United States · Georgia · Chester
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Dodge State Prison is a state prison located in Dodge County, Georgia. Rated capacity: 1,236. Reported population: 1,228. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Dodge State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state medium-security prison for men located in Chester, Dodge County, Georgia. Current capacity of the facility is 1236 inmates. Dodge was one of nine Georgia state prisons implicated in an FBI sting operation announced in February 2016. The agency indicted 47 correction officers from multiple facilities who'd agreed to deliver illegal drugs while in uniform. These charges were "part of a larger public corruption investigation into Georgia Correctional Facilities".
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Capacity
1,236
Current population
1,228
Occupancy
99%
Year opened
1983
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1983
Region
Georgia
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
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World Prisons. (2026). Dodge State Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/dodge-state-prison
"Dodge State Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/dodge-state-prison.
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title = {Dodge State Prison},
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urldate = {2026-07-21}
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