DODGE STATE PRISON
Facility Information
- Capacity
- 1,236 beds
- Current Population
- 1,229
- Address
- 2971 Old Bethel Road, Chester, GA 31012
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 276, Chester, GA 31012
- County
- Dodge County
- Opened
- 1983
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Eric Cox
- Phone
- (478) 358-7201
- Fax
- (478) 358-7303
- Staff
- Deputy Warden Security: Karen Thomas
- Deputy Warden C&T: Khalilah Williams
- Deputy Warden Admin: Alicia Ward
About
Dodge State Prison in Chester is a medium-security men’s prison built in the early 1980s and expanded in 1989. It primarily uses large dormitory-style housing for general population, with single-cell isolation for segregation and disciplinary confinement. Dodge has been involved in past federal corruption investigations into staff-facilitated contraband and drug trafficking and, like other facilities, struggles with violence, understaffing, and reliance on inmate labor details and a small industry operation.
Mortality Statistics
15 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2025: 2
- 2024: 1
- 2023: 2
- 2022: 3
- 2021: 2
- 2020: 5