Since Department of Corrections Credit Union was established in 1957, it has been our mission to provide members with the financial services, products and knowledge necessary to meet their financial goals. The Board of Directors and Management strive to provide an inexpensive source of credit in an ever changing economic environment and help to educate our members to make sound financial decisions.

Management prides itself in its employees and personal service provided to each member individually. The Board of Directors strategically planned ways to make this vision a reality by constructing branches at eight of their prison sights: LSP (Angola), EHCC (St. Gabriel), DCI (Jackson), PCC (Dequincy), AVC (Cottonport), DWCC (Homer), JLDCC (Pineville) and RCC (Angie). The staff at these branches are well trained with strong financial backgrounds to better service our membership.

The Main Office, located at Department of Corrections Headquarters' compound, has expanded and is in the ongoing process of renovations to provide privacy to the membership to conduct their business. The renovations will feature a newly designed lobby, teller area and member service offices.

Department of Corrections Credit Union has come a long way in the last several years to become a full service financial institution. In addition to the traditional savings and loans, the credit union now provides Share Drafts(checking), ATM/Debit cards, Visa Credit Cards, Electronic Deposit/Payments, IRA Accounts and Loan Specials. These products and services were designed to be affordable to all members while maintaining competitive dividends on Savings, Certificates of Deposit and Individual Retirement Accounts.

During the 2005 disaster recovery efforts , DOCCU supplied cash to hard hit hurricane areas such as RCC (Angie), where there were no other financial institutions available for service. At PCC (Dequincy) , the branch was open for business the next day through cash deliveries and generators, providing continued service during trying times for the prison's employees. The entire staff of DOCCU extended their time and energy to help our members in need. It is our goal to go above and beyond the normal functions of a Credit Union to provide uninterrupted service to our membership.

The 50th Anniversary of DOCCU was held on January 31, 2007 with a successful celebration at LCIW. Chairman Warden Burl Cain declared, on behalf of the Board of Directors, a loan interest rebate program to recognize its borrowers. Interest rebate checks totaling $300,000 , a return of approximately 8.0% of interest paid on loans in 2006, were issued to members as a token of our appreciation for their patronage.
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Membership is open to:

• Employees and retirees of Department of Corrections, Office of Youth Development, and Department of Corrections Credit Union, and their immediate family members which includes spouse, parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, and grandchildren.
• Part-time (WAE), Student, Professional Services, Educational and Technical College, and Grant, workers assigned to Department of Corrections, Office of Youth Development, or the Credit Union.
• Parole Board, Pardon Board, and Prison Enterprise Board members.