SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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                       Corrections Corporation of America
                                (Name of Issuer)

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       8.0% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

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                                    22025Y209
                                 (CUSIP Number)

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                             Parker W. Duncan, Esq.
                           Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
                              2525 West End Avenue
                                   Suite 1500
                           Nashville, Tennessee 37203
                                 (615-244-0020)

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                                  July 10, 2001
             (Date of Event which requires filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously  filed a Statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  that is the subject of this  Schedule  13D, and is filing this
Schedule because of Sections  240.13d-1(e),  240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g)  check
the following box [ ]


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CUSIP No. 22025Y209                 13D                     Page 2 of 7 Pages
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1             NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
              S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (entities only)
              Jacob May
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2             CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
              (a)  [ ]
              (b)  [X]
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3             SEC USE ONLY
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4             SOURCE OF FUNDS
              PF
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5             CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
              REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
              [  ]
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6             CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
              United States
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                           7    SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF                           299,000
SHARES         --------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY               8    SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY                            0
EACH           --------------------------------------------------
REPORTING                  9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON                              299,000
WITH           --------------------------------------------------
                          10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                    0
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11         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
           REPORTING PERSON
           299,000
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12         CHECK IF THE  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  IN  ROW 11
           EXCLUDES CERTAIN
           SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
           [  ]
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13         PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
           7.0%
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14         TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
           IN
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ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND ISSUER

     (a)  Issuer:                            Corrections Corporation of America

     (b)  Address of Issuer's Principal Office:      10 Burton Hills Boulevard
                                                    Nashville, Tennessee 37215

     (c)  This statement  relates to shares of the 8.0% Series A Cumulative
          Preferred  Stock of the Issuer (the "Series A Preferred Stock").


ITEM 2.  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND

     (a)  Name of person filing this statement:          Jacob May

     (b)  Residence or business address       1900 Church Street, Suite 400
          of the reporting person:               Nashville, Tennessee 37203

     (c)  Present principal occupation of the
          reporting person:                          Investor

     (d)  During the last 5 years, the reporting person has not been
          convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding minor traffic
          violations or similar misdemeanors).

     (e)  During the last 5 years,  the  reporting  person has not been a party
          to a  civil  proceeding  of  a  judicial  or  administrative  body  of
          competent  jurisdiction  that resulted in the reporting  person having
          been or currently  being subject to a judgment,  decree or final order
          enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities
          subject to, federal or state  securities laws or finding any violation
          with respect to such laws.

     (f)  Citizenship:                                United States


ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION

     The reporting  person has used  $2,980,022.12 of personal funds to purchase
the Series A Preferred Stock that is the subject of this statement.


ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION

     The reporting  person has purchased  shares of Series A Preferred Stock for
investment  purposes  only. The reporting  person may, for  investment  purposes
only,  from time to time purchase or sell shares of Series A Preferred  Stock or
other  shares  of  stock  of the  Issuer  in the  open  market  or in  privately
negotiated  transactions  depending upon, among other things, market conditions,
the

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market value of the Series A Preferred Stock or of such other stock, and the
availability  of shares  thereof for sale or purchase,  the  reporting  person's
liquidity and availability of funds or other similar factors.

     Except as described above, the reporting person does not presently have any
plans or proposals which relate to or would result in (i) the acquisition by any
person of additional  securities of the Issuer, or the disposition of securities
of the Issuer, (ii) an extraordinary  corporate transaction involving the Issuer
or any of its  subsidiaries,  (iii) the sale or transfer of a material amount of
assets of the Issuer or any of its  subsidiaries,  (iv) a change in the  present
board of directors or management of the Issuer, including any plans or proposals
with  respect  to a change  to the  number or term of  directors  or to fill any
existing vacancy on the board of directors, (v) a material change in the present
capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer,  (vi) any other material change
in the Issuer's business or corporate structure,  (vii) a change in the Issuer's
charter or bylaws or other actions which may impede the  acquisition  of control
of the Issuer by any person,  (viii) a class of  securities  of the Issuer being
delisted  from a national  securities  exchange or cease being  authorized to be
quoted in an inter-dealer  quotation system of a registered  national securities
association,  (ix) a class of equity  securities of the Issuer becoming eligible
for termination of registration  pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act, or (x)
any action similar to any of those enumerated above.


ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

    (a-b) The reporting person  beneficially  owns, and has sole voting and
          dispositive  power  with  respect  to, 299,000  shares  of  Series  A
          Preferred  Stock  of the  Issuer.  The 299,000  shares  of  Series  A
          Preferred Stock  beneficially owned by the reporting person represents
          7.0% of the total 4,300,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock of the
          Issuer  outstanding,  as reported in the Issuer's Report on Form 10-Q
          for the  quarter  ended  March 31,  2001 as filed with the  Securities
          Exchange Commission on May 15, 2001 (Commission No. 0-25245).

    (c)   There have been no  transactions  by the reporting  person in the
          Series A  Preferred  Stock of the Issuer effected  within the past 60
          days of the  date of the  filing  of this  statement,  except  for the
          following  purchases of  shares of  Series A  Preferred  Stock by the
          reporting person (all of which were effected in broker  transactions),
          which were  effected on the date and at the price  (excluding  brokers
          commissions) shown in the following table:


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     Date Purchased            Number of Shares               Per Share Price
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        07/10/01                     5,000                       $16.7500
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        07/10/01                     5,000                       $16.7500
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        07/10/01                     2,000                       $16.7000
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        07/10/01                     1,400                       $16.2500
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        07/10/01                     1,000                       $16.6000
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        07/10/01                       500                       $16.4000
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        07/10/01                       500                       $16.5500
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        07/11/01                       400                       $16.6000
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        07/12/01                     5,500                       $16.8800
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        07/12/01                     5,000                       $17.1000
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        07/12/01                     3,000                       $17.0000
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        07/12/01                     2,400                       $16.8958
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        07/13/01                     5,000                       $17.7500
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        07/13/01                     3,300                       $17.2000
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        07/13/01                     2,000                       $17.1000
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        07/13/01                     2,000                       $17.7500
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        07/13/01                     1,500                       $17.4800
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        07/13/01                     1,500                       $17.5000
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        07/13/01                     1,500                       $17.7500
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        07/13/01                       500                       $17.2000
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        07/13/01                       100                       $17.0000
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        07/16/01                     9,000                       $17.6500
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        07/17/01                     4,700                       $17.7000
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        07/17/01                     4,300                       $17.5930
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        07/17/01                     2,000                       $17.5500
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        07/18/01                     8,000                       $17.5000
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        07/23/01                     9,000                       $17.0000
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         (d)      Not applicable.

         (e)      Not applicable.


ITEM  6:  CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS, OR RELATIONSHIPS
WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

         Not applicable.


ITEM 7: MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS

         Not applicable.

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                                    SIGNATURE

     After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my  knowledge  and belief,  I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

Date:  AUG  _1_, 2001           By:  /S/ JACOB MAY
                                     Jacob May, Reporting Person