San Diego Correctional Facility

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San Diego Correctional Facility

Location| Otay Mesa, San Diego, California
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

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1. ^ "Otay Detention Facility". Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
2. ^ Castillo, Andrea (2019-12-24). "ICE signs contracts extending private immigrant detention centers ahead of California ban". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
3. ^ "CoreCivic: Better the Public Good". www.corecivic.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013.
4. ^ "The Center for Land Use Interpretation". Clui.org. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

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