Detainees sue ICE for allegedly denying medical care at California City facility

California City Correctional Facility in eastern Kern County photographed in December 2015. Federal authorities are planning ...

Groups challenge conditions at California migrant detention center

Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit over conditions at the largest immigration detention center in California, as migrant ...

CA's largest ICE facility ‘unnecessarily' uses solitary confinement on migrants, report says

A disability rights group observed 27 migrants had been placed in solitary confinement during a late September inspection of ...
The Fresno Bee

CA’s largest ICE detention center quietly reopened and is receiving detainees

CoreCivic confirms California City ICE facility is operational as of September 2025. This is the third ICE detention center in Kern County and California’s largest. Advocates warn detention expansion ...
The Bakersfield CalifornianOpinion

Opinion: Setting the record straight on the California City Correctional Facility

Since the California City Correctional Facility began caring for detainees earlier this year, a number of allegations have ...
KERO-TV

Cal City Correctional Facility housing federal detainees, inmates without proper permits per Cal City Mayor

CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. (KERO) — The California City Correctional Facility, operated by CoreCivic, began accepting federal detainees in late August. However, according to Mayor Marquette Hawkins, the ...