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 of our
report dated February 6, 2004 (except with respect to the matters discussed in
the eleventh paragraph of Note 15 and the second paragraph of Note 17, as to
which the date is February 19, 2004), with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Corrections Corporation of America and Subsidiaries, included in
this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2003:

Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-70625) pertaining to the Corrections
Corporation of America (formerly Prison Realty Trust) Amended and Restated 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 Amended and Restated 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-3/A No. 333-104240) pertaining to a shelf
registration of debt securities, guarantees of debt securities, preferred stock,
common stock, or warrants

                                                     /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Nashville, Tennessee
March 9, 2004