How the coronavirus spread through one immigration facility Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego was the site of the first big outbreak at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 221 detention centersIssis Zavala, of Honduras, poses for a picture Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Carlsbad, Calif. Zavala was detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center before being released with an ankle bracelet. While the point of origin is unclear, accounts of how the virus spread at the Otay Mesa Detention Center expose shortcomings and inherent difficulties of managing the world's largest immigration detention system during a pandemic. While the point of origin is unclear, accounts of how the virus spread at the Otay Mesa Detention Center expose shortcomings and inherent difficulties of managing the world's largest immigration detention system during a pandemic. And in the weeks that followed, Otay Mesa Detention Center would see the first big outbreak at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 221 detention centers. Like prisons, living conditions are cramped -- except people held in immigration detention centers aren’t accused of any crimes.

Source: ABC News July 20, 2020 02:26 UTC