Otay Mesa Detention Center

{{Short description|Prison in California, United States}}

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| prison_name = Otay Mesa Detention Center

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| location = Otay Mesa, San Diego, California

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| status =

| classification = Minimum/medium

| capacity = 1040

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| managed_by = CoreCivic

| director = Fred Lawrence

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Otay Mesa Detention Center is a minimum/medium security federal prison for women, managed by CoreCivic{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-23/ice-signs-contracts-extending-private-immigrant-detention-centers-ahead-of-california-ban|title=ICE signs contracts extending private immigrant detention centers ahead of California ban|last=Castillo|first=Andrea|date=2019-12-24|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-24}} under contract with the United States Marshals Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).{{Cite web|url=http://cca.com/facilities/san-diego-correctional-facility|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224012323/http://cca.com/facilities/san-diego-correctional-facility|url-status=dead|title=San Diego Correctional Facility|archivedate=December 24, 2013|publisher=CCA, Inc.}}

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 some other properties related to law enforcement:{{cite web|url=http://clui.org/ludb/site/otay-mesa-prison-area|title=Otay Mesa Prison Area, California|publisher=The Center for Land Use Interpretation|accessdate=22 May 2017}}

• 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