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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Corrections Corporation
of America, hereby severally constitute Doctor R. Crants and Darrell K.
Massengale, and each of them, singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full
power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names, in the
capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement filed herewith and any
amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things
in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable
Corrections Corporation of America to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.
Witness our hands and common seals on the date set forth below.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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(i) Principal Executive
Officer or Officers
/s/ Doctor R. Crants Chairman of the June 30, 1995
----------------------------- Board and Chief
Doctor R. Crants Executive Officer
(ii) Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer
/s/ Darrell K. Massengale Vice President, June 30, 1995
----------------------------- Finance; Secretary;
Darrell K. Massengale and Treasurer
(principal financial
and accounting officer)
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(iv) A Majority of the
Board of Directors
/s/ Doctor R. Crants Director June 30, 1995
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Doctor R. Crants
Director June __, 1995
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Thomas W. Beasley
/s/ Richard H. Fulton Director June 30, 1995
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Richard H. Fulton
/s/ Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr. Director June 30, 1995
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Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.
/s/ T. Don Hutto Director June 30, 1995
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T. Don Hutto
Director June __, 1995
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William F. Andrews
Director June __, 1995
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Jean-Pierre Cuny