A Crop Of Abuse
Author: Greene, Ronnie
Date Published: 2003
Newspaper article in the series of articles entitled Fields of Despair. It looks at one of Florida's farm contractors, smugglers and henchmen lands in prison in recent years for crimes against farmworkers, including slavery. Since 1996 there have been five large abuse cases in which the crew chiefs are punished. But the prosecutions never have gone further to include the growers who hired them. This story looks at these issues and the farmworkers that are affected.
Date Published: 2003
Newspaper article in the series of articles entitled Fields of Despair. It looks at one of Florida's farm contractors, smugglers and henchmen lands in prison in recent years for crimes against farmworkers, including slavery. Since 1996 there have been five large abuse cases in which the crew chiefs are punished. But the prosecutions never have gone further to include the growers who hired them. This story looks at these issues and the farmworkers that are affected.
