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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;</B>
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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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<B>FORM S-8</b></div>
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<b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Maryland</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62-1763875</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>10 Burton Hills Blvd. <BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37215</B><BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA <BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Damon T. Hininger<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<BR></B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant&#146;s agent for service)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>F. Mitchell Walker, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC<BR>
150 Third Avenue South, Suite&nbsp;2800<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37201</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR></TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">Proposed<BR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">Title of
    securities<BR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">Amount to be<BR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">maximum
    offering<BR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">maximum
    aggregate<BR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">to be
    registered</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">registered(1)</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">price per
    share(2)</FONT></B>
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&nbsp;
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<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">offering
    price</FONT></B>
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&nbsp;
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">Amount of
    registration fee</FONT></B>
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    Common Stock, $0.01&#160;par value
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&nbsp;
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<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
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    12,000,000
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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    $
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    20.49
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&nbsp;
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    $
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Times New Roman; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    245,880,000
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Times New Roman; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Times New Roman; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    $
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Times New Roman; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    28,546.67
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    <FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">(1)
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    <FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">Pursuant to
    Rule&#160;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. In addition,
    pursuant to Rule&#160;416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
    this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount
    of interests pursuant to the employee benefit plan described
    herein.
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    <FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">(2)
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    <FONT style="font-family: Times New Roman">Pursuant to
    Rule&#160;457(h)(1) and (c)&#160;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 August&#160;4, 2011.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common
Stock&#148;), of Corrections Corporation of America, a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or the
&#147;Company&#148;), issuable pursuant to the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;). The Registrant&#146;s previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-143046), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148; or the &#147;Commission&#148;)
on May&nbsp;17, 2007, is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Corrections Corporation of America Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (previously
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;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;17, 2011 and incorporated herein by this
reference).</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of  Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (contained on signature pages of this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
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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 8th day of August,
2011.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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/ Damon T. Hininger
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Damon T. Hininger&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>
</TABLE>


<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>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" 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>
</TR>

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<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Damon T. Hininger
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Damon T. Hininger
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Todd J Mullenger</DIV>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV><br>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt">
Todd J Mullenger
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John D. Ferguson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
<br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">
John D. Ferguson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William F. Andrews
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">

William F. Andrews</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donna M. Alvarado
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
<br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">
Donna M. Alvarado</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dennis DeConcini
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">
Dennis DeConcini</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John D. Correnti
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">

John D. Correnti</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John R. Horne
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">

John R. Horne</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" 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>
</TR>

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<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ C. Michael Jacobi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
<br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">
C. Michael Jacobi</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
<br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">Thurgood Marshall, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles L. Overby
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">
Charles L. Overby</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John R. Prann, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">
John R. Prann, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph V. Russell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">
Joseph V. Russell</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Henri L. Wedell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><br><DIV style="font-size: 10pt">
Henri L. Wedell</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="93%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC.</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Corrections Corporation of America Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (previously
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;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;17, 2011 and incorporated herein by this
reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (contained on signature pages of this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
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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
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
10 Burton Hills Blvd.
Nashville, Tennessee 37215
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Damon T. Hininger
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
150 Third Avenue South, Suite 2800
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of
    securities
Amount to be
maximum
    offering
maximum
    aggregate
to be
    registered
registered(1)
price per
    share(2)
offering
    price
Amount of
    registration fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
12,000,000
$
20.49
$
245,880,000
$
28,546.67
(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. In addition,
    pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
    this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount
    of interests pursuant to the employee benefit plan described
    herein.
(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 August 4, 2011.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"), of Corrections Corporation of America, a Maryland corporation (the "Registrant" or the
"Company"), issuable pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"). The Registrant's previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-143046), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC" or the "Commission")
on May 17, 2007, is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.
10.1
Corrections Corporation of America Amended and Restated 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 17, 2011 and incorporated herein by this
reference).
23.1
Consent of  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).
1
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 8th day of August,
2011.
CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
By:
/s/ Damon T. Hininger
Damon T. Hininger
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/ Damon T. Hininger
Damon T. Hininger
President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
August 8, 2011
/s/
Todd J Mullenger
Todd J Mullenger
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
August 8, 2011
/s/ John D. Ferguson
Chairman of the Board and Director
August 8, 2011
John D. Ferguson
/s/ William F. Andrews
Director
August 8, 2011
William F. Andrews
/s/ Donna M. Alvarado
Director
August 8, 2011
Donna M. Alvarado
/s/ Dennis DeConcini
Director
August 8, 2011
Dennis DeConcini
/s/ John D. Correnti
Director
August 8, 2011
John D. Correnti
/s/ John R. Horne
Director
August 8, 2011
John R. Horne
2
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ C. Michael Jacobi
Director
August 8, 2011
C. Michael Jacobi
/s/ Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Director
August 8, 2011
Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
/s/ Charles L. Overby
Director
August 8, 2011
Charles L. Overby
/s/ John R. Prann, Jr.
Director
August 8, 2011
John R. Prann, Jr.
/s/ Joseph V. Russell
Director
August 8, 2011
Joseph V. Russell
/s/ Henri L. Wedell
Director
August 8, 2011
Henri L. Wedell
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EXHIBIT INDEX
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.
10.1
Corrections Corporation of America Amended and Restated 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 17, 2011 and incorporated herein by this
reference).
23.1
Consent of 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).
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