Otay Mesa Detention facility sexual assault

Sheriff not investigating 7 reported rapes at Otay Mesa detention center

 

 

By Wendy Fry and Nigel Duara, CalMatters

Photo:  a CoreCivic vehicle at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. (File photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego)

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March 27, 2026 (Otay Mesa) - San Diego County Sheriff’s officials failed to investigate at least seven reported sexual assaults at the privately run Otay Mesa immigration detention center in 2025, and records show the agency has ceded control of the cases to civilian administrators employed by the nation’s largest for-profit prison contractor.  


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