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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Feb. 14, 2025
Jun. 30, 2024
Cover [Abstract]      
Document Type 10-K    
Amendment Flag false    
Document Period End Date Dec. 31, 2024    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2024    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Trading Symbol CXW    
Entity Registrant Name CORECIVIC, INC.    
Entity Central Index Key 0001070985    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Yes    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Filer Category Large Accelerated Filer    
Entity Shell Company false    
Entity Small Business false    
Entity Emerging Growth Company false    
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   108,864,211  
Entity Public Float     $ 1,401,617,393
Entity Interactive Data Current Yes    
Entity File Number 001-16109    
Entity Tax Identification Number 62-1763875    
Entity Address, Address Line One 5501 VIRGINIA WAY    
Entity Address, City or Town BRENTWOOD    
Entity Address, State or Province TN    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 37027    
City Area Code 615    
Local Phone Number 263-3000    
Title of 12(b) Security Common Stock, par value $.01 per share    
Security Exchange Name NYSE    
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code MD    
Document Annual Report true    
Document Transition Report false    
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag true    
Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag] false    
Auditor Firm ID 42    
Auditor Name Ernst & Young LLP    
Auditor Location Nashville, Tennessee    
Documents Incorporated by Reference

Portions of the registrant's definitive Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, currently scheduled to be held on May 15, 2025, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

    
Auditor Opinion [Text Block]

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CoreCivic, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, and the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(2) (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our report dated February 21, 2025 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.