VOA标准英语2012--Pakistan Prisons' Mother-and-Infant Program Gets Mixed Reviews
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(九月)
Pakistan Prisons' Mother-and-Infant Program Gets Mixed Reviews
Mohib, aged 1 five, has spent half his life in jail.
His mother, a convicted murderer, brought her sons into prison with her two-and-a-half years ago.
Sehar Bibi says her boys would rather be free, but there was no one else to care for them.
“It’s not good only because it’s a prison," she says. "Children want to roam around, they want to go to parks, they want to study outside.”
Often, imprisoned 2 mothers do not trust the child-protection programs offered by the state.
Muhammad Hassan Mangi, who heads Pakistan’s Ministry 3 of Human Rights, says children suffer as a result.
“We think that it is not appropriate for the psychological, mental development of a kid to be brought in to be taken care of within the jail premises 4 because it has long, long, long psychological and social impacts on the child,” he said.
The mother-and-infant program was developed out of compassion 5 for mothers. At age five, the children are supposed to leave.
But Muskan, aged seven, has been here two-and-a-half years.
Yasmeen Bibi, her mother, convicted of kidnapping, says Muskan is better off with her in jail.
“We are not able to keep ourselves as safe in the environment outside as we are in here,” she said.
Human rights advocate Anees Jillani explains why.
“They were scared that if they were kept with the father, the father may force them to get married at a very early age, or the father may even sell the daughters,” said Jillani.
According to the latest numbers from the Human Rights Ministry, in five jails surveyed, there were 68 children confined with their mothers.
But little is known how many have stayed on, or what happens to these prison children once they have to leave.
- He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
- He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。
- He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
- They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
- All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。
- He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
- Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。