Coronavirus
Detention Dispatches: A Plea to Governor Newsom
Detainees’ pleas for help from the Governor’s office have gone unheeded.

Limited protective gear and medical attention, dubious punitive and transfer practices, and crowded conditions that make social distancing almost impossible have all contributed to an environment at Otay Mesa rife for the spread of the virus.

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