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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of goodwill | Changes in the Company's goodwill balances from December 31, 2014 to September 30, 2015 are as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, 2014 | Acquisitions | Foreign Currency Translation | September 30, 2015
U.S. Corrections & Detention | $ | 170,376 |  | $ | 107,398 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 277,774 |
GEO Care | 323,047 |  | 14,716 |  | — |  | 337,763 |
International Services | 467 |  | — |  | (67 | ) | 400 |
Total Goodwill | $ | 493,890 |  | 122,114 |  | $ | (67 | ) | $ | 615,937 |
Schedule of intangible assets | The Company's intangible assets include customer relationships, facility management contracts, trade names and technology, as follows (in thousands):
|  |  | September 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
| Weighted Average Useful Life (years) |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Facility management contracts and customer relationships | 15.6 |  | $ | 233,162 |  |  | $ | (67,640 | ) |  | $ | 165,522 |  |  | $ | 154,591 |  |  | $ | (56,396 | ) |  | $ | 98,195 |
Technology | 7.3 |  | 33,700 |  |  | (15,095 | ) |  | 18,605 |  |  | 24,000 |  |  | (12,120 | ) |  | 11,880 |
Trade name (Indefinite lived) | Indefinite |  | 45,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,200 |  |  | 45,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,200 |
Total acquired intangible assets |  |  | $ | 312,062 |  |  | $ | (82,735 | ) |  | $ | 229,327 |  |  | $ | 223,791 |  |  | $ | (68,516 | ) |  | $ | 155,275 |
Estimated amortization expense for the remainder | Estimated amortization expense related to the Company's finite-lived intangible assets for the remainder of 2015 through 2019 and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year |  | Total Amortization Expense
Remainder of 2015 |  | $ | 4,904 |
2016 |  | 20,359 |
2017 |  | 20,327 |
2018 |  | 17,468 |
2019 |  | 17,140 |
Thereafter |  | 103,929 |
|  | $ | 184,127 |

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