Three of the four California counties empowered to inspect federal immigration detention facilities have not done so, and the fourth has conducted only basic reviews of food this year, records obtained by CalMatters show. Two state laws provide state, county and local officials the authority to review health and safety conditions in privately-run immigration detention facilities. The second, a 2024 law, empowers counties to inspect privately run detention facilities. But county health officials have not used that power to inspect federal immigration detention facilities. “Because these are federal detention centers, there is a limit on what I can do, what the California legislature can do.