Business Segments and Geographic Information - Sources of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 2,376,727	$ 2,256,612	$ 2,350,098
Secure Services
Revenues:
Revenues	1,625,031	1,702,785
Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services
Revenues:
Revenues	496,268	278,934
Reentry Services
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 255,428	$ 274,893