,000 43,046,000 40,092,000 
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                 2,265,000    319,000             1,459,000        1,303,000 1,251,000 1,263,000 1,216,000 1,260,000 1,355,000 1,356,000 1,454,000 1,609,000 1,481,000 1,330,000 1,910,000 1,609,000      
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                 -3,041,000 -3,698,000 1,531,000 2,670,000 1,569,000 1,930,000 3,462,000 10,883,000 10,383,000 10,071,000 7,762,000 2,612,000 5,661,000 5,496,000 1,381,000   -7,275,000 3,420,000 8,300,000 6,589,000 6,920,000 5,585,000 4,158,000 1,008,000 2,393,000       171,000 749,000    749,000      
        current assets of discontinued operations
                                                     6,328,000            370,000 7,031,000          6,000 6,000 123,000 143,000 11,000  660,000 3,779,000 3,867,000 5,442,000 660,000      
        non-current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                  209,000                          
        non-current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                            
        noncontrolling interest
                                                      15,303,000    20,589,000  526,000 553,000 497,000 634,000 557,000 734,000                           
        deferred income tax asset
                                                           31,195,000 17,020,000 17,020,000 17,020,000 17,340,000 17,340,000 17,340,000 17,340,000 19,705,000 19,705,000 19,705,000 19,705,000 16,152,000 16,152,000 19,492,000 19,492,000 19,755,000 19,755,000 19,756,000 19,755,000 12,105,000 12,500,000 12,245,000 12,771,000 11,432,000 13,158,000 12,458,000 12,771,000 11,561,000 8,426,000 7,632,000 7,161,000 6,293,000 
        other current assets
                                                           21,443,000 13,509,000 13,116,000 14,689,000 13,347,000 12,112,000 11,421,000 12,911,000 13,741,000 16,957,000 17,778,000 14,892,000 21,717,000 22,976,000 16,676,000 14,922,000 14,448,000 13,105,000 12,366,000 15,826,000 16,370,000 20,464,000 18,101,000 12,386,000    12,386,000      
        deferred income tax liability
                                                           51,069,000 7,060,000 7,060,000 7,060,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 223,000 223,000 223,000 223,000                      
        restricted cash
                                                            13,306,000 13,306,000 13,313,000 13,219,000 13,313,000 13,404,000 13,318,000 13,106,000 13,191,000 13,298,000 13,227,000 13,095,000 13,168,000 13,168,000 13,953,000 19,220,000 13,299,000 10,633,000 8,882,000 30,621,000 3,752,000 3,857,000 3,908,000 3,575,000 3,502,000 55,733,000 3,908,000      
        total shareholders’ equity attributable to the geo group inc.
                                                             631,035,000                               
        minority interest
                                                                  1,101,000 1,804,000 1,731,000 1,607,000 1,642,000 1,912,000 1,792,000 1,663,000 1,297,000 1,140,000 1,161,000 1,325,000 1,840,000 1,627,000 1,357,000 1,294,000 1,194,000    1,194,000      
        goodwill and other intangible assets
                                                                   35,635,000 36,348,000 36,817,000 37,230,000 40,009,000 40,790,000 41,147,000 41,554,000 54,620,000 55,051,000 56,780,000 52,127,000              
        current portion of deferred revenue
                                                                       142,000   1,830,000 2,014,000 1,810,000 1,810,000 1,894,000 1,941,000 1,941,000 1,844,000 1,844,000 1,844,000 1,844,000 1,836,000 1,844,000 1,811,000 1,811,000 1,837,000   
        deferred revenue
                                                                          1,755,000 1,994,000 2,446,000 2,899,000 3,267,000 3,752,000 4,260,000 3,859,000 4,320,000 4,781,000 5,242,000 5,712,000 4,320,000 6,667,000 7,136,000 7,579,000 7,348,000 8,006,000 
        other non current assets
                                                                        34,355,000 29,503,000 26,251,000 15,903,000 13,369,000 14,680,000 14,880,000 13,003,000 11,713,000 13,093,000 13,895,000 17,733,000 16,155,000 18,968,000 13,895,000  4,515,000 4,675,000 5,848,000 3,942,000 
        other non current liabilities
                                                                        25,830,000 24,303,000 24,816,000 20,907,000 23,463,000 21,268,000 19,601,000 19,233,000 19,322,000 19,441,000 19,448,000 17,365,000 17,915,000 20,066,000 19,448,000      
        deferred tax liability
                                                                           2,793,000 1,724,000 2,121,000 2,085,000 9,576,000 9,953,000 2,345,000 1,489,000    1,489,000      
        accumulated other comprehensive gain
                                                                           797,000                 
        short-term investments
                                                                                  10,000,000    10,000,000      
        other assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                     34,000       
        current assets - sum
                                                                              639,511,000    480,146,000        402,658,000  
        non current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                            
        current liabilities:
                                                                                            
        current portion of long-term debt and non-recourse debt
                                                                               2,576,000 5,202,000 13,683,000 13,736,000 5,672,000 5,253,000 7,753,000 13,736,000 5,520,000 1,770,000 1,770,000   
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                            
        preferred stock, .01 par value...
                                                                                            
        common stock, .01 par value...
                                                                               96,000 96,000    94,000 93,000   213,000 212,000 212,000 212,000 
        shares issued and outstanding, respectively
                                                                                 95,000           
        other
                                                                                   9,488,000 9,762,000 9,721,000  8,211,000 7,598,000 7,320,000 12,445,000 10,363,000 
        commitments and contingencies shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                            
        current assets:
                                                                                            
        investments in and advances to affiliates
                                                                                       7,398,000 21,349,000 20,371,000 19,776,000 18,643,000 
        current assets: - sum
                                                                                       517,040,000 434,279,000 415,542,000  267,263,000 
        current portion of deferred revenue and non-recourse debt
                                                                                          3,071,000  
        current portion of deferred revenue and non- recourse debt
                                                                                           3,057,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-01-01 2011-10-02 2011-07-03 2011-04-03 2011-01-02 2010-10-03 2010-07-04 2010-04-04 2010-01-03 2009-09-27 2009-06-28 2009-03-29 2008-12-28 2008-09-28 2008-06-29 2008-03-30 2007-12-30 2007-09-30 2007-07-01 2007-04-01 2006-12-31 2006-10-01 2006-07-02 2006-04-02 2006-01-01 2005-10-02 2005-07-03 2005-04-03 2005-01-02 2004-09-26 2004-01-02 2003-03-30 2002-12-29 
                                                                                    
          cash flow from operating activities:
                                                                                    
          net income
        38,306,000 31,768,000 173,922,000 29,074,000 19,542,000 15,511,000 26,289,000 -32,563,000 22,659,000 25,161,000 24,503,000 29,525,000 27,994,000 41,528,000 38,312,000 53,673,000 38,179,000 -49,824,000 34,641,000 41,933,000 50,483,000 36,654,000 25,121,000 38,042,000 45,885,000 36,263,000 38,453,000 30,942,000 40,366,000 49,342,000 43,674,000 23,156,000 32,326,000 44,020,000 38,285,000 28,254,000 28,756,000 38,898,000 27,996,000 29,909,000 34,219,000 23,438,000 81,636,000 18,627,000 21,293,000 21,163,000 16,380,000 23,047,000 5,054,000 17,017,000 17,672,000 15,480,000 19,258,000                      5,172,000 5,555,000 
          net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
        28,000 -2,000 18,000 34,000 16,000 -20,000 31,000 50,000 9,000   46,000 9,000      69,000   66,000 60,000 10,000 47,000 94,000 36,000 50,000 37,000 94,000 46,000 53,000 24,000 44,000 21,000 37,000 21,000      -29,000 112,000 225,000 415,000 410,000 451,000                             
          net income attributable to the geo group, inc.
        38,334,000  173,940,000 29,108,000 19,558,000 15,491,000 26,320,000 -32,513,000 22,668,000 25,232,000 24,519,000 29,571,000 28,003,000 41,530,000 38,337,000 53,727,000 38,219,000 -49,796,000 34,710,000 41,960,000 50,544,000 36,720,000 25,181,000 38,052,000 45,932,000 36,357,000 38,489,000 30,992,000 40,403,000 49,436,000 43,720,000 23,209,000 32,350,000 44,064,000 38,306,000 28,291,000 28,777,000 38,898,000 27,990,000 29,897,000 34,207,000 23,420,000 81,607,000 18,739,000 21,518,000 21,578,000 16,790,000                              
          adjustments to reconcile net income attributable to the geo group, inc. to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                                    
          depreciation and amortization expense
        33,830,000 34,132,000 33,039,000 32,732,000 32,136,000 31,786,000 31,756,000 31,313,000 31,365,000 30,997,000 31,173,000 31,691,000 31,923,000 32,641,000 32,330,000 32,016,000 35,938,000 34,871,000 32,883,000 33,306,000 34,117,000 33,434,000 33,327,000 33,585,000 32,419,000 31,833,000 31,649,000 31,866,000 28,949,000 29,030,000 28,783,000 28,652,000 28,451,000 28,128,000 27,127,000 26,561,000 24,940,000 23,748,000 24,142,000 23,848,000 23,697,000 22,935,000 21,042,000 23,509,000 21,974,000 21,056,000 18,802,000 16,015,000 13,384,000 9,474,000 9,238,000  9,616,000 9,630,000 9,816,000  9,512,000 9,456,000 9,073,000  9,179,000 8,471,000 7,281,000  6,080,000 6,024,000 5,664,000    3,803,000      
          stock-based compensation
        7,766,000 3,972,000 7,627,000 5,506,000 6,488,000 5,785,000 3,534,000 3,132,000 5,656,000 3,013,000 3,117,000 3,357,000 5,578,000 3,194,000 3,141,000 3,556,000 6,313,000 3,444,000 4,329,000 4,024,000 7,402,000 4,706,000 9,768,000 5,425,000 4,739,000 4,992,000 4,859,000 5,030,000 4,963,000 3,098,000 3,186,000 3,248,000 3,241,000 3,107,000 3,024,000 2,957,000 2,621,000 2,067,000 2,466,000 5,063,000 -980,000 1,685,000                                   
          amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium and other non-cash interest
        2,067,000 1,422,000 1,451,000 1,622,000 1,598,000 1,655,000 1,668,000 2,020,000 2,909,000 3,067,000 3,158,000 2,981,000 2,824,000 2,793,000 2,456,000 1,907,000 1,848,000 1,939,000 1,973,000 1,903,000 1,683,000 1,708,000 1,670,000 1,748,000 1,838,000  4,246,000 3,441,000 4,235,000  3,303,000 2,661,000 2,366,000  1,770,000 1,521,000 1,695,000                                        
          equity in earnings of affiliates, net of tax
        -662,000 -768,000 -759,000 -2,177,000 -828,000 -1,032,000 -832,000 -811,000 -28,000 -1,413,000 -709,000 -1,490,000 -922,000 -985,000 -1,071,000 -1,480,000 -1,235,000 -1,494,000 -1,640,000 -1,943,000 -2,064,000 -2,699,000 -2,260,000 -2,887,000 -2,228,000 -7,790,000 -1,342,000 -1,426,000 -1,487,000 -1,982,000 -1,693,000 -2,131,000 -1,119,000 -1,584,000 -1,339,000 -1,125,000 -1,485,000 -1,174,000 -1,484,000 -1,526,000 -1,029,000 -1,217,000 -1,926,000 789,000 -272,000 -1,418,000 -662,000 -1,350,000 -1,150,000 -1,128,000 -590,000 -1,110,000 -904,000 -859,000 -644,000 -2,614,000 -778,000 -611,000 -620,000 -671,000 -591,000 -506,000 -383,000 -538,000 -410,000 -351,000 -277,000    -49,000  -583,000    
          dividends received from unconsolidated joint ventures
        3,220,000 8,725,000 490,000 481,000 469,000 496,000 517,000 423,000 3,646,000 704,000 476,000 796,000 1,011,000 1,780,000 265,000 660,000 1,781,000 3,077,000 1,001,000                                                          
          realized/unrealized loss on investments
        2,162,000                                                                            
          loss on sale/disposal of property and equipment
        1,192,000   -1,693,000 319,000   702,000 246,000   1,095,000 606,000   1,809,000 38,000 1,336,000 2,782,000 2,665,000 1,664,000 2,477,000 304,000 1,840,000 1,764,000 -674,000 285,000 1,799,000 110,000 -370,000 592,000    -190,000 -200,000 -545,000 188,000 235,000 65,000 478,000 125,000                                   
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:
                                                                                    
          changes in accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets
        31,209,000 -169,663,000 -58,863,000 4,468,000 -8,983,000 -14,930,000 24,107,000 -42,511,000 25,753,000 -33,387,000 12,694,000 -38,597,000 70,962,000 -102,573,000 46,903,000 -19,758,000 22,448,000 -34,873,000 -8,686,000 26,179,000 26,846,000 16,437,000 53,210,000 -54,505,000 7,248,000 15,411,000 -38,809,000 -7,373,000 51,709,000 -16,993,000 -48,000,000 36,610,000 -22,563,000 -26,243,000 -17,023,000 983,000 12,972,000 7,206,000 -7,227,000 -25,759,000 16,104,000 -6,603,000 -12,258,000 -46,037,000 8,928,000 -9,234,000 29,142,000                              
          changes in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
        37,363,000 -45,482,000 149,557,000 -27,754,000 20,962,000 -25,496,000 25,098,000 -15,009,000 -6,447,000 17,745,000 46,363,000 -10,637,000 -45,381,000 12,781,000 15,183,000 -20,454,000 14,335,000 -52,015,000 8,978,000 -32,542,000 17,468,000 31,291,000 6,758,000 -1,122,000 9,113,000 20,692,000 5,751,000 -9,438,000 -14,639,000 -2,571,000 -1,335,000 23,340,000 -13,789,000 14,974,000 8,175,000 -18,021,000 16,784,000 -2,933,000 15,829,000 22,660,000 -19,933,000 4,749,000 -1,976,000 -20,609,000 14,716,000 -8,040,000 -3,051,000 -10,718,000                             
          net cash from operating activities
        156,481,000 -117,337,000 79,555,000 39,168,000 71,225,000 18,464,000 109,252,000 28,713,000 85,807,000 52,213,000 119,770,000 18,210,000 94,740,000 -15,140,000 139,573,000 50,023,000 121,956,000 -6,842,000 83,916,000 80,644,000 124,917,000 128,517,000 128,259,000 15,185,000 105,891,000 323,214,000 7,114,000 2,832,000 47,882,000 -16,270,000 -50,010,000 55,779,000 -17,527,000 30,993,000 31,366,000 19,053,000 60,745,000 68,992,000 63,152,000 56,506,000 55,877,000 45,437,000 37,845,000 24,788,000 68,862,000 26,185,000 69,077,000 22,598,000 18,266,000 20,604,000 64,734,000 51,628,000 -4,049,000 36,102,000 47,248,000 22,110,000 15,579,000 31,531,000 2,124,000 38,811,000 10,813,000 11,741,000 17,563,000 15,887,000 -2,077,000 20,612,000 11,530,000 22,261,000 10,614,000 -1,322,000 3,260,000 15,067,000 7,200,000 46,602,000 13,356,000  
          cash flow from investing activities:
                                                                                    
          proceeds from sale of real estate and other assets
        482,000        4,474,000                                                                   
          purchases of marketable securities
        -2,587,000 -3,689,000 -1,923,000 -15,890,000 -986,000 -1,372,000 -24,526,000                                                                      
          proceeds from sale of marketable securities
        1,653,000 1,824,000 151,000 2,043,000 616,000 693,000                                                                      
          capital expenditures
        -21,729,000 -36,226,000 -93,704,000 -36,811,000 -30,771,000 -20,782,000 -18,735,000 -24,406,000 -14,768,000 -19,433,000 -21,955,000 -17,847,000 -13,767,000 -17,793,000 -36,173,000 -22,287,000 -13,773,000 -12,012,000 -13,035,000 -17,071,000 -27,276,000 -22,818,000 -30,652,000 -26,457,000 -35,377,000 -44,276,000 -36,622,000 -33,087,000 -34,421,000 -13,550,000 -22,001,000 -17,585,000 -28,429,000 -16,737,000 -29,150,000 -37,496,000 -34,198,000 -23,591,000 -17,531,000 -11,529,000 -78,519,000 -11,402,000 -15,193,000 -47,057,000 -90,294,000 -48,666,000 -38,696,000 -28,777,000 -11,921,000 -40,626,000 -15,737,000 -36,065,000 -41,955,000 -48,345,000 -23,414,000 -32,233,000 -27,974,000 -38,442,000 -32,341,000 -47,249,000 -28,657,000 -19,584,000 -19,714,000 -17,353,000 -11,929,000 -6,451,000 -7,432,000 -21,292,000 -5,984,000 -2,348,000 -1,841,000 -4,438,000 -1,612,000 -3,695,000 -2,224,000  
          free cash flows
        134,752,000 -153,563,000 -14,149,000 2,357,000 40,454,000 -2,318,000 90,517,000 4,307,000 71,039,000 32,780,000 97,815,000 363,000 80,973,000 -32,933,000 103,400,000 27,736,000 108,183,000 -18,854,000 70,881,000 63,573,000 97,641,000 105,699,000 97,607,000 -11,272,000 70,514,000 278,938,000 -29,508,000 -30,255,000 13,461,000 -29,820,000 -72,011,000 38,194,000 -45,956,000 14,256,000 2,216,000 -18,443,000 26,547,000 45,401,000 45,621,000 44,977,000 -22,642,000 34,035,000 22,652,000 -22,269,000 -21,432,000 -22,481,000 30,381,000 -6,179,000 6,345,000 -20,022,000 48,997,000 15,563,000 -46,004,000 -12,243,000 23,834,000 -10,123,000 -12,395,000 -6,911,000 -30,217,000 -8,438,000 -17,844,000 -7,843,000 -2,151,000 -1,466,000 -14,006,000 14,161,000 4,098,000 969,000 4,630,000 -3,670,000 1,419,000 10,629,000 5,588,000 42,907,000 11,132,000  
          net cash from investing activities
        -22,181,000 -38,091,000 225,574,000 -50,658,000 -31,141,000 -21,461,000 -43,261,000 -19,705,000 -17,291,000 -22,156,000 -6,088,000 -17,164,000 -15,162,000 63,278,000 -41,002,000 -1,475,000 -17,841,000 -13,274,000 -8,126,000 -19,051,000 -13,286,000 -23,460,000 -25,725,000 -26,515,000 -28,461,000 -67,846,000 -38,402,000 -389,454,000 -33,707,000 76,570,000 -49,654,000 -41,828,000 -69,448,000 -10,414,000 -34,574,000 -58,903,000 -348,989,000 -28,905,000 -33,639,000 8,510,000 -87,342,000 -7,466,000 25,167,000 -52,069,000 -82,285,000 -56,334,000 -444,854,000 -37,961,000 -269,012,000 -43,353,000 -17,935,000 -70,133,000 -41,818,000 -50,947,000 -22,375,000 -33,792,000 -33,480,000 -37,310,000 -27,009,000 -37,557,000 -32,759,000 -24,173,000 -424,441,000 -4,470,000 5,743,000 -6,115,000 -12,079,000 -62,172,000 -36,620,000 -2,354,000 8,192,000 -4,373,000 -1,421,000 -32,987,000 -2,342,000  
          cash flow from financing activities:
                                                                                    
          payments on long-term debt
        -356,000 -328,000 -297,183,000 -24,095,000 -592,000 -52,901,000 -71,768,000 -1,778,853,000 -23,253,000 -77,031,000 -25,265,000 -57,821,000 -48,273,000 -4,736,000 -621,796,000 -51,437,000 -2,881,000 -658,000 -2,807,000 -58,309,000 -298,522,000 -136,906,000 -125,505,000 -202,603,000 -96,690,000 -47,700,000 -120,588,000 -54,000,000 -918,500,000 -158,750,000 -147,750,000 -538,750,000 -88,756,000 -89,310,000 -87,931,000 -95,994,000 -38,750,000 93,214,000 -110,393,000 -71,608,000 -339,310,000 -358,438,000 -104,354,000 -162,288,000 -80,712,000 -25,166,000 -21,666,000 -54,985,000 -301,376,000 -28,285,000 -12,799,000    -14,345,000 -7,310,000 -46,148,000 -23,241,000 -23,457,000 -19,207,000 -2,011,000 -1,643,000 -214,438,000 -6,487,000 -463,000 -75,091,000 -586,000    -1,417,000      
          payments on revolver
        -121,000,000 -262,416,000 -30,000,000                                                                        
          proceeds from revolver
        60,000,000  147,583,000                                                                          
          taxes paid related to net share settlements of equity awards
        -6,248,000 1,000 -2,254,000 -22,177,000 -2,193,000 -1,000 -51,000 -7,412,000 -1,000 3,000 -3,445,000 -1,000 1,000 -17,000 -1,285,000 1,000 -89,000 -101,000 -1,901,000 -157,000 -2,632,000 -2,000 -20,000 -30,000 -658,000 -3,434,000 -79,000 -540,000 -1,717,000 -38,000 -964,000 -661,000 -1,123,000                                        
          proceeds from issuance of common stock in connection with espp
        38,000 46,000 41,000 47,000 39,000 43,000 36,000 43,000 36,000 40,000 37,000 39,000 41,000 48,000 47,000 60,000 43,000 30,000 72,000 64,000 116,000 146,000 150,000 132,000 148,000 115,000 140,000 120,000 122,000 98,000 114,000 -2,133,000 2,357,000  103,000 120,000 98,000                                        
          payment for repurchases of common stock
        -50,103,000 -49,391,000                    -9,009,000                                                      
          proceeds from the exercise of stock options
        375,000  221,000 862,000 3,307,000  118,000 138,000 529,000  4,000 32,000 49,000            182,000  636,000 2,268,000 3,882,000  310,000 1,078,000 979,000  476,000 822,000 1,215,000 2,256,000 3,275,000 859,000 1,033,000 3,049,000 7,430,000 237,000 1,226,000 983,000 948,000 876,000 3,733,000 1,138,000 1,074,000 375,000   262,000 62,000 334,000 95,000 44,000 300,000 784,000 111,000 1,646,000 1,167,000 1,918,000 674,000    402,000      
          net cash from financing activities
        -117,294,000 46,492,000 -194,542,000 11,814,000 -49,423,000 17,229,000 -72,915,000 -83,102,000 -30,100,000 -79,234,000 -25,221,000 -57,750,000 -45,878,000 -28,997,000 -610,243,000 -53,409,000 -6,451,000 -17,105,000 -4,108,000 134,611,000 -102,135,000 -67,341,000 -100,061,000 -17,862,000 -59,144,000 -222,247,000 17,980,000 18,758,000 350,228,000 -22,406,000 90,067,000 3,347,000 48,660,000 -8,493,000 5,839,000 17,743,000 317,161,000 -40,569,000 -44,615,000 -51,400,000 -10,190,000 14,443,000 -100,688,000 26,524,000 4,248,000 -3,954,000 427,200,000 -547,000 260,721,000 33,918,000 -50,394,000 27,811,000 21,997,000 -2,122,000 4,364,000 22,386,000 4,983,000 12,627,000 13,702,000 -11,653,000 7,000 4,556,000 379,366,000 -3,708,000 -2,239,000 27,522,000 88,000 162,000 36,081,000 -10,627,000 -1,015,000 -1,215,000 -238,000 -59,517,000 972,000  
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
        1,123,000 999,000 364,000 3,093,000 679,000 -6,771,000 2,649,000 1,492,000 -3,003,000 2,860,000 -1,066,000 -764,000 -1,286,000 3,329,000 -3,749,000 -6,937,000 2,606,000 96,000 -3,339,000 208,000 -657,000 6,404,000 -7,364,000 1,711,000 -2,887,000                                                    
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
        18,129,000 -107,937,000   -8,660,000 7,461,000   35,413,000 -46,317,000 87,395,000 -57,468,000 32,414,000 22,470,000 -515,421,000 -11,798,000 100,270,000 -37,125,000 68,343,000 196,412,000 8,839,000 44,120,000 -4,891,000 -27,481,000                                                     
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
        123,635,000 125,864,000 159,867,000 143,843,000 548,322,000 311,853,000 67,472,000                                                    
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of period
        141,764,000 -107,937,000 110,951,000 3,417,000 117,204,000 7,461,000 -4,275,000 -72,602,000 195,280,000 -46,317,000 87,395,000 -57,468,000 176,257,000 22,470,000 -515,421,000 -11,798,000 648,592,000 -37,125,000 68,343,000 196,412,000 320,692,000 44,120,000 62,581,000 -27,481,000 15,399,000                                                    
          supplemental disclosures:
                                                                                    
          non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                    
          right-of-use assets obtained from operating lease liabilities
        92,000 8,070,000 6,116,000 1,414,000 2,263,000 15,286,000 2,559,000 2,988,000 491,000 2,465,000 1,479,000 29,706,000 1,583,000 2,773,000 4,640,000 4,084,000 200,000 8,683,000 -2,127,000 466,000 3,764,000                                                        
          capital expenditures in accounts payable and accrued expenses
        2,054,000 -2,043,000 1,487,000 -1,139,000 2,315,000 786,000 4,203,000 393,000 326,000 -1,734,000 -143,000 1,912,000 640,000 1,285,000 -1,587,000 5,169,000 1,260,000 -455,000 1,632,000 1,755,000 4,408,000 2,779,000 3,304,000 5,818,000 -1,211,000 5,513,000 -924,000 7,138,000 1,312,000  206,000 -136,000 2,340,000  4,730,000 1,190,000 1,346,000 6,790,000 1,772,000 -2,210,000 -105,000 2,844,000 -859,000 4,436,000 -8,984,000 9,036,000 21,834,000 2,672,000 5,686,000 -5,533,000 8,412,000  -8,090,000 -1,900,000 30,352,000  7,976,000 -6,880,000 11,853,000                  
          net income attributable to the geo group, inc. operations
                                                                                    
          adjustments to reconcile net income attributable to the geo group, inc. operations to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                    
          deferred tax provision
                                                                                    
          loss on extinguishment of debt
         7,851,000   1,339,000 2,920,000 82,339,000 39,000 6,687,000 91,000 1,618,000 136,000           -352,000 -594,000     19,000         1,451,000                                    
          gain on early lease termination
                                                                                   
          realized/unrealized gain on investments
         -3,530,000 -2,943,000 -3,720,000 -494,000 1,502,000 -4,307,000                                                                      
          net loss on asset divestitures/impairment
                                                                                    
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition:
                                                                                    
          proceeds from long term debt
                                                375,000,000 410,000,000                                   
          proceeds from borrowings on revolver
             70,000,000                                                                      
          debt issuance costs
             -5,127,000          -9,587,000   29,000 52,000 -72,000 -1,883,000 -216,000 -7,371,000 -625,000 -993,000 -17,992,000 -1,505,000  -2,779,000 -1,193,000 -1,245,000   -2,300,000 -11,367,000 -5,650,000 -481,000 -4,270,000 -421,000 -1,494,000 -9,277,000 -2,650,000    -16,895,000 -32,000 -4,000 -322,000 -2,639,000 -968,000   -130,000 -148,000 -8,932,000              
          proceeds from the sale of treasury shares
                                                                                    
          proceeds from stock options exercised
                                                                                    
          payments for call premiums
            -1,300,000                                                                      
          supplemental disclosures
                                                                                    
          cash paid during the year for:
                                                                                    
          income taxes
                                                                                    
          interest
                                                                                    
          right-of-use asset written off due to early termination of lease
                                                                                   
          operating lease liability written off due to early termination of lease
                                                                                    
          gain on sale of property and equipment
                                                                                    
          loss on asset divestitures/impairment
                                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                                                                    
          right-of-use liability written off due to early termination of lease
                                                                                    
          debt issuance costs in accrued expenses
              1,012,000    3,850,000                                                               
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                    
          adjustments to reconcile net income attributable to the geo group, inc. to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                    
          provision for credit losses
                                                                                    
          changes in contract receivable
                       1,644,000 1,644,000 1,497,000 1,498,000 1,625,000 1,611,000 1,251,000 1,206,000 -10,693,000 3,187,000 203,598,000 -41,077,000 -52,908,000 -69,098,000 -75,427,000 -80,862,000 -77,317,000 -46,956,000 -39,603,000 -27,883,000 -21,832,000 -24,768,000                                        
          payments on non-recourse debt
                     -4,374,000 3,041,000 -2,015,000 -2,328,000 -16,494,000 -1,284,000 -2,042,000 -1,755,000 -1,546,000 -1,362,000 -2,399,000 -5,775,000 -238,527,000 -1,002,000 -714,000 -67,171,000 -8,186,000 1,166,000 -1,431,000 -1,613,000 -5,542,000 -1,853,000 -2,868,000 -1,645,000                                        
          principal exchanges of debt
                                                                                   
          provision for doubtful accounts
                             159,000 25,000 64,000 -133,000 859,000 370,000 849,000 378,000 899,000 613,000   441,000 323,000 131,000 535,000 163,000   282,000 577,000 236,000 592,000 407,000 675,000 49,000    200,000 -346,000 285,000    300,000     500,000    842,000 318,000 329,000  333,000    
          gain on sale/disposal of property and equipment
                                        -326,000                                            
          gain on assets held for sale
                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment
                    175,000  1,610,000 -4,000 41,000 12,000 823,000 3,256,000 39,000 -127,000 264,000 12,000 98,000 2,604,000 208,000 -41,000 689,000 1,962,000 25,000 25,000 18,000 -7,000 -74,000 103,000 20,000 349,000 165,000 153,000 47,000 4,000 -543,000 688,000 176,000 369,000 250,000                              
          proceeds from sale of treasury shares
                  5,750,000                                                                
          proceeds from sale of assets held for sale
                            1,300,000                366,000 1,602,000 481,000                                
          proceeds issuance of long-term debt
                                                                                    
          change in restricted investments
                -2,523,000 -4,507,000 859,000 -1,933,000 -1,570,000 -2,889,000 -6,439,000 5,004,000 -4,109,000 -11,932,000 -1,255,000 -3,361,000 -2,191,000 -5,112,000 3,363,000  -633,000                                                    
          net gain on disposition of assets
                                                                                    
          insurance proceeds - damaged property
                         558,000 469,000   1,921,000 6,628,000            700,000                                        
          payment received on note receivable
                                                                                    
          dividends paid
                                                                                    
          assets obtained from finance lease liabilities
                                                                                    
          conversion of shares of common stock to retirement liability
                                                                                    
          net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                      25,000 54,000 40,000    61,000                 -6,000  -12,000 -18,000                                   
          benefit from doubtful accounts
                      57,000      614,000                                                        
          gain on asset divestitures
                                                                                    
          proceeds from long-term debt
                          195,000,000 240,000,000 129,579,000 96,000,000  104,370,000  166,291,000 75,426,000 1,083,148,000  172,077,000 524,000,000 117,000,000  124,000,000 147,000,000 371,000,000 -94,000,000 103,000,000     218,148,000 134,987,000 21,260,000 461,000,000 53,000,000 576,000,000 82,000,000 15,000,000 292,000,000 23,000,000 18,000,000 32,000,000 52,000,000 35,000,000 37,000,000 7,000,000 5,000,000 375,000,000           
          loss on asset divestitures
                                                                                    
          goodwill impairment charge
                                                                                    
          net loss on disposition of assets
                                                                                    
          payments for purchase of treasury shares
                                                  -8,618,000 -24,995,000    -2,722,000 -23,433,000 -53,845,000                          
          conversion of pension liability to shares of common stock
                             8,925,000                                                      
          conversion of shares of common stock to pension liability
                                                                                   
          gain on extinguishment of debt
                          -1,655,000 -3,038,000  -1,563,000                                                      
          proceeds from sales of real estate
                          5,341,000 -2,433,000 15,673,000                                                        
          cash dividends paid
                          -1,000 -30,486,000 -58,457,000 -57,703,000  -58,210,000  -58,293,000 -58,355,000 -52,504,000  -48,744,000 -48,738,000 -48,509,000 -48,530,000 -46,200,000 -46,277,000 -45,977,000 -41,517,000 -41,139,000 -35,999,000 -35,816,000 -35,711,000 -90,131,000                                  
          dividends paid in treasury shares
                          153,000                                                        
          gain on disposition of real estate
                                                                                    
          equipment obtained from finance lease liabilities
                           404,000 794,000                                                        
          (gain) loss on disposition of real estate
                        627,000                                                            
          (gain) loss on extinguishment of debt
                                                                                    
          net (gain) loss on disposition of assets
                                                                                    
          proceeds from sale of real estate
                                                                                    
          proceeds from non-recourse debt
                               -1,804,000 -3,221,000 57,873,000 32,709,000 55,056,000 36,020,000 -6,252,000 114,019,000 87,826,000 71,242,000 53,443,000 20,386,000 16,712,000 33,019,000                                      972,000  
          right-of-use assets obtained from operating lease liabilities upon adoption of new lease standard - refer to note 13 - leases
                                                                                    
          loss on assets held for sale
                                                                                  
          loss on asset divestiture
                                                                                    
          loss on disposition of real estate
                          1,057,000                                                          
          dividends received from unconsolidated joint venture
                            1,399,000 2,259,000 633,000  2,606,000 1,080,000 2,693,000 2,359,000              4,509,000 5,402,000                              
          gain on sales of real estate
                            -13,329,000                                                        
          right-of-use assets obtained from operating lease liabilities upon adoption of new lease standard
                                                                                   
          acquisition of cec, cash consideration, net of cash acquired
                                                                                    
          change in restricted cash and investments
                                 -28,841,000 -2,985,000 -1,860,000 25,000 88,158,000 -31,863,000 -24,816,000 -41,037,000 6,331,000 -5,719,000 2,691,000 -8,108,000 -5,663,000 -3,273,000 19,886,000 -8,240,000 2,330,000 10,411,000                                  
          issuance of common stock in connection with public offering
                                                                                    
          right-of-use assets obtained from operating lease liabilities upon adoption of new lease standard - refer to 14 - leases
                                                                                    
          acquisition of cec, net of cash acquired
                                  911,000                                                  
          insurance proceeds – damaged property
                                                                                    
          proceeds from issuance of common stock under prospectus supplement
                                  -169,000 276,036,000                                                
          amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and/or premium
                                             1,175,000 1,224,000 1,594,000 1,478,000 1,537,000 1,523,000 597,000 508,000                                
          exit charges related to non-core operating leases
                                                                                    
          income tax deficiency (benefit) related to equity compensation
                                      53,000 -27,000 818,000                                            
          acquisition of lcs, cash consideration
                                                                                    
          acquisition of soberlink, cash consideration
                                                                                  
          insurance proceeds — damaged property
                                                                                    
          income tax (deficiency) benefit related to equity compensation
                                     -782,000 -53,000 27,000 -818,000                                            
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                 -3,270,000 -1,067,000 -794,000 2,118,000 21,000 855,000 -1,658,000 1,902,000 421,000 -2,544,000 170,000 -1,273,000 -221,000 1,040,000 1,034,000 -3,558,000 -445,000 1,721,000 1,554,000 -4,322,000 5,662,000 -5,193,000 1,808,000 3,656,000 -1,310,000 15,000 251,000 992,000 4,135,000 -883,000 -5,662,000 -1,544,000 765,000 242,000 -1,474,000 1,366,000 850,000 -133,000 3,648,000 20,000 528,000 -464,000    -564,000      
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                    366,521,000 37,915,000 -8,742,000 15,640,000 -36,413,000 12,507,000 87,000 -21,937,000 27,644,000 -703,000 -14,062,000 14,650,000 -45,213,000 51,969,000 -35,955,000 797,000 -13,497,000 -28,441,000 46,230,000 -14,102,000 13,631,000 9,859,000 -3,580,000 9,557,000 -22,878,000 -12,832,000 28,354,000     -11,873,000    11,357,000 1,447,000 42,547,000 -925,000 -40,359,000 11,005,000 -15,430,000 9,873,000 11,721,000 6,130,000    
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                 68,038,000 59,638,000 41,337,000 52,125,000 31,755,000 -1,375,000 39,664,000 33,856,000 31,655,000 44,403,000 111,520,000 57,094,000 23,000 -819,000       
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                 29,851,000 -14,375,000 -368,658,000 434,559,000 37,915,000 -8,742,000 15,640,000 23,225,000 12,507,000 87,000 -21,937,000 68,981,000 -703,000 38,063,000 14,650,000 -45,213,000 83,724,000 -37,330,000 797,000 -13,497,000 -28,441,000 85,894,000 -14,102,000 13,631,000 9,859,000 30,276,000 9,557,000 -22,878,000 -12,832,000 60,009,000 5,042,000 -14,462,000 7,613,000 33,462,000 -11,873,000 -20,573,000 -7,026,000 83,875,000 11,357,000 1,447,000 42,547,000 56,169,000 -40,336,000 10,186,000       -21,697,000 
          income tax deficiency related to equity compensation
                                                                                    
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                  -14,375,000                              -14,462,000 7,613,000 -10,941,000   -7,026,000 -27,645,000              
          deferred tax benefit
                                                 -67,000                               2,429,000    
          loss on derivative instrument
                                                                                    
          tax deficiency (benefit) related to equity compensation
                                                                                    
          acquisition of protocol, cash consideration, net of cash acquired
                                                                                    
          issuance of common stock under prospectus supplement
                                                                                    
          tax benefit related to equity compensation
                                                                                    
          release of reserve for uncertain tax positions
                                                                                   
          loss on sale/disposal of property and equipment and assets held for sale
                                                                                    
          acquisition of lcs cash consideration
                                                                                    
          net working capital adjustment from rts divestiture
                                                                                   
          termination of interest rate swap agreements
                                                                                   
          debt issuance costs — deferred
                                                                                    
          debt issuance fees
                                                                                    
          proceeds from reissuance of treasury stock in connection with espp
                                             101,000 84,000 73,000 89,000 66,000 87,000                                  
          income tax benefit related to equity compensation
                                          -601,000 -82,000 -569,000 -793,000 -558,000 575,000                                     
          acquisition of lcs, net of cash acquired
                                          -307,403,000                                        
          acquisition of protocol, cash consideration
                                             -13,000,000                                      
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                    
          restricted stock expense
                                                   790,000 857,000 1,047,000 738,000 732,000 861,000 852,000 816,000                          
          income tax provision related to equity compensation
                                               -575,000                                     
          cash from operating activities—continuing operations
                                               54,241,000                                     
          cash from operating activities—discontinued operations
                                                                                    
          acquisition of ownership interests in mcf
                                                                                   
          cash from investing activities—continuing operations
                                               8,510,000                                     
          cash from investing activities—discontinued operations
                                                                                    
          distribution to noncontrolling interests
                                                                                   
          payments for retirement of common stock
                                                                                   
          payment of make-whole provision and other fees for early extinguishment of debt
                                                                                   
          decrease in common stock
                                                                                    
          deferred tax assets recorded in equity in connections with mcf transaction
                                                                                    
          income tax provision of equity compensation
                                                 -1,127,000                                   
          cash from operating activities - continuing operations
                                                 45,437,000                                   
          cash from operating activities - discontinued operations
                                                                                    
          cash from investing activities - continuing operations
                                                 -7,466,000                                   
          cash from investing activities - discontinued operations
                                                                                    
          loss on early extinguishment of debt
                                                                                   
          loss on divestiture of rts-
                                                                                    
          income tax benefit of equity compensation
                                                  -380,000 71,000 -144,000 -220,000 -172,000    -112,000     1,499,000 -37,000 -612,000 -64,000 5,482,000 -1,718,000 -625,000 -78,000 -1,133,000 -1,017,000            
          cash from operating activities— discontinued operations
                                                                                    
          acquisition of bi and cornell, cash consideration, net of cash acquired
                                                                                    
          proceeds from rts divestiture
                                                                                    
          cash from investing activities— discontinued operations
                                                                                    
          payment for retirement of common stock
                                                                                    
          deferred tax assets recorded in equity in connection with mcf transaction
                                                  1,802,000                                  
          stock portion of special dividend
                                                                                    
          stock option expense
                                                                                    
          loss on sale of property and equipment
                                                   353,000 153,000 -80,000 132,000                              
          acquisition of bi, cash consideration, net of cash acquired
                                                                                    
          stock option plan expense
                                                   480,000 388,000 490,000 1,323,000 374,000 306,000 322,000 376,000                          
          net cash from operating activities of continuing operations
                                                       22,598,000 18,266,000 20,604,000 64,734,000 51,628,000 -4,049,000 35,365,000 42,167,000 27,237,000 15,577,000 31,970,000 2,124,000 38,792,000 10,813,000 11,741,000 18,866,000 15,835,000 -2,071,000 20,565,000 11,457,000 20,016,000 9,835,000 -1,687,000 3,229,000 14,892,000 6,904,000    
          net cash from operating activities of discontinued operations
                                                           737,000 5,081,000 -5,127,000 2,000   19,000 -1,303,000 52,000 -6,000 47,000 73,000 2,245,000 779,000 365,000 31,000 175,000 296,000    
          acquisitions, cash consideration, net of cash acquired
                                                                                    
          just care purchase price adjustment
                                                       -41,000                          
          cornell acquisition, cash consideration
                                                                                    
          bi acquisition, cash consideration, net of cash acquired
                                                                                    
          change in restricted cash
                                                    7,352,000 -14,677,000 3,199,000           1,358,000 5,106,000   -5,607,000 5,160,000 10,000 -2,942,000 313,000 -4,666,000          
          distribution to mcf partners
                                                    -4,012,000                              
          acquisition, cash consideration, net of cash acquired
                                                     -409,607,000                              
          amortization of debt issuance costs and discount
                                                      226,000                              
          purchase of shares in consolidated affiliate
                                                                                    
          cash dividends to noncontrolling interest
                                                                                    
          fair value of assets acquired, net of cash acquired
                                                       2,946,000                             
          acquisition, equity consideration
                                                                                   
          total liabilities assumed
                                                       3,272,000                             
          net income attributable to the geo group inc.
                                                                                    
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                    
          amortization of debt issuance costs
                                                        480,000 1,270,000 1,272,000  1,051,000 1,103,000 1,153,000  708,000 674,000 661,000  670,000 519,000 676,000 209,000 312,000 287,000 281,000    79,000      
          income tax charge (benefit) of equity compensation
                                                        -771,000    -127,000                        
          changes in accounts receivable and other assets
                                                                                    
          acquisition, cash consideration
                                                                                    
          proceeds from sale of assets
                                                        234,000 100,000     101,000    2,029,000 880,000 1,511,000 56,000   23,000 19,000 695,000 -15,000 -6,000 33,000      
          increase in restricted cash
                                                        3,148,000                            
          termination of interest rate swap agreement
                                                             1,031,000                      
          income tax (charge) benefit of equity compensation
                                                        771,000    127,000                        
          accounts receivable
                                                         3,888,000 21,275,000 28,202,000 -34,088,000 -8,400,000 21,138,000 -9,804,000 1,790,000 -9,643,000 -11,942,000 4,148,000 -3,335,000 -16,317,000 8,242,000 -12,555,000 -5,889,000 -7,109,000 -10,180,000 -2,295,000 5,544,000 -22,108,000 11,621,000  -7,652,000    
          other current assets
                                                         -1,666,000 1,686,000 -2,815,000 -459,000 -632,000 1,228,000 -728,000 1,857,000 747,000 244,000 6,325,000 1,419,000 -6,299,000 -1,755,000 -464,000 -1,592,000 -859,000 2,951,000 1,741,000 3,708,000 -709,000 -7,975,000  -225,000    
          other assets
                                                         2,905,000 2,413,000 -778,000 -712,000 -104,000 477,000 -3,042,000 1,317,000 1,337,000 -2,030,000 1,262,000 1,328,000 3,945,000 -1,624,000 2,484,000 -1,797,000 -411,000 -642,000 2,284,000 -5,291,000 1,087,000 1,356,000  979,000    
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                         -4,856,000 2,501,000 -17,742,000 5,955,000 9,422,000 -1,724,000 5,805,000 -3,480,000 8,464,000 -3,014,000 -3,555,000 811,000 2,276,000 -1,615,000 17,686,000 -7,998,000 15,236,000 5,764,000 5,697,000 -500,000 11,910,000 -12,189,000  -2,598,000    
          accrued payroll and related taxes
                                                         -6,635,000 7,211,000 1,797,000 -6,444,000 7,340,000 -8,202,000 4,395,000 -10,382,000 7,689,000 -6,185,000 9,164,000 -11,209,000 6,814,000 -3,252,000 1,041,000 363,000 -982,000 3,375,000 -1,092,000 38,000 -1,971,000 2,029,000  740,000    
          other liabilities
                                                         -1,027,000 976,000 108,000 1,628,000 755,000 2,354,000 -324,000 -1,986,000 802,000 318,000 6,196,000 682,000 578,000 730,000 -1,298,000 2,273,000 188,000 636,000 503,000 546,000 -267,000 981,000  3,720,000    
          decrease in restricted cash
                                                          -2,257,000  137,000 -2,602,000 1,039,000                     
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                    
          amortization of restricted stock-based compensation
                                                                                    
          stock-based compensation expense
                                                           1,108,000 183,000 224,000 298,000 823,000 286,000 243,000 178,000 283,000 212,000 246,000 194,000 57,000 60,000 80,000 177,000          
          depreciation and amortization expenses
                                                                                    
          provision (recovery) for doubtful accounts
                                                               300,000 2,000                    
          dividend to minority interest
                                                                                    
          loss on sale of fixed assets
                                                                                    
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition
                                                                                    
          deferred revenue
                                                                   -142,000 142,000 -152,000 -501,000 -234,000 -389,000 -452,000 -532,000 -508,000 498,000 -461,000  -461,000    
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                                                    
          csc purchase price adjustment
                                                                                    
          proceeds from equity offering
                                                                   -62,000 227,547,000 -5,000            
          non-cash operating activities:
                                                                                    
          proceeds receivable from insurance claim
                                                                                    
          extinguishment of pre-acquisition liabilities
                                                                     11,003,000              
          short term borrowings for deposit on asset
                                                                                    
          cash flow from operating
                                                                                    
          activities:
                                                                                    
          amortization of unearned stock-based compensation
                                                            794,000 982,000 876,000  816,000                    
          net cash from investing activities of continuing operations
                                                            -41,818,000 -50,947,000 -22,375,000                      
          net cash from investing activities of discontinued operations
                                                                                    
          payments on debt
                                                            -2,161,000                -40,416,000    -1,065,000    
          income from continuing operations
                                                              15,071,000 18,551,000 15,857,000 14,638,000 12,407,000 11,477,000 12,325,000 12,366,000 5,097,000 10,537,000 8,666,000 6,431,000 4,674,000 -1,423,000 190,000 4,346,000 2,766,000 5,206,000 5,981,000    
          noncontrolling interest in subsidiary
                                                              41,000                      
          minority interests in earnings of consolidated entity
                                                               79,000 95,000 100,000 102,000 116,000 90,000 99,000 92,000  -21,000 -164,000 -515,000   175,000 184,000      
          write-off of deferred financing fees from extinguishment of debt
                                                                                    
          ysi purchase price adjustment
                                                                       13,769,000             
          insurance proceeds related to hurricane damages
                                                                                    
          repurchase of stock options from employee and directors
                                                                                    
          write-off of deferred financing fees
                                                                    4,794,000             
          acquisition, net of cash acquired
                                                                    -493,000 -409,943,000              
          total liabilities assumed in acquisition
                                                                    2,558,000              
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities
                                                                                    
          amortization of unearned compensation
                                                                  804,000  808,000 534,000 379,000 365,000 367,000            
          deferred tax expense
                                                                      240,000              
          insurance proceeds
                                                                  1,892,000                  
          net cash from used in operating activities of discontinued operations
                                                                                    
          impairment charge
                                                                                    
          idle facility charge
                                                                                    
          (recovery) provision for doubtful accounts
                                                                   -56,000                
          proceeds from sales of short-term investments
                                                                           39,000,000      
          purchases of short-term investments
                                                                           -29,000,000      
          repurchase of stock options from employees and directors
                                                                                   
          sale of assets in exchange for note receivable
                                                                                    
          goodwill
                                                                                    
          extinguishment of pre-acquisition liabilities,net
                                                                                    
          major maintenance reserve
                                                                       22,000 69,000 45,000 57,000 100,000 65,000 84,000 41,000      
          non-cash investing and financing activities
                                                                                    
          deferred tax liability
                                                                       -5,112,000 8,000 80,000 -56,000    534,000      
          minority interests in earnings (losses) of consolidated entity
                                                                                    
          other non-cash charges
                                                                                    
          insurance proceeds related to hurricane demage
                                                                                    
          changes in assets and liabilities
                                                                                    
          sale of assets
                                                                                    
          tax benefit related to employee stock options
                                                                           188,000 262,000 101,000 180,000  456,000    
          depreciation and amortization
                                                                           4,751,000 3,562,000        
          gain on sale of uk joint venture
                                                                                    
          investments in and advances to affiliates
                                                                                  -118,000  
          proceeds from the sale of uk joint venture
                                                                                    
          proceeds from long-term debt and non-recourse debt
                                                                                 -133,701,000   
          debt issuance costs including original issue discount
                                                                                    
          purchase of common stock
                                                                                    
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                    
          amortization of original issue discount and debt issue costs
                                                                            83,000        
          write off of deferred financing fees
                                                                                    
          equity in earnings of affiliate, net of tax
                                                                            -135,000        
          minority interest in earnings of consolidated entity
                                                                                    
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                    
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                    
          increase in common stock
                                                                                    
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                                                                            1,497,000    827,000    
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                                                                            930,000    589,000  1,098,000  
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net
                                                                                    
          cash from operating activities
                                                                                    
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period*
                                                                              93,275,000      
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period**
                                                                              103,148,000      
          repayments of investments in and advances to affiliates
                                                                                    
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities—
                                                                                    
          amortization of debt issue costs
                                                                                    
          other non cash charges in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                    
          proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment
                                                                                    
          proceeds from sale of uk joint venture
                                                                                    
          dividends received from equity affiliate
                                                                                   
          repurchase of common stock
                                                                                    
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period *
                                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period **
                                                                                6,130,000    
          cash paid for income taxes
                                                                                528,000  2,600,000  
          cash paid for interest
                                                                                7,746,000  2,176,000  
          adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash from operating activities— depreciation and amortization
                                                                                    
          other
                                                                                    
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities—
                                                                                    
          changes in assets and liabilities —
                                                                                    
          increase in liabilities:
                                                                                    
          net increase in cash
                                                                                  13,084,000  
          cash, beginning of period
                                                                                  35,240,000  
          cash, end of period
                                                                                  48,324,000  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities—
                                                                                    
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
                                                                                    
          proceeds from the sale of loans receivable
                                                                                    
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash
                                                                                    
          equivalents
                                                                                    
          net increase in cash and cash
                                                                                    
          investments in affiliates
                                                                                    
          repayments of investments in affiliates
                                                                                    
          proceeds from long-term and non-recourse debt
                                                                                    
          payments of long-term and non-recourse debt