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Rep. Corrine Brown: “They do not have a cell. It is just like an open barn with dirt floors, and there is an upstairs. Can you see the…”

On the recordMay 14, 1997
They do not have a cell. It is just like an open barn with dirt floors, and there is an upstairs. Can you see the picture over there with Mr. Willliams and his wife? Well, this is a good area. And it is like up and down under, is like a dungeon, and that is where most of the prisoners are. And it is a few steps that separate them. But the odor comes up. But in this prison where you have over 2,500 people, no fresh water, no toilets; they dig holes in the ground, and they sleep on the dirt. It is just hard to describe.
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Rep. Corrine Brown
Florida

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Describing the conditions in a prison during a floor speech.

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