ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA URGES CITY LEADERS TO REJECT CORECIVIC'S APPLICATIONS FOR CONTINUED USE OF CALIFORNIA CITY DETENTION FACILITY

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 16 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:

OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday submitted comments raising concerns with CoreCivic's faulty and incomplete applications for a business license and site plan for its current use of the California City Correctional Facility for immigrant detention operations. Last year, CoreCivic opened the largest detention facility in the state without ensuring it was adequately prepared to receive civil immigration detainees. While inspecting the facility pursuant to its authority under Assembly Bill (AB) 103, the California Department of Justice (DOJ) discovered serious problems with conditions at the facility, including a lack of a...