BREAKING🚨 A mother locked in an ICE detention center told medical staff she had bled through four menstrual pads in one hour. The provider told her to exercise more, wear less restrictive clothing and take ibuprofen. The woman is a Colombian asylum seeker held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego since October. She asked not to be named because she fears retaliation. Her medical records show she was healthy when she arrived. Capital & Main's Kate Morrissey, who obtained her medical records and interviewed her directly, first reported the details of her case. That visit was in November. She was dizzy from the blood loss. She asked for a follow-up, but staff came to get her on a day she was in immigration court, so she wasn't seen for another week. By then the bleeding had paused, and the provider told her to come back if it started again. Nine months later, she says it never stopped. By January she had blood in her urine and pain when she urinated. An antibiotic didn't work. By the end of the month the pain had spread to her back and kidneys. In February, staff pulled her out of lunch because the bleeding had left her lethargic, and she fainted. At the emergency room, a doctor noted a "bulbous appearance" of her uterus and told Otay Mesa to follow up with an ultrasound. She is still waiting for that ultrasound. In May, the facility's provider requested a urology consult and a CT scan for August, three months out, and ordered a medication the facility didn't have. An ER doctor later sent her back with ibuprofen and a note reading "No acute disease," even though her urinalysis came back abnormal. The Otay Mesa provider called that workup inadequate and sent her to another hospital, where doctors diagnosed pyelonephritis, a serious infection of the kidneys. She spent days there on IV antibiotics. Back inside, she says she never got the medication she was discharged with. In August, she said the pain was so bad she sometimes couldn't walk, and there was visible blood in one of her eyes. She had finally received the medication ordered for her in May. ICE has not paid outside medical providers for detainee care since October 3, 2025. In internal documents, the agency called the breakdown an "absolute emergency" that could lead to "loss of life." ICE did not respond to questions about her case. CoreCivic, the private prison company ICE pays to run Otay Mesa, said it could not comment without her name. If you appreciate my posts, it would mean the world if you followed my page. Thank you for being here.