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.[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 Governor Don Siegelman of Alabama was serving a seven-year sentence but was released in 2008 pending appeal.[3]
- Andrew Fastow, the former Chief Financial Officer for Enron Corporation, served six years and was released in 2011.[4]
- 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]
See also
References
- ^ [1] Archived June 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ For Webber, Oakdale is no Place Like Home Archived 2008-01-01 at the Wayback Machine from Network World, September 27, 2006
- ^ Around the Nation - washingtonpost.com
- ^ Andrew S. Fastow, inmate # 14343-179, Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice, at [2][permanent dead link].
- ^ Former New Orleans city councilman Oliver Thomas transferred to prison in Louisiana from The Times-Picayune, 25 June 2009
- ^ [https://news.yahoo.com/inmate-dies-contracting-coronavirus-louisiana-150800571.html Inmate dies after contracting coronavirus at Louisiana federal prison| by Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 29 Mar 2020
External links
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facilities
- MDC Brooklyn
- FMC Butner
- FMC Carswell
- MCC Chicago
- FMC Devens
- FMC Fort Worth
- MDC Guaynabo
- FDC Honolulu
- FDC Houston
- FMC Lexington
- MDC Los Angeles
- Metropolitan Detention Centers
- FDC Miami
- MCC New York
- FDC Oakdale
- FTC Oklahoma City
- FDC Philadelphia
- FMC Rochester
- MCC San Diego
- FDC SeaTac
- United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners
complexes
institutions
- Aliceville
- Allenwood Low
- Allenwood Medium
- Ashland
- Bastrop
- Beaumont
- Beckley
- Bennettsville
- Berlin
- Big Spring
- Butner
- Coleman
- Cumberland
- Danbury
- Dublin
- Edgefield
- El Reno
- Elkton
- Englewood
- Estill
- Fairton
- Florence
- Forrest City
- Fort Dix
- Gilmer
- Greenville
- Hazelton
- Herlong
- Jesup
- La Tuna
- Lompoc
- Loretto
- Manchester
- Marianna
- McDowell
- McKean
- Memphis
- Mendota
- Miami
- Milan
- Morgantown
- Oakdale
- Otisville
- Oxford
- Pekin
- Petersburg
- Phoenix
- Pollock
- Ray Brook
- Safford
- Sandstone
- Schuylkill
- Seagoville
- Sheridan
- Talladega
- Tallahassee
- Terminal Island
- Terre Haute
- Texarkana
- Three Rivers
- Tucson
- Victorville
- Waseca
- Williamsburg
- Yazoo City
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