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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of goodwill | Changes in the Company's goodwill balances from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018 are as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, 2017 |  | Acquisition Adjustments |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  | March 31, 2018
U.S. Corrections & Detention | $ | 317,005 |  |  | $ | (639 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 316,366 |
GEO Care | 461,499 |  |  | (1,910 | ) |  | — |  |  | 459,589 |
International Services | 447 |  |  | — |  |  | (7 | ) |  | 440 |
Total Goodwill | $ | 778,951 |  |  | (2,549 | ) |  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | 776,395 |
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):
|  |  | March 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
| 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 |  | $ | 308,577 |  |  | $ | (111,900 | ) |  | $ | 196,677 |  |  | $ | 308,518 |  |  | $ | (106,724 | ) |  | $ | 201,794 |
Covenants not to compete | 1 |  | 700 |  |  | (692 | ) |  | 8 |  |  | 700 |  |  | (517 | ) |  | 183 |
Technology | 7.3 |  | 33,700 |  |  | (26,269 | ) |  | 7,431 |  |  | 33,700 |  |  | (25,538 | ) |  | 8,162 |
Trade name (Indefinite lived) | Indefinite |  | 45,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,200 |  |  | 45,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,200 |
Total acquired intangible assets |  |  | $ | 388,177 |  |  | $ | (138,861 | ) |  | $ | 249,316 |  |  | $ | 388,118 |  |  | $ | (132,779 | ) |  | $ | 255,339 |
Estimated amortization expense for the remainder | Estimated amortization expense related to the Company's finite-lived intangible assets for the remainder of 2018 through 2022 and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year |  | Total Amortization Expense
Remainder of 2018 |  | $ | 16,988 |
2019 |  | 22,313 |
2020 |  | 22,313 |
2021 |  | 19,790 |
2022 |  | 18,147 |
Thereafter |  | 104,565 |
|  | $ | 204,116 |

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