NPR: Linkfest: Prisoner Forgotten in Cell for Four Days

Linkfest: Prisoner Forgotten in Cell for Four Days

Adriana Tores-Flores, 38, a forgotten prisoner, spent four days in an isolated holding cell at a court house. Tores-Flores was left with no food, water, or toilet, claim authorities.

Tores-Flores appeared in court last Thursday and pleaded not guilty to a charge of selling pirated CDs, but when the judge foudn out that she was an illegal immigrant, he ordered her to be kept in a holding cell.

"She was feeling like she was going to die. She had to use the bathroom on the floor," said her daughter Adriana.

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8:30 AM ET | 03-12-2008 | permalink

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