Status open Opened 1983; expanded 1989 Capacity 1,236 | Security class medium Phone +1 478-358-7200 | |
Location 2971 Old Bethel Church RoadChester, Georgia Similar Corrections Departme, Pulaski County Correctio, Telfair State Prison, Dooly State Prison, Wheeler Correctio Facility | ||
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 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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