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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Summary of Debt | Debt consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Senior Credit Facility: |  |  |  |
Term loan |  | $ | 778,000 |  |  | $ | 786,000 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs on term loan |  | (5,410 | ) |  | (6,826 | )
Unamortized discount on term loan |  | (2,281 | ) |  | (2,878 | )
Revolver |  | 520,671 |  |  | 490,843 |
Total Senior Credit Facility |  | $ | 1,290,980 |  |  | $ | 1,267,139 |
6.00% Senior Notes: |  |  |  |
Notes Due in 2026 |  | $ | 350,000 |  |  | $ | 350,000 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs |  | (4,282 | ) |  | (4,820 | )
Total 6.00% Senior Notes Due in 2026 |  | $ | 345,718 |  |  | $ | 345,180 |
5.875% Senior Notes: |  |  |  |
Notes Due in 2024 |  | $ | 250,000 |  |  | $ | 250,000 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs |  | (2,532 | ) |  | (2,971 | )
Total 5.875% Senior Notes Due in 2024 |  | $ | 247,468 |  |  | $ | 247,029 |
5.125% Senior Notes: |  |  |  |
Notes Due in 2023 |  | $ | 300,000 |  |  | $ | 300,000 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs |  | (2,876 | ) |  | (3,548 | )
Total 5.125% Senior Notes Due in 2023 |  | $ | 297,124 |  |  | $ | 296,452 |
5.875% Senior Notes: |  |  |  |
Notes Due in 2022 |  | $ | 193,958 |  |  | $ | 250,000 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs |  | (1,351 | ) |  | (2,514 | )
Total 5.875% Senior Notes Due in 2022 |  | $ | 192,607 |  |  | $ | 247,486 |
Non-Recourse Debt: |  |  |  |
Non-Recourse Debt |  | $ | 328,178 |  |  | $ | 341,074 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs on non-recourse debt |  | (5,279 | ) |  | (3,883 | )
Discount on Non-Recourse Debt |  | (81 | ) |  | (164 | )
Total Non-Recourse Debt |  | $ | 322,818 |  |  | $ | 337,027 |
Finance Lease Obligations |  | 4,570 |  |  | 6,059 |
Other debt |  | 43,410 |  |  | 2,469 |
Total debt |  | $ | 2,744,695 |  |  | $ | 2,748,841 |
Current portion of finance lease obligations, long-term debt and non-recourse debt [1] |  | (24,208 | ) |  | (332,027 | )
Finance Lease Obligations, long-term portion |  | (2,954 | ) |  | (4,570 | )
Non-Recourse Debt, long-term portion |  | (309,236 | ) |  | (15,017 | )
Long-Term Debt |  | $ | 2,408,297 |  |  | $ | 2,397,227 |
[1] Balance at December 31, 2018 includes the balance of the non-recourse debt related to Ravenhall which, in accordance with the syndicated facility agreement, had to be refinanced in September 2019. As such, the balance has been reflected as current as of December 31, 2018. In May 2019, the debt was refinanced and the long-term portion was reclassified.
Debt Repayment Schedules Under Capital Lease Obligations, Long-Term Debt and Non-Recourse Debt | Debt repayment schedules under Finance Lease Obligations, Long-Term Debt, Non-Recourse Debt and the Senior Credit Facility are as follows:
Fiscal Year | Finance Leases |  | Long-Term Debt |  | Non- Recourse Debt |  | Revolver |  | Term Loans |  | Total Annual Repayment
| (In thousands)
2020 | $ | 1,934 |  |  | $ | 1,026 |  |  | $ | 13,901 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 8,000 |  |  | $ | 24,861 |
2021 | 1,936 |  |  | 1,071 |  |  | 14,780 |  |  | — |  |  | 8,000 |  |  | 25,787 |
2022 | 1,233 |  |  | 195,075 |  |  | 7,722 |  |  | — |  |  | 8,000 |  |  | 212,030 |
2023 | — |  |  | 301,166 |  |  | 8,218 |  |  | — |  |  | 8,000 |  |  | 317,384 |
2024 | — |  |  | 251,208 |  |  | 8,688 |  |  | 520,671 |  |  | 746,000 |  |  | 1,526,567 |
Thereafter | — |  |  | 388,535 |  |  | 274,869 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 663,404 |
| 5,103 |  |  | 1,138,081 |  |  | 328,178 |  |  | 520,671 |  |  | 778,000 |  |  | 2,770,033 |
Interest imputed on Capital Leases | (533 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (533 | )
Original issue discount | — |  |  | — |  |  | (81 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2,281 | ) |  | (2,362 | )
Current portion | (1,616 | ) |  | (1,026 | ) |  | (13,901 | ) |  | — |  |  | (8,000 | ) |  | (24,543 | )
Non-current portion | $ | 2,954 |  |  | $ | 1,137,055 |  |  | $ | 314,196 |  |  | $ | 520,671 |  |  | $ | 767,719 |  |  | $ | 2,742,595 |
Senior Notes | 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Debt Instrument Redemption | In addition, the Company may, at its option, redeem the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 in whole or in part on or after October 15, 2019 through 2024 and thereafter as indicated below:
Year |  | Percentage
2020 |  | 101.958%
2021 |  | 100.979%
2022 and thereafter |  | 100.000%
Senior Notes | 6.00% Senior Notes |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Debt Instrument Redemption | On or after April 15, 2021, GEO may, at its option, redeem all or part of the 6.00% Senior Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the 6.00% Senior Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on April 15 of the years indicated below:
Year |  | Percentage
2021 |  | 103.000%
2022 |  | 102.000%
2023 |  | 101.000%
2024 and thereafter |  | 100.000%
Senior Notes | 5.875% Senior Notes |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Debt Instrument Redemption | On or after January 15, 2017, GEO may, at its option, redeem all or part of the 5.875% Senior Notes 2022 upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest and including liquidated damages, if any, on the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on January 15 of the years indicated below:
Year | Percentage
2020 and thereafter | 100.000 | %
Senior Notes | 5.125% Senior Notes |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Debt Instrument Redemption | On or after April 1, 2018, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a part of the 5.125% Senior Notes upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days notice at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest and liquidated damages, if any, on the 5.125% Senior Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the period beginning on April 1 of the years indicated below:
Year | Percentage
2020 | 100.854 | %
2021 and thereafter | 100.000 | %

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