News Release

NASHVILLE, TN -- (Marketwired) -- 08/28/13 -- CCA (NYSE: CXW) (Corrections Corporation of America) announced today that it will participate at the BMO Capital Markets 8th Annual North American Real Estate Conference on September 16-17, 2013. The Conference will be held at the Trump International Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.

CCA's Chief Financial Officer Todd Mullenger and Karin Demler, Senior Director of Investor Relations, will be available to meet with investors during the conference. Investors interested in meeting with the Company should contact their BMO Capital Markets sales representative to schedule a meeting. A copy of CCA's presentation will be available on the Investor Page of the Company's website at www.cca.com (located under the Presentations tab of the Investor page).

About CCA
CCA, a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT), is the nation's largest owner of partnership correction and detention facilities and one of the largest prison operators in the United States, behind only the federal government and three states. We currently operate 69 facilities, including 53 facilities that we own or control, with a total design capacity of approximately 90,000 beds in 20 states and the District of Columbia. CCA specializes in owning, operating and managing prisons and other correctional facilities and providing inmate residential and community reentry services for governmental agencies. In addition to providing the fundamental residential services relating to inmates, our facilities offer a variety of rehabilitation and educational programs, including basic education, religious services, life skills and employment training and substance abuse treatment.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements as to the Company's beliefs and expectations of the outcome of future events that are forward-looking statements as defined within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties associated with: (i) our ability to meet and maintain REIT qualification tests; (ii) general economic and market conditions, including the impact governmental budgets can have on our per diem rates, occupancy and overall utilization; (iii) the availability of debt and equity financing on terms that are favorable to us; (iv) fluctuations in our operating results because of, among other things, changes in occupancy levels, competition, increases in cost of operations, fluctuations in interest rates and risks of operations; (v) our ability to obtain and maintain correctional facility management contracts, including as a result of sufficient governmental appropriations and as a result of inmate disturbances; (vi) changes in the privatization of the corrections and detention industry, the public acceptance of our services, the timing of the opening of and demand for new prison facilities and the commencement of new management contracts; (vii) changes in government policy and in legislation and regulation of the corrections and detention industry, which may adversely affect our business, including the impact of the Budget Control Act of 2011 on federal corrections budgets, California's utilization of out of state private correctional capacity, and the impact of any changes to immigration reform laws; and (viii) increases in costs to construct or expand correctional facilities that exceed original estimates, or the inability to complete such projects on schedule as a result of various factors, many of which are beyond our control, such as weather, labor conditions and material shortages, resulting in increased construction costs.

CCA takes no responsibility for updating the information contained in this press release following the date hereof to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or the occurrence of unanticipated events or for any changes or modifications made to this press release.

Contact:
Investors and Analysts:
Karin Demler
CCA
(615) 263-3005

Source: Corrections Corporation of America