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                                                                    Exhibit 23.4


                   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 February
16, 1998 relating to the financial statements of Corrections Corporation of
America and Subsidiaries included in Corrections Corporation of America's Form
10-K, as amended, 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