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                                                                   Exhibit 23.1


                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our
report relating to the financial statements of CCA Prison Realty Trust
incorporated by reference in this periodic report on Form 8-K of Corrections
Corporation of America into Corrections Corporation of America's previously
filed Registration Statement File Numbers 33-12503, 33-30825, 33-30826,
33-42068, 33-42614, 33-61173, 333-31711-01, 333-31743-01, 333-45193,
333-58339-01, 333-59155, and 333-63475-01.



                                       ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Nashville, Tennessee
September 28, 1998