Company wants to build a mega-prison in county

By Leslie Berestein
STAFF WRITER

March 20, 2008


The private prison company that operates a detention center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Otay Mesa is proposing to build a nearly 3,000-bed mega-prison nearby.

According to county records, Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America has applied for a permit to build a “secure detention facilityâ€