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 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.[1]
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.[2]
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
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.[5]
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.[6]