The Federal Correctional Institution, Oakdale is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Louisiana. It is part of the Oakdale Federal Correctional Complex and operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.The complex consists of two facilities: Federal Correctional Institution, Oakdale : a low-security facility. Federal Correctional Institution, Oakdale : a low-security facility. FCI Oakdale is located in central Louisiana, thirty-five miles south of Alexandria and fify-eight miles north of Lake Charles.Notable incidentsJune 22, 2009, 29-year-old inmate Alberto Gallegos-Velazquez violently assaulted another inmate in the recreational yard at FCI Oakdale. The victim inmate, who the Bureau of Prisons did not identify, suffered a fractured skull and an intracranial hemorrhage which resulted in long-term disabilities including seizures, loss of speech, and an inability to move his right extremities. Gallegos-Velazquez subsequently pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury and was sentenced an additional fifty-one months in prison and ordered to pay more than $158,000 in restitution.
