Otay Mesa Detention Center

San Diego County approves $5 million plan to provide …

The Otay Mesa Detention Center east of San Diego near the Mexico border is seen on May 9, 2020. (Sandy Huffaker / AFP / Getty Images)

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Inspection of Otay Mesa Detention Center finds deficiencies, …

Otay Mesa Detention Center faces second coronavirus outbreak

A security guard patrols outside of the Otay Mesa Correctional Facility during a "Vigil for Carlos" rally on May 9, 2020 in Otay Mesa, California. (Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images)

Otay Mesa detainees say shift of medical services to private …

A security guard patrols outside of the Otay Mesa Correctional Facility during a "Vigil for Carlos" rally on May 9, 2020 in Otay Mesa, California. - The vigil was held to commemorate Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia, the first illegal immigrant who died of COVID-19 related symptoms while being held at the detention Center. (Photo by SANDY HUFFAKER / AFP) (Photo by SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

California prison guards must wear body cameras after …

A death row inmate is escorted back to his cell after spending time in the yard at San Quentin State Prison.(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Otay Mesa workers, detainees reveal shortcomings in management …

A Protester stands outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center during a "Vigil for Carlos" rally on May 9, 2020. The vigil was held to commemorate Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia, the first immigrant who died of COVID-19 related symptoms while being held at the detention Center. (SANDY HUFFAKER / AFP via Getty Images)

San Diego detention center blocks detainees from calling …

The Otay Mesa Detention Center is seen in an undated photo posted to the website of the County of San Diego Planning and Development Services.

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57-year-old man in San Diego is 1st detained immigrant …

The Otay Mesa Detention Center is seen in an undated photo posted to the website of the County of San Diego Planning and Development Services.

Assemblywoman with mask donation is turned away from …

A photo shared by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego)shows her speaking to the media outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center on April 24, 2020.

At Least 1 Immigrant Being Held at Otay Mesa Has …

Members of the clergy pray at the entrance to the Otay Mesa Detention Center during a demonstration against U.S. immigration policy that separates children from parents on June 23, 2018. (Credit: Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)

Oceanside Minister Who Supported Trump Faces Deportation …

A file photo shows a Border Patrol agent at the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego on May 17, 2016. (Credit: Bill Wechter / AFP / Getty Images)

Operator Moves to Expand Immigrant Detention Center …

Protestors link arms after tying children's shoes and keys on the fence outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center during a demonstration against a Trump administration policy that separated migrant children from parents, in San Diego on June 23, 2018. (Credit: Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)

San Diego County Detention Center Subjects Immigrants …

An undated photo shows one of the pod sections at Otay Mesa Detention Center in south San Diego. (Credit: Nelvin C. Cepeda / San Diego Union-Tribune)