A day in the life of Lyle Menendez at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility

A day in the life of Lyle Menendez at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility

The 780 acres of California’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility are about a half hour east and slightly south of downtown San Diego.

The penitentiary tops a mesa near an industrial park, just over a mile from the Otay Mesa border crossing.

I always know when I’m close to the jail because my cell phone buzzes with a text message:

“Welcome to Mexico.”