1 Exhibit 99.1 CONSENT TO BE NAMED AS A FUTURE DIRECTOR Pursuant to Rule 438 under the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned hereby consents to be named in a Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be filed by Corrections Corporation of America as a person who will be nominated as a director of Corrections Corporation of America at the annual meeting of stockholders on May 14, 1996. /s/ R. Clayton McWhorter -------------------------- R. Clayton McWhorter