EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration
Statements:

      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. 333-115492) pertaining to the
      registration of additional shares for the Corrections Corporation of
      America Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan,

      Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-115493) pertaining to the
      Corrections Corporation of America Non-Employee Directors' Compensation
      Plan,

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

      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, and pertaining to certain shares of
      common stock registered on behalf of a selling shareholder;

of our reports dated March 4, 2005, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of Corrections Corporation of America and Subsidiaries, Corrections
Corporation of America and Subsidiaries' management's assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Corrections
Corporation of America and Subsidiaries, included in this Annual Report (Form
10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2004.

                                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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                                                           Ernst & Young LLP

Nashville, Tennessee
March 4, 2005