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, a division of the United States

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, and consists of two main facilities: * The

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(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, south of

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and north of Lake Charles.

Notable prisoners

* Former

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is serving a 25-year sentence at FCC Oakdale for his involvement in the accounting scandal that toppled that company. * 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

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Don Siegelman of

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was serving a seven-year sentence but was released in 2008 pending appeal. *

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, the former Chief Financial Officer for

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, served six years and was released in 2011. * Former

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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

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in a federal prison on March 29, 2020. Five other inmates were also infected.Inmate dies after contracting coronavirus at Louisiana federal prison, by Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 29 Mar 2020

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Official website
Prisons in Louisiana Buildings and structures in Allen Parish, Louisiana Oakdale {{US-prison-stub

Notable prisoners

See also

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