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Dooly State Prison is a state prison located in Houston County, Georgia. Rated capacity: 1,702. Reported population: 1,661. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Dooly State Prison (DSP) is a medium security facility located in Unadilla, Georgia, United States. The complex began its construction in 1993 and opened in 1994. It houses male inmates who are not suitable for a county prison due to their offense or physical limitations, primarily sex offenders. It can house up to 1702 prisoners in dorms that are triple bunks, double bunks, with some single beds. There is a separate unit for incorrigible inmates.
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Capacity
1,702
Current population
1,661
Occupancy
98%
Year opened
1994
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1994
Region
Georgia
Security level
Medium
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
5/100
Low concern5/100
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Privately operated under contract
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 98% · peers avg: 93% (+5%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1702 · peers avg: 547 (+211%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Georgia Department of Corrections â Locations — State of Georgia
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q16974068)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Dooly State Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/dooly-state-prison
Chicago
"Dooly State Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/dooly-state-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-dooly-state-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Dooly State Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/dooly-state-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}