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Federal Correctional Complex, Oakdale

Coordinates: 30°49′42″N 92°38′29″W / 30.82834°N 92.64131°W / 30.82834; -92.64131
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Federal Correctional Complex, Oakdale
FCI Oakdale
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LocationAllen Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates30°49′42″N 92°38′29″W / 30.82834°N 92.64131°W / 30.82834; -92.64131
StatusOperational
Security classLow-security (with minimum-security prison camp)
PopulationFCI Oakdale 1,700 - FDC Oakdale 700 (165 in prison camp)
Managed byFederal Bureau of Prisons
WardenC. Maiorana

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:

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

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived June 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ For Webber, Oakdale is no Place Like Home Archived 2008-01-01 at the Wayback Machine from Network World, September 27, 2006
  3. ^ Around the Nation - washingtonpost.com
  4. ^ Andrew S. Fastow, inmate # 14343-179, Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice, at [2][permanent dead link].
  5. ^ Former New Orleans city councilman Oliver Thomas transferred to prison in Louisiana from The Times-Picayune, 25 June 2009
  6. ^ [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
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