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Residents and advocates press California City Council to suspend CoreCivic operations and require conditional use permit
Summary
Dozens of residents, former detainees and advocates urged California City leaders to suspend operations at the CoreCivic-run California City Detention Facility, enforce local licensing and require a discretionary conditional use permit and additional public hearings under SB 29.
Dozens of residents, formerly detained people and immigrant-rights groups told the California City Council on Jan. 27 that the CoreCivic-run detention facility in the city is operating unlawfully and endangering detainees, urging the council to suspend operations and require a conditional use permit.
At the meeting, Amanda Diaz, program director for Freedom for Immigrants, cited recent intake reports and said detainees had described medical neglect and insufficient food and hygiene supplies. "Since being transferred to California City over 2 weeks ago, I have not…
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