Rep. Corrine Brown: “Most of the Americans do have some kind of family support, but most of…”

On the recordMay 14, 1997

Most of the Americans do have some kind of family support, but most of the Ecuadorians are just locked in the system like this young man. It was just in fact the prisoners brought him to me. They wanted me to see this example. Here this young man, a young man, got caught with one stick of marijuana being imprisoned 4 years; not a trial, not seeing a judge, not seeing a public defender, just there and will be there because he has no money and no family. So that is the case for most of the 2,500 people in this particular prison.

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Rep. Corrine Brown

Florida

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Discussing the plight of prisoners in Ecuador during a speech.

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Rep. Corrine Brown: “Most of the Americans do have some kind of family support, but most of the Ecuadorians are just locked in the system…”

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