#otay-mesa — Public Fediverse posts
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#DetentionCenters for dissenters!
#PrivatePrison company sells two of California’s immigrant detention centers to the feds
By WENDY FRY and NIGEL DUARA/CalMatters
Updated 8:14 PM UTC, July 7, 2026"The private prison company #CoreCivic has sold two of the largest immigration detention facilities in California to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a deal worth $1.5 billion, the company announced Monday.
"CoreCivic said it anticipates that the sale of the #OtayMesa Detention Center in San Diego County and the California City Detention Facility in Kern County will bring the company an estimated net proceeds of approximately $1.1 billion.
The sale closed on July 2, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with the federal government paying $739.2 million for the 1,994-bed Otay Mesa facility and $732.6 million for the newly-opened 2,560-bed California City facility."CoreCivic said in a news release that it expects to continue running the day-to-day operations of both facilities under existing management contracts with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The company acknowledged in its filing that the terms of those contracts could be renegotiated now that the federal government owns both properties outright.
"They also might not be renewed. CoreCivic’s contract in California City contract runs through August 2027, and its Otay Mesa contract is in effect through December 2029, with an option to extend for five more years.
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"The Department of Homeland Security’s purchasing program surprised local officials in at least five states, who only learned of the purchases and their purpose after the deals closed. Some of those projects have run into legal challenges, according to the New York Times, though the agency appears to be moving forward with four warehouse acquisitions."
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“It’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
#ICE #SanDiego #OtayMesa
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U.S. #ICE is a cross between early slave patrols and the ethnic cleansing of indigenous peoples through the Indian Removal Act that continues until this very day.
A less covered story are the hostages detained in the ICE #SanDiego , #California 's #OtayMesa facility.
Despite this inhunanity, solidarity prevails. ♥️ Local organizers with illegally detained immigrants to help from connecting families, fund raising for their commissary and even taking song requests.