EXHIBIT 23.1


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in Amendment
No. 3 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-104240) and related
Prospectus of Corrections Corporation of America (the "Company") for the
registration of $700,000,000 in the aggregate of debt securities, guarantees of
debt securities, preferred stock, common stock and warrants and to the
incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement and related Prospectus
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 the Company, included in the Company's Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                                      /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Nashville, Tennessee
April 25, 2003