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"Women in Prison" Movie Apparently Being Filmed in Ecuador
About 20 women inmates stripped off clothing Friday and protested from their prison roof, claiming theyâve been held for more than a year without trial and should be freed.Nervous guards could be heard screaming, "Hey! ix-nay on the aked-nay! You want the warden to start asking questions?" "We want a hearing. We are demanding our rights. We want freedom," Cinthia Perez said as she covered herself with a towel. "We want... We demand..." They must be married women. The protest began at around noon when the women forced their way through the security screen of a window and scrambled to the roof. They set ablaze tires found on the roof, sending up plumes of black smoke that attracted the attention of passers-by. I donât know about you, but I keep rubber tires and combustable materials on the roof of my home all the time. The four-hour protest was peaceful and prison officials eventually allowed reporters in to speak to the women, five of whom were nude and the others in various stages of undress. Reporters from three continents showed up. There were fist-fights over who was allowed to do the interviews. Protester Martha Sanchez said the group had decided to stage the demonstration "so that the authorities see to what point we will go." Oh, this is too cheap even for me... The women claimed that under Ecuadorean law, people accused of crimes cannot be held for more than a year without trial. Hey! A reasonable point to this story! National Prison Director Fernando Cassis told reporters Friday the Supreme Justice Court would address their claims. "Anything! Just put your damn clothes on!" Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2004-01-10 |
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