EXHIBIT 23.1




                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration
Statements and related Prospectuses of Corrections Corporation of America and
Subsidiaries of our report dated February 7, 2003 (except with respect to the
matters discussed in the last two paragraphs of Note 24, as to which the date is
March 22, 2003), with respect to the 2002 and 2001 consolidated financial
statements of Corrections Corporation of America and Subsidiaries included in
this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2002:

Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-70625) pertaining to the Corrections
Corporation of America (formerly Prison Realty Trust) 1997 Employee Share
Incentive Plan

Registration Statement (Form S-4 No. 333-41778) pertaining to the merger of
Corrections Corporation of America, a Tennessee corporation, with and into CCA
of Tennessee, Inc.

Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-69352) pertaining to the Corrections
Corporation of America 2000 Stock Incentive Plan

Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-69358) pertaining to the Corrections
Corporation of America 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan

Registration Statement (Form S-1 No. 333-69360) pertaining to the conversion of
certain of Corrections Corporation of America's subordinated convertible notes

Registration Statement (Form S-4 No. 333-96721) pertaining to the exchange of
Corrections Corporation of America's 9.875% senior unsecured notes due 2009




                                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP



Nashville, Tennessee
March 27, 2003