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 mi south of Alexandria and 58 mi 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.