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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of goodwill | Changes in the Company's goodwill balances from December 31, 2016 to September 30, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, 2016 | Acquisitions | Foreign Currency Translation | September 30, 2017
U.S. Corrections & Detention | $ | 277,774 |  | $ | 41,604 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 319,378 |
GEO Care | 337,257 |  | 124,889 |  | — |  | 462,146 |
International Services | 402 |  | — |  | 46 |  | 448 |
Total Goodwill | $ | 615,433 |  | 166,493 |  | $ | 46 |  | $ | 781,972 |
Schedule of intangible assets | The Company's intangible assets include facility management contracts, covenants not to compete, trade names and technology, as follows (in thousands):
|  |  | September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| Weighted Average Useful Life (years) |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Facility management contracts | 16.3 |  | $ | 308,446 |  |  | $ | (101,537 | ) |  | $ | 206,909 |  |  | $ | 233,136 |  |  | $ | (87,256 | ) |  | $ | 145,880 |
Covenants not to compete | 1 |  | 700 |  |  | (342 | ) |  | 358 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Technology | 7.3 |  | 33,700 |  |  | (24,377 | ) |  | 9,323 |  |  | 33,700 |  |  | (20,896 | ) |  | 12,804 |
Trade name (Indefinite lived) | Indefinite |  | 45,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,200 |  |  | 45,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,200 |
Total acquired intangible assets |  |  | $ | 388,046 |  |  | $ | (126,256 | ) |  | $ | 261,790 |  |  | $ | 312,036 |  |  | $ | (108,152 | ) |  | $ | 203,884 |
Estimated amortization expense for the remainder | Estimated amortization expense related to the Company's finite-lived intangible assets for the remainder of 2017 through 2021 and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year |  | Total Amortization Expense
Remainder of 2017 |  | $ | 6,525 |
2018 |  | 22,821 |
2019 |  | 22,310 |
2020 |  | 22,310 |
2021 |  | 20,090 |
Thereafter |  | 122,534 |
|  | $ | 216,590 |

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