Deferred compensation arrangement with individual compensation expense period of recognition.

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Fair value of closing common stock price.

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Number of Recently Retired Members of the Board

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- Definition

Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Per Share Price

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- Definition

Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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The compensation expense recognized during the period pertaining to the deferred compensation arrangement.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
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-Paragraph 1
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- Definition

Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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- Definition

Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Number of share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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Gross number of shares (or other type of equity) issued during the period as a result of any equity-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Shares issued could result from the issuance of restricted stock, the exercise of stock options, stock issued under employee stock purchase plans, and/or other employee benefit plans.

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Stock Options and Restricted Shares - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 05, 2016 director shares	Jun. 07, 2016 shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2015 $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2015 $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reserved shares for issuance to key employees (shares) \| shares			1,750,000		1,750,000
Closing common stock price (usd per share)			$ 1.33		$ 1.33
Compensation cost related to non-vested common stock-based compensation \| $			$ 0.2		$ 0.2
Weighted average expected term					1 year 23 days
Common Stock \| Executive
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock issued and sold (shares) \| shares		57,065
Common Stock \| Director
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock issued and sold (shares) \| shares	63,381
Number of recently retired members of the board of directors (director) \| director	3
Restricted shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares of stock based compensation issued during the period (shares) \| shares			332,955	84,000	1,047,142	569,534
Weighted-average per share price on grant date (usd per share)					$ 1.39
Deferred stock-based compensation related to grants of restricted shares, period of recognition					2 years 4 months 14 days
Deferred stock-based compensation related to grants of restricted shares \| $					$ 2.5
Restricted shares \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Price per share (usd per share)			$ 1.35	$ 2.15	$ 1.35	$ 2.15
Weighted-average per share price on grant date (usd per share)					1.34
Restricted shares \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Price per share (usd per share)			$ 1.42	$ 2.51	1.50	$ 2.62
Weighted-average per share price on grant date (usd per share)					$ 6.80
2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reserved shares for issuance to key employees (shares) \| shares			1,750,000		1,750,000