Prisoners to Replace Migrants in Farm Fields

· Apr. 5, 2010, 3:59 pm

Some Colorado prisoners will be given the option to work in the fields of privately owned farms in Pueblo County. Farmers there say they need to replace migrant workers who are expected to avoid Colorado due to new laws targeting illegal immigrants. Ryan Warner talks to Ari Zavaras, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections.

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