Through a "mysterious mistake" I got locked up in this California prison with my camera and had plenty of time to follow the daily life of my co-inmates.

因为一个“神秘的过失”，我携着我的照相机被关进加州这个监狱里，我有充裕的时间去了解跟我同住一监狱的伙计的日常生活。

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I spent the hardest time of my life in the prison.

在监狱里，我度过了人生中最困难的时期。

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George H. Writes from a prison in Illinois: "My life started out without a father. My mother raised me by herself until the first guy, Donnie, came along."

被囚在美国伊利诺州监狱的乔治在信中说：“我出生时便没有父亲，由母亲独力抚养，直至她的第一个名叫当尼的男友出现。”

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Finally, I learned to play basketball from this black guy named Ter-rell, which was one of the big joys of my life in prison and which ended badly.

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