POWER OF ATTORNEY
SCOTT D. IRWIN

With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Corrections
Corporation of America (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints the individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be
amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney in fact to:

1.	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain and/or regenerate codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), or
any rule or regulation of the SEC;

2.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
with Section 16 of the Act and the rules thereunder;

3.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

4.	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in the
discretion of such attorney-in-fact.

The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution and resubstitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney(s)-in-fact or
substitute(s) shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is any Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 14th day of June, 2016.

/s/ Scott D. Irwin

Schedule A

Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of Substitution and
Resubstitution

Name	                     Current Company Title
Scott L. Craddock	  Corporate Ethics and Compliance Officer, Assistant Corporate
Secretary
Brian G. Hammonds	Vice President, Finance and Controller
Cameron Hopewell	  Managing Director, Investor Relations