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A federal judge indicated Wednesday that he will grant a request from San Diego County to conduct a public health inspection of the Otay Mesa Detention Center, though he said some of the county\u2019s requests \u2014 such as having local lawmakers be part of the inspection team \u2014 will require additional arguments from the county.<\/p>\n

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The county sued the federal government and private prison company CoreCivic earlier this year after a coalition of lawmakers \u2014 including County Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and Paloma Aguirre \u2014 were blocked from inspecting the facility. The county\u2019s public health officer was provided access, but county officials say that inspection did not include access to medical records, confidential interviews with detainees, and a review of facility health policies.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge James Simmons agreed with the county that it has authority to evaluate the conditions of the facility, but said some other requests from the county regarding the scope of what that inspection would look like were \u201cbroad and vague.\u201d\u00a0Those requests include permitting \u201cnon-subject matter experts\u201d to inspect the facility.<\/p>\n

Attorneys representing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security argued in court filings that ICE determined the lawmakers who previously sought to enter the facility \u201cwere not public health professionals with the appropriate subject matter expertise to conduct health and safety inspections.\u201d<\/p>\n

County attorneys argue in their filings that the county\u2019s health officer has the discretion to select the members of the inspection team.<\/p>\n

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Simmons, who gave both sides three weeks to file supplemental briefs on their respective positions before he would render a final decision, also said he wanted more information regarding what facility policies and procedures county officials would seek to review and how they would go about examining detainees.<\/p>\n

Government attorneys said the county\u2019s requests to interview detainees and review their medical records raised privacy concerns. They argued detainees were provided privacy waivers during previous Department of Justice inspections at the facility, an issue county officials didn\u2019t address in their inspection requests.<\/p>\n

The county denied that furnishing privacy waivers was the standard practice for such inspections. They argued in their filings that prior to other inspections, a notice was posted in detainee housing areas notifying any detainees who wish to speak to inspectors that they can. The county argued their team was not provided with this option during previous inspection attempts.<\/p>\n

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A federal judge indicated Wednesday that he will grant a request from San Diego County to conduct a public health inspection of the Otay Mesa Detention Center, though he said some of the county\u2019s requests \u2014 such as having local lawmakers be part of the inspection team \u2014 will require additional arguments from the county. The county sued the federal government and private prison company CoreCivic earlier this year after a coalition of lawmakers \u2014 including County Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and Paloma Aguirre \u2014 were blocked from inspecting the facility. 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