It houses male inmates who are not suitable for a county prison due to their offense or physical limitations, primarily sex offenders.

[6] Other individual and group activities are offered, such as counseling for sex offenders, family violence, or substance abuse.

Dress code for all visitors are long sleeve shirts with no writings or drawings, no gym wear, if sandals are worn there must be straps on the back; basic colors such as white or gray are best.

However, due to the passage of the Prison Litigation Reform Act which states that “no federal action may be brought by a prisoner for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody, without a prior showing of physical injury” the lawsuit was rejected in an “8-4 ruling” by the federal appeals court in Atlanta.

[10][11] In February 2014, inmate Mitchell Lavern Ludy, serving a life sentence for murder, placed a lawsuit against the institution stating that he was denied kosher food during Passover.

Ludy asserted he was raised a Jew and claimed he was “a victim of religious persecution and mental and emotional distress” as a consequence of being denied the ability to celebrate the holiday.

This operation led to the indictment of 46 correctional officers on federal charges, ten of whom were Dooly State Prison employees.