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                                                                    Exhibit 23.3

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this registration statement on Form S-3, as amended, of CCA Prison
Realty Trust and Corrections Corporation of America of our report dated January
9, 1998 relating to the financial statements of CCA Prison Realty Trust and
subsidiary included in CCA Prison Realty Trust's Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1997 and to all references to our Firm included in or incorporated
by reference in this registration statement.



                                      /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Nashville, Tennessee
September 28, 1998