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Dodge Correctional Institution
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Dodge Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Dodge County, Wisconsin. Rated capacity: 1,165. Reported population: 1,629. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Dodge Correctional Institution (DCI) is an adult male maximum-security correctional facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Division of Adult Institutions in Waupun, Wisconsin, US. The facility was converted from the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane to an adult correctional facility in 1977 at a cost of $2.47 million of general obligation bonds, as authorized by Chapter 29 of the Laws of 1977. The first two inmates were transferred from the nearby Waupun Correctional Institution to DCI on May 15, 1978. On October 29, 1993, ground was broken for a $45 million expansion which more than doubled the size of the facility. On June 17, 1996, the first female prisoner was admitted to DCI making it the only reception center for both male and female adult felons committed to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. DCI served as the reception center for both male and female inmates until December 1, 2004, when the female reception center moved to the Taycheedah Correctional Institution.
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Capacity
1,027
Current population
1,629
Occupancy
159%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
—
Region
WI
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 22/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Severely overcrowded at 159% of capacity
This facility scores 22. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 20 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wisconsin DOC — Prisons & Locations
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wisconsin DOC — Prisons & Locations — Wisconsin Department of Corrections
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5287852)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Dodge Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/dodge-correctional-institution
"Dodge Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/dodge-correctional-institution.
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