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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Changes in the Company's goodwill balances | Changes in the Company’s goodwill balances recognized during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | December 31, 2016 |  | Acquisitions (net of dispositions) |  | Foreign currency translation |  | December 31, 2017
U.S. Corrections & Detention |  | $ | 277,774 |  |  | $ | 39,231 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 317,005 |
GEO Care |  | 337,257 |  |  | 124,242 |  |  | — |  |  | 461,499 |
International Services |  | 402 |  |  | — |  |  | 45 |  |  | 447 |
Total Goodwill |  | $ | 615,433 |  |  | $ | 163,473 |  |  | $ | 45 |  |  | $ | 778,951 |
|  | December 31, 2015 |  | Acquisitions | Foreign currency translation |  | December 31, 2016
U.S. Corrections & Detention |  | $ | 277,774 |  |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 277,774 |
GEO Care |  | 337,257 |  |  | — |  | — |  |  | 337,257 |
International Services |  | 407 |  |  | — |  | (5 | ) |  | 402 |
Total Goodwill |  | $ | 615,438 |  |  | $ | — |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 615,433 |
Schedule of intangible assets | Intangible assets consisted of the following as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (in thousands):
|  | December 31, 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 | $ | 308,518 |  |  | $ | (106,724 | ) |  | $ | 201,794 |  |  | $ | 233,136 |  |  | $ | (87,256 | ) |  | $ | 145,880 |
Covenants not to compete | 1 | 700 |  |  | (517 | ) |  | 183 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Technology | 7.3 | 33,700 |  |  | (25,538 | ) |  | 8,162 |  |  | 33,700 |  |  | (20,896 | ) |  | 12,804 |
Trade names | Indefinite | 45,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,200 |  |  | 45,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,200 |
Total acquired intangible assets |  | $ | 388,118 |  |  | $ | (132,779 | ) |  | $ | 255,339 |  |  | $ | 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 2018 through 2022 and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year | Total Amortization Expense
2018 | $ | 22,764 |
2019 | 22,313 |
2020 | 22,313 |
2021 | 19,790 |
2022 | 18,146 |
Thereafter | 104,813 |
| $ | 210,139 |

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