Migrant Shortage Could Put Inmates On Colorado Farms
Augusta Chronicle, The › March 23, 2007
Linked as:
Summary
VINELAND, Colo. - Farmer Phil Prutch isn't sure about putting Colorado convicts to work in his fields this summer. But then again, he says, he doesn't have much of a choice.
Somebody has to pick the crops. Mr. Prutch has 15 acres of rotting peppers to show what happens if someone doesn't.See the full content of this document
Extract
Migrant Shortage Could Put Inmates On Colorado Farms
Faced with a severe shortage of migrant farm workers that many blame on Colorado's crackdown on illegal immigrants, state officials are considering an experimental program that could have pris...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
