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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of goodwill | Changes in the Company's goodwill balances from December 31, 2015 to September 30, 2016 are as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, 2015 | Foreign Currency Translation | September 30, 2016
U.S. Corrections & Detention | $ | 277,774 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 277,774 |
GEO Care | 337,257 |  | — |  | 337,257 |
International Services | 407 |  | 19 |  | 426 |
Total Goodwill | $ | 615,438 |  | $ | 19 |  | $ | 615,457 |
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, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
| 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 |  | $ | 233,126 |  |  | $ | (83,320 | ) |  | $ | 149,806 |  |  | $ | 233,041 |  |  | $ | (71,538 | ) |  | $ | 161,503 |
Technology | 7.3 |  | 33,700 |  |  | (19,736 | ) |  | 13,964 |  |  | 33,700 |  |  | (16,255 | ) |  | 17,445 |
Trade name (Indefinite lived) | Indefinite |  | 45,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,200 |  |  | 45,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,200 |
Total acquired intangible assets |  |  | $ | 312,026 |  |  | $ | (103,056 | ) |  | $ | 208,970 |  |  | $ | 311,941 |  |  | $ | (87,793 | ) |  | $ | 224,148 |
Estimated amortization expense for the remainder | Estimated amortization expense related to the Company's finite-lived intangible assets for the remainder of 2016 through 2020 and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year |  | Total Amortization Expense
Remainder of 2016 |  | $ | 5,089 |
2017 |  | 20,328 |
2018 |  | 17,468 |
2019 |  | 17,140 |
2020 |  | 17,140 |
Thereafter |  | 86,605 |
|  | $ | 163,770 |

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