影片對白  That makes it okay? I turned my back on him because I didn't want to make waves. It was just... easier... to look the other way... keep the plan safe.

文化面面觀  Prison industry in the U. S. 美國的監獄產業

Oregon State Representative Kevin Mannix recently urged Nike to cut its production in Indonesia and bring it to his state, telling the shoe manufacturer that "there won't be any transportation costs; we're offering you competitive prison labor (here)."

The prison privatization boom began in the 1980s, under the governments of Ronald Reagan and Bush Sr., but reached its height in 1990 under William Clinton, when Wall Street stocks were selling like hotcakes. Clinton's program for cutting the cutting the federal workforce resulted in the Justice Departments contracting of private prison corporations for the incarceration of undocumented workers and high-security inmates.

Private prisons are the biggest business in the prison industry complex. About 18 corporations guard 10,000 prisoners in 27 states. The two largest are Correctional Corporation of America (CCA) and Wackenhut, which together control 75%. Private prisons receive a guaranteed amount of money for each prisoner, independent of what it costs to maintain each one. According to Russell Boraas, a private prison administrator in Virginia, "the secret to low operating costs is having a minimal number of guards for the maximum number of prisoners." The CCA has an ultra-modern prison in Lawrenceville, Virginia, where five guards on dayshift and two at night watch over 750 prisoners. In these prisons, inmates may get their sentences reduced for "good behavior," but for any infraction, they get 30 days added - which means more profits for CCA. According to a study of New Mexico prisons, it was found that CCA inmates lost "good behavior time" at a rate eight times higher than those in state prisons. (www.granma.cu)

Abruzzi作為Fox River 監獄工廠的頭目，享有者管理犯人、發放PI card的特權。當然，他得向獄警Bellick 繳納巨額的好處費。當Abruzzi背后的黑幫不再支持他后，好處費的來源沒有了，Abruzzi也就被趕下了頭目的位置。

我觀之我見

Fish Cherry 因為無法忍受T-bag的折磨，向Michael 求救，Michael勸說T-bag不成，考慮到越獄的計劃，拒絕了Cherry的請求。走投無路的Cherry萬念俱灰，用床單上吊自殺了。這一幕無論是對Michael還是對觀眾觸動都很大：在這個弱肉強食的世界里，生存不僅要靠技術和手段，還要有堅定的信念。無論是在監獄內外，這條道理都適用。

考考你

用今日所學將下面的句子譯成英語。

1. 他直接拒絕了他們，再也沒有重新考慮一下。
2. 防止卷入辦公室糾紛的最佳辦法是不要挑起事端。

Prison Break 1《越獄》1（精講之八）考考你 參考答案

1． 爸爸在工作，孩子們則在給他搗亂。
Dad was working, and the children were getting in his hair.

2． 他承認他拿了錢，并且說很高興把這事說出來。
He admitted taking the money and said he was glad to get it off his chest.

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