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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
on May&nbsp;17, 2007
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>10 Burton Hills Blvd.<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37215</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA<BR>
2008 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>John D. Ferguson<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Corrections Corporation of America<BR>
10 Burton Hills Boulevard<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37215<BR>
(615)&nbsp;263-3000</B><BR>
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant&#146;s agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Copy to:
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>F. Mitchell Walker, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC<BR>
315 Deaderick Street, Suite&nbsp;2700<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37238</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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$0.01 par value</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP> Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement includes an indeterminate number of additional
shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.<BR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP> Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) and (c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, the offering price is
estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of
the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;14,
2007.
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Information Required in the Section&nbsp;10(a) Prospectus</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Corrections Corporation of America (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) has sent or given or
will send or give documents containing the information specified by Part&nbsp;I of this Form S-8
Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to participants in the plan to which this
Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148; or the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The Registrant is not filing such documents with the SEC, but these
documents constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC, pursuant to the Securities Act
or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated by
reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document:
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;8, 2007,
February&nbsp;26, 2007, March&nbsp;1, 2007, March&nbsp;13, 2007, March&nbsp;16, 2007, May&nbsp;3, 2007 and May&nbsp;11,
2007; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;6, 1999.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statements contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or replaced for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so modified or replaced shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current
Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement or the related prospectus.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;4. <u>Description of Securities</u>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;5. <u>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</u>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;6. <u>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</u>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VI of the Registrant&#146;s charter provides that, to the maximum extent that Maryland law
from time to time permits limitation of liability of directors or officers of corporations, no
person who at any time was or is a director or officer of the Registrant shall be personally liable
to the Registrant or its stockholders for money damages.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maryland law provides in general that the charter provision limiting the liability of
directors and officers may not limit their liability to the corporation or its stockholders (i)&nbsp;to
the extent it is proved that the person actually received an improper benefit or profit in money,
property or services for the amount of the benefit or profit actually received, or (ii)&nbsp;to the
extent that a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the person is entered in a proceeding
based on a finding that the person&#146;s action, or failure to act, was the result of active and
deliberate dishonesty.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Maryland General Corporation Law (the &#147;MGCL&#148;) generally permits a corporation to indemnify
any director made a party to any proceeding by reason of service as a director unless it is
established that: (i)&nbsp;the act or omission of the director was material to the matter giving rise to
the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate
dishonesty; (ii)&nbsp;the director actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or
services; or (iii)&nbsp;in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director had reasonable cause to
believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Indemnification may be against judgments, penalties,
fines, settlements and reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually incurred by the
director in connection with the proceeding. If the proceeding is one by, or in the right of, the
corporation, indemnification is not permitted with respect to any proceeding in which the director
has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation. The termination of any proceeding by conviction
or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of an order of probation prior to
judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that the director did not meet the standard of conduct
required for indemnification. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement
does not create a presumption that the director did not meet the standard of conduct required for
indemnification. If the proceeding is one charging improper personal benefit to the director,
whether or not involving action in the director&#146;s official capacity, indemnification of the
director is not permitted if the director was adjudged to be liable on the basis that personal
benefit was improperly received.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the MGCL, unless limited by its charter, a corporation is required to indemnify a
director for reasonable expenses incurred if the director has been successful, on the merits or
otherwise, in defense of any proceeding to which the director is made a party by reason of service
as a director, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter in such a proceeding. The
Registrant&#146;s charter does not limit such indemnification. In addition, a corporation is required to
indemnify a director in any such proceeding if a court of appropriate jurisdiction determines the
director is entitled to indemnification.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the MGCL, unless the corporation&#146;s charter provides otherwise, officers shall be
indemnified to the extent directors are required to be indemnified under Maryland law and the
corporation may indemnify officers, to the same extent that it may indemnify directors. The
Registrant&#146;s charter does not provide otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Registrant&#146;s bylaws, the Registrant shall indemnify a director or officer to the
extent permitted by Maryland law as described herein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Registrant&#146;s bylaws and consistent with Maryland law, the Registrant shall pay or
reimburse, in advance of final disposition of a proceeding, reasonable expenses incurred by a
director or officer, if such individual in writing affirms in good faith that he or she has
satisfied the applicable standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and agrees to repay
amounts paid to such individual if it is ultimately determined that such standard was not met.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;According to the MGCL, indemnification provided or permitted by the MGCL may not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights, by indemnification or otherwise, to which a director may be entitled
under the charter, bylaws, any resolution of stockholders or directors, any agreement or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The MGCL permits a Maryland corporation to indemnify its employees and agents to the same
extent as its directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance to insure against losses
arising from claims made against its directors and officers, subject to the limitations and
conditions set forth in such policies.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;7. <u>Exemption from Registration Claimed</u>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;8. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Exhibits</u>.
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen of certificate representing shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock (previously filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with
the Commission on March&nbsp;22, 2002 and incorporated herein by this reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Charter of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on April
17, 2001 and incorporated herein by this reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter of the Company effecting the reverse
stock split of the Company&#146;s Common Stock and a related reduction in the stated capital stock
of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
(Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;13, 2001 and incorporated
herein by this reference).</DIV></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter of the Company increasing authorized
shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock (previously filed as Annex B to the Company&#146;s definitive
Proxy Statement relating to its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (Commission File no.
001-16109), filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;27, 2007 and incorporated herein by this
reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the
Company&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to its Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (Commission File no.
333-96721), filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;30, 2002 and incorporated herein by this
reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Provisions defining the rights of stockholders of the Company are found in Article&nbsp;V of the
Amended and Restated Charter of the Company, as amended (included as Exhibits 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4
hereto), and Article&nbsp;II of the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (included as
Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 hereto).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Corrections Corporation of America 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit
10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with
the Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2007 and incorporated herein by this reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney (contained on signature pages of this Registration Statement).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9. <u>Undertakings</u>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;<BR>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this 17th day of May,
2007.
</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ John D. Ferguson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">John D. Ferguson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, </B>each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Todd J. Mullenger as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John D. Ferguson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John D. Ferguson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director<br>(Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Todd J. Mullenger
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Todd J. Mullenger</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William F. Andrews
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William F. Andrews</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Donna M. Alvarado
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donna M. Alvarado</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Lucius E. Burch, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lucius E. Burch, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John D. Correnti
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John D. Correnti</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John R. Horne
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John R. Horne</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ C. Michael Jacobi
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
C. Michael Jacobi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thurgood Marshall, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Charles L. Overby
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles L. Overby</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John R. Prann, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John R. Prann, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joseph V. Russel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph V. Russell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Hanri L. Wedell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Henri L. Wedell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen of certificate representing shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock (previously filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (Commission File no. 001-16109),
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;22, 2002 and incorporated herein by this reference).</DIV></TD>
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Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on April
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter of the Company effecting the reverse stock
split of the Company&#146;s Common Stock and a related reduction in the stated capital stock of the
Company (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
(Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;13, 2001 and incorporated
herein by this reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter of the Company increasing authorized shares
(previously filed as Annex B to the Company&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement relating to its
Annual Meeting of Stockholders (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on
March&nbsp;27, 2007 and incorporated herein by this reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the
Company&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to its Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (Commission File no.
333-96721), filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;30, 2002 and incorporated herein by this
reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Provisions defining the rights of stockholders of the Company are found in Article&nbsp;V of the
Amended and Restated Charter of the Company, as amended (included as Exhibits 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4
hereto), and Article&nbsp;II of the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (included as
Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 hereto).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Corrections Corporation of America 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit
10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with
the Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2007 and incorporated herein by this reference).</DIV></TD>
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Corrections Corporation of America
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As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 17, 2007
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
62-1763875
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
10 Burton Hills Blvd.
Nashville, Tennessee 37215
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
2008 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
John D. Ferguson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Corrections Corporation of America
10 Burton Hills Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37215
(615) 263-3000
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant's agent for service)
Copy to:
F. Mitchell Walker, Jr., Esq.
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
315 Deaderick Street, Suite 2700
Nashville, Tennessee 37238
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of securities
Amount to be
maximum offering
maximum aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
price per share (2)
offering price
registration fee
Common Stock,
$0.01 par value
3,000,000
$
59.55
$
178,650,000
$
5,484.56
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this registration statement includes an indeterminate number of additional
shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and (c) under the Securities Act, the offering price is
estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of
the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 14,
2007.
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PART I
PART II
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Ex-5.1 Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC
Ex-23.1 Ernst & Young LLP Consent
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PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
Corrections Corporation of America (the "Registrant" or the "Company") has sent or given or
will send or give documents containing the information specified by Part I of this Form S-8
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to participants in the plan to which this
Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC" or the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"). The Registrant is not filing such documents with the SEC, but these
documents constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC, pursuant to the Securities Act
or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by
reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006;
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007;
(3)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 8, 2007,
February 26, 2007, March 1, 2007, March 13, 2007, March 16, 2007, May 3, 2007 and May 11,
2007; and
(4)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 6, 1999.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statements contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or replaced for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so modified or replaced shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current
Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement or the related prospectus.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Article VI of the Registrant's charter provides that, to the maximum extent that Maryland law
from time to time permits limitation of liability of directors or officers of corporations, no
person who at any time was or is a director or officer of the Registrant shall be personally liable
to the Registrant or its stockholders for money damages.
Maryland law provides in general that the charter provision limiting the liability of
directors and officers may not limit their liability to the corporation or its stockholders (i) to
the extent it is proved that the person actually received an improper benefit or profit in money,
property or services for the amount of the benefit or profit actually received, or (ii) to the
extent that a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the person is entered in a proceeding
based on a finding that the person's action, or failure to act, was the result of active and
deliberate dishonesty.
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The Maryland General Corporation Law (the "MGCL") generally permits a corporation to indemnify
any director made a party to any proceeding by reason of service as a director unless it is
established that: (i) the act or omission of the director was material to the matter giving rise to
the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate
dishonesty; (ii) the director actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or
services; or (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director had reasonable cause to
believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Indemnification may be against judgments, penalties,
fines, settlements and reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually incurred by the
director in connection with the proceeding. If the proceeding is one by, or in the right of, the
corporation, indemnification is not permitted with respect to any proceeding in which the director
has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation. The termination of any proceeding by conviction
or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of an order of probation prior to
judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that the director did not meet the standard of conduct
required for indemnification. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement
does not create a presumption that the director did not meet the standard of conduct required for
indemnification. If the proceeding is one charging improper personal benefit to the director,
whether or not involving action in the director's official capacity, indemnification of the
director is not permitted if the director was adjudged to be liable on the basis that personal
benefit was improperly received.
Under the MGCL, unless limited by its charter, a corporation is required to indemnify a
director for reasonable expenses incurred if the director has been successful, on the merits or
otherwise, in defense of any proceeding to which the director is made a party by reason of service
as a director, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter in such a proceeding. The
Registrant's charter does not limit such indemnification. In addition, a corporation is required to
indemnify a director in any such proceeding if a court of appropriate jurisdiction determines the
director is entitled to indemnification.
Under the MGCL, unless the corporation's charter provides otherwise, officers shall be
indemnified to the extent directors are required to be indemnified under Maryland law and the
corporation may indemnify officers, to the same extent that it may indemnify directors. The
Registrant's charter does not provide otherwise.
Under the Registrant's bylaws, the Registrant shall indemnify a director or officer to the
extent permitted by Maryland law as described herein.
Under the Registrant's bylaws and consistent with Maryland law, the Registrant shall pay or
reimburse, in advance of final disposition of a proceeding, reasonable expenses incurred by a
director or officer, if such individual in writing affirms in good faith that he or she has
satisfied the applicable standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and agrees to repay
amounts paid to such individual if it is ultimately determined that such standard was not met.
According to the MGCL, indemnification provided or permitted by the MGCL may not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights, by indemnification or otherwise, to which a director may be entitled
under the charter, bylaws, any resolution of stockholders or directors, any agreement or otherwise.
The MGCL permits a Maryland corporation to indemnify its employees and agents to the same
extent as its directors.
The Registrant maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance to insure against losses
arising from claims made against its directors and officers, subject to the limitations and
conditions set forth in such policies.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
None.
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Item 8.
Exhibits
.
4.1
Specimen of certificate representing shares of the Company's Common Stock (previously filed
as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with
the Commission on March 22, 2002 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.2
Amended and Restated Charter of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on April
17, 2001 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.3
First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter of the Company effecting the reverse
stock split of the Company's Common Stock and a related reduction in the stated capital stock
of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
(Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August 13, 2001 and incorporated
herein by this reference).
4.4
Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter of the Company increasing authorized
shares of the Company's Common Stock (previously filed as Annex B to the Company's definitive
Proxy Statement relating to its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (Commission File no.
001-16109), filed with the Commission on March 27, 2007 and incorporated herein by this
reference).
4.4
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the
Company's Amendment No. 3 to its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Commission File no.
333-96721), filed with the Commission on December 30, 2002 and incorporated herein by this
reference).
4.5
Provisions defining the rights of stockholders of the Company are found in Article V of the
Amended and Restated Charter of the Company, as amended (included as Exhibits 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4
hereto), and Article II of the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (included as
Exhibit 4.4 hereto).
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.
10.1
Corrections Corporation of America 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit
10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with
the Commission on May 11, 2007 and incorporated herein by this reference).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on signature pages of this Registration Statement).
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
A. The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this 17th day of May,
2007.
CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
By:
/s/ John D. Ferguson
John D. Ferguson
President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Todd J. Mullenger as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John D. Ferguson
John D. Ferguson
President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
May 17, 2007
/s/ Todd J. Mullenger
Todd J. Mullenger
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
May 17, 2007
/s/ William F. Andrews
William F. Andrews
Chairman of the Board and Director
May 17, 2007
/s/ Donna M. Alvarado
Donna M. Alvarado
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/ Lucius E. Burch, III
Lucius E. Burch, III
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/ John D. Correnti
John D. Correnti
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/ John R. Horne
John R. Horne
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/ C. Michael Jacobi
C. Michael Jacobi
Director
May 17, 2007
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/ Charles L. Overby
Charles L. Overby
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/ John R. Prann, Jr.
John R. Prann, Jr.
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/ Joseph V. Russel
Joseph V. Russell
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/ Hanri L. Wedell
Henri L. Wedell
Director
May 17, 2007
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Specimen of certificate representing shares of the Company's Common Stock (previously filed
as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File no. 001-16109),
filed with the Commission on March 22, 2002 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.2
Amended and Restated Charter of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on April
17, 2001 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.3
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter of the Company effecting the reverse stock
split of the Company's Common Stock and a related reduction in the stated capital stock of the
Company (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
(Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on August 13, 2001 and incorporated
herein by this reference).
4.4
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter of the Company increasing authorized shares
(previously filed as Annex B to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement relating to its
Annual Meeting of Stockholders (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with the Commission on
March 27, 2007 and incorporated herein by this reference).
4.4
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the
Company's Amendment No. 3 to its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Commission File no.
333-96721), filed with the Commission on December 30, 2002 and incorporated herein by this
reference).
4.5
Provisions defining the rights of stockholders of the Company are found in Article V of the
Amended and Restated Charter of the Company, as amended (included as Exhibits 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4
hereto), and Article II of the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (included as
Exhibit 4.4 hereto).
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.
10.1
Corrections Corporation of America 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit
10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File no. 001-16109), filed with
the Commission on May 11, 2007 and incorporated herein by this reference).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on signature pages of this Registration Statement).