Dodge Correctional Institution

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 of general obligation bonds, as authorized by Chapter 29 of the Laws of 1977. The first two inmates were transferred from the nearby 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]

This article is about the prison in Wisconsin. For the prison in Georgia, see Dodge State Prison.
Dodge Correctional Institution
Entrance to the facility
LocationWaupun, Wisconsin
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum
Capacity1,165 males (operating)
Population1,765 males (as of FY 2018[1])
Opened1978
Managed byWisconsin Department of Corrections
Division of Adult Institutions
DirectorWilliam Pollard

Notable current and former inmates
  • Ed Gein - murderer, grave robber, incarcerated when the institution was Central State Hospital.
  • Chris Coleman - former security chief for televangelist Joyce Meyer murdered his wife and two sons - relocated from Illinois [3]
  • Jake Patterson - murderer and kidnapper, since relocated to a New Mexico prison[4][5][6]
  • Chris Watts - murdered pregnant wife and two daughters, see Watts family murders - relocated from Colorado
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References
  1. https://doc.wi.gov/Documents/OffenderInformation/AdultInstitutions/DCIAnnualReport.pdf
  2. https://doc.wi.gov/Pages/OffenderInformation/AdultInstitutions/DodgeCorrectionalInstitution.aspx
  3. Pistor, Nicholas (August 19, 2011). "Coleman moved to Wisconsin prison". Saint Louis Today. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. https://appsdoc.wi.gov/lop/detail.do
  5. https://kstp.com/news/closs-kidnapper-moved-from-barron-county-jail-to-correctional-institution-jake-patterson/5369466/?cat=12196
  6. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/25/jake-patterson-jayme-closs-prison-wisconsin-new-mexico/1824369001/

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