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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Changes in the Company's Goodwill Balances | Changes in the Company's goodwill balances from January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | January 1, 2022 |  |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  |  | March 31, 2022 |
U.S. Secure Services |  | $ | 316,366 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 316,366 |
Electronic Monitoring and Supervision Services |  | $ | 289,570 |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  | 289,570 |
Reentry Services |  |  | 148,873 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 148,873 |
International Services |  |  | 416 |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 429 |
Total Goodwill |  | $ | 755,225 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 755,238 |
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, 2022 |  |  | December 31, 2021 |
|  | 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 |  |  | $ | 308,397 |  |  | $ | (196,317 | ) |  | $ | 112,080 |  |  | $ | 308,369 |  |  | $ | (189,163 | ) |  | $ | 119,206 |
Technology |  |  | 7.3 |  |  |  | 33,700 |  |  |  | (32,285 | ) |  |  | 1,415 |  |  |  | 33,700 |  |  |  | (31,982 | ) |  |  | 1,718 |
Trade names |  | Indefinite |  |  |  | 45,200 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 45,200 |  |  |  | 45,200 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 45,200 |
Total acquired intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 387,297 |  |  | $ | (228,602 | ) |  | $ | 158,695 |  |  | $ | 387,269 |  |  | $ | (221,145 | ) |  | $ | 166,124 |
Estimated Amortization Expense for the Remainder | Estimated amortization expense related to the Company's finite-lived intangible assets for the remainder of 2022 through 2026 and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year |  | Total Amortization Expense |
Remainder of 2022 |  | $ | 10,977 |
2023 |  |  | 11,813 |
2024 |  |  | 9,314 |
2025 |  |  | 9,263 |
2026 |  |  | 7,170 |
Thereafter |  |  | 64,958 |
|  | $ | 113,495 |

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