controversy claims garment workers in saipan often live and work in fenced in compounds some residents also have fenced in compounds this statement is true but the wording seems convoluted the first part of the statement is i think trying to imply that the workers are semi prisoners and the part in parenthesis is defensive and they are often not permitted to leave the fenced in areas without permission from the manager and without an escort although against the law and previously prosecuted to limited effect it seems to me that anyone who lives on saipan i do and can see the multitudes of garment workers wandering around wherever and whenever they please knows this statement is not generally true