Otay Mesa Detention Center Explained

Otay Mesa Detention Center is a minimum/medium security federal prison for men, managed by CoreCivic^[1] under contract with the United States Marshals Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).^[2]

The facility is situated in the San Ysidro Mountains foothills of Otay Mesa overlooking the U.S.-Mexico border. The Otay Mesa site is shared with four other properties related to law enforcement:^[3]

• Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
• George Bailey Detention Facility (San Diego County)
• East Mesa Reentry Facility (San Diego County)
• Facility 8 Detention Facility (San Diego County)
• East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility (San Diego County)
• A multi-jurisdictional law enforcement firearms training complex used by the FBI, the Customs Service, and local police forces

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Notes and References

1. Web site: ICE signs contracts extending private immigrant detention centers ahead of California ban. Castillo. Andrea. 2019-12-24. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 2019-12-24.
2. Web site: CoreCivic: Better the Public Good. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224012323/http://cca.com/facilities/san-diego-correctional-facility. dead. December 24, 2013. www.corecivic.com.
3. Web site: The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Clui.org. 22 May 2017.