San Diego Correctional Facility
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| Location | Otay Mesa, San Diego, California |
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| Security class | minimum / medium |
| Capacity | 1040 |
| Managed by | Corrections Corporation of America |
| Director | Fred Lawrence |
The San Diego Correctional Facility, also known as the Otay Mesa Detention Facility,[1] is a minimum / medium security federal prison for men, managed by Corrections Corporation of America[2] under contract with the United States Marshals Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).[3]
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:[4]
- Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
- George Bailey County Detention facility, operated by the County of San Diego
- East Mesa Reentry Facility, operated by the City of San Diego
- Multi-jurisdictional law enforcement firearms training complex used by the FBI, the Customs Service, and local police forces.
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Castillo, Andrea (2019-12-24). "ICE signs contracts extending private immigrant detention centers ahead of California ban". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "CoreCivic: Better the Public Good". www.corecivic.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013.
- ^ "The Center for Land Use Interpretation". Clui.org. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
Coordinates: 32°35′31″N 116°55′21″W / 32.59189°N 116.92252°W
Categories:
- Prisons in California
- Buildings and structures in San Diego County, California
- CoreCivic
- Private prisons in the United States
- San Ysidro Mountains