 Farewell - or perhaps good riddance - to the Prison REIT sector. GEO Group announced last week that its joining CoreCivic in abandoning the REIT structure, concluding a tumultuous 8-year run as REITs. Prison REITs were the worst-performing property sector since their REIT conversions in 2013 and consistently ranked at the bottom across performance metrics - particularly after their once-lucrative dividends were eliminated. 