Dodge Correctional Institution

Dodge Correctional Institution

Location	Waupun, Wisconsin
Status	Operational
Security class	Maximum
Capacity	1,165 males (operating)
Population	1,495 males (as of FY 2008[1])
Opened	1978
Managed by	Wisconsin Department of Corrections Division of Adult Institutions
Director	Jim Schwochert

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. 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 dollars of general obligation bonds, as authorized by Chapter 29 of the Laws of 1977. The first two inmates were transferred from the 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 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 males and females until December 1, 2004, when the female reception center moved to the Taycheedah Correctional Institution. DCI also serves as the central medical center for the division, providing both in-patient and out-patient care for male and female inmates.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.wi-doc.com/FY08%20DCI%20Annual%20Report.pdf
2. ^ http://www.wi-doc.com/dodge.htm

External links

• Dodge Correctional Institution
• Life In Wisconsin Prisons And Beyond