Federal Correctional Complex, Oakdale
The Federal Correctional Complex, Oakdale (FCC Oakdale) is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in Louisiana. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice, and consists of two main facilities:
- The Federal Correctional Institution, Oakdale (FCI Oakdale): houses low-security male inmates.
- The Federal Detention Center, Oakdale (FDC Oakdale): an administrative facility housing male pre-trial and holdover inmates. An adjacent satellite prison camp houses minimum-security male inmates.
FCC Oakdale is located in central Louisiana, 35 miles (56 km) south of Alexandria and 58 miles (93 km) north of Lake Charles.
Notable prisoners
- Former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers was serving a 25-year sentence at FCC Oakdale for his involvement in the accounting scandal that toppled that company, but was released in 2019.
- Former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards served over eight years of a ten-year sentence for his involvement in a 2000 riverboat gambling racketeering case.
- Former Governor Don Siegelman of Alabama was serving a seven-year sentence but was released in 2008 pending appeal.
- Andrew Fastow, the former Chief Financial Officer for Enron Corporation, served six years and was released in 2011.
- Former New Orleans city councilman Oliver Thomas served a 37-month federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to accepting bribes, served the duration of his sentence at the Oakdale complex.
- Patrick Jones, a 47-year old inmate at the prison in became the first fatality of COVID-19 in a federal prison on March 29, 2020. Five other inmates were also infected.
