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FCC Oakdale

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Federal Correctional Complex operated by the US Federal Bureau of Prisons. BOP region: South Central Region.

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

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Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 1 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

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Region

LA

Security level

N/A

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

Visiting days and hours are set by the Warden and vary by housing unit; consult the facility's official visiting regulations for the current schedule. All visitors must be on the inmate's approved visitor list (submitted on BOP form BP-A0629) and present government-issued photo ID. Dress-code and contraband restrictions apply — review the visiting regulations before arriving. Full regulations: https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/oax/

Mailing

Inmate Name & Register #, FCC Oakdale, P.O. BOX 5050, Oakdale, LA 71463. Cash and metal staples not accepted; CorrLinks (TRULINCS) for email if subscribed.

Practical info

Inmate funds via Western Union QuickCollect to the BOP Trust Fund (receiver: inmate name, prisoner ID, BOP Trust Fund). Email service via CorrLinks where the inmate has subscribed.

Known issues

The Justice Department’s inspector general found that at FCC Oakdale, individuals who tested positive for coronavirus were left in their housing units for days without being isolated.

Contact & address

P.O. BOX 5050, Oakdale 71463
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Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

6/100
Low concern6/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
1/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 6. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 4 points above national average.

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Reports

  • marshall-project14 Jan 2022

    e staff in charge of running this shitshow need to resign. It's full of greed and corruption at every level. Anonymous went to prison in 2019 and has spent the last two years at FCI Oakdale, a low security facility in Louisiana. Early in the pandemic, prison officials approved him for release on home confinement but rescinded that approval days later, after the agency abruptly changed eligibility

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  • marshall-project30 Jun 2021

    told there was no need to test prisoners and they should just assume everyone had the coronavirus. The Justice Department’s inspector general found that at some facilities, like FCC Oakdale in Louisiana, which emerged as an early hotspot, those who tested positive for the virus were left in their housing units for days without being isolated. The Bureau of Prisons said it follows guidance from

    source

Data completeness

78%

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). FCC Oakdale. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fcc-oakdale
Chicago
"FCC Oakdale." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fcc-oakdale.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-fcc-oakdale,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {FCC Oakdale},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fcc-oakdale},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}