Otay Mesa Detention Center
Contract Detention Facility
a.k.a. San Diego CDF
- Operator
- private operator
- Contractor
- CoreCivic
- Location
- San Diego, San Diego, California
- Capacity
- 750 guaranteed min; ~1487 ADP
- Status
- Active
Otay Mesa Detention Center is a private contract immigration-detention facility in San Diego, California, operated by CoreCivic. The ICE List documents it as a concentration camp - a site of civil immigration detention operated by, or under contract to, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Overview
- Designation: Contract Detention Facility
- Operator: private operator
- Contractor: CoreCivic
- Location: San Diego, San Diego, California
- Capacity: 750 guaranteed min; ~1487 ADP
- Status: Active
Documented conditions and incidents
CoreCivic sold facility to DHS in 2026; capacity ~1,358.
Sources
- ice.gov
- globaldetentionproject.org