Federal Detention Center, Oakdale

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Federal Detention Center, Oakdale

Location	Allen Parish, Louisiana
Status	Mission Change, now a Federal Correctional Institute
Security class	Administrative
Capacity	1,128
Managed by	Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Detention Center (FDC Oakdale) was a United States federal prison which housed male detainees, for the U.S. Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE). ICE used the facility for temporary housing of federal immigration detainees in Louisiana. It was part of the Oakdale Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) and was operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates.

FDC Oakdale is located in central Louisiana, 35 miles south of Alexandria and 58 miles north of Lake Charles.^[1]