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Teresa Njoroge: What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit
特雷莎 · 恩乔罗格: 我从冤狱中学到了什么
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2011年，特雷莎 · 恩乔罗格被判犯有一项她没有犯下的金融罪行——这是一系列虚假指控的结果，她在肯尼亚的家乡多次被要求行贿，这是一个腐败的司法系统。当她被监禁之后，发现大多数与她关在一起的妇女和女孩们，都是同一个破碎的系统的受害者，由于缺乏教育和就业机会，她们被困在了监狱的旋转门里。现在，恩乔罗格自由了，通过上诉法院，她分享了自己如何在监狱里给妇女们提供技能、工具和支持，帮助她们打破贫穷和犯罪的恶性循环，建立更好的生活。
Teresa Njoroge - Criminal and social justice reform advocate
At Clean Start Kenya, Teresa Njoroge builds bridges connecting the formerly imprisoned to the outside world and vice versa. Full bio
At Clean Start Kenya, Teresa Njoroge builds bridges connecting the formerly imprisoned to the outside world and vice versa. Full bio
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When I heard those bars
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当我听到那些铁栅栏
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slam hard,
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重重地关上的时候，
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I knew it was for real.
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我知道这不是做梦。
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I feel confused.
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我感到迷茫。
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I feel betrayed.
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我感到被背叛了。
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I feel overwhelmed.
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我感到喘不过气。
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I feel silenced.
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我感觉被禁言了。
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What just happened?
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刚才发生了什么？
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How could they send me here?
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他们怎么会把我送到这里？
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I don't belong here.
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我根本不属于这里啊。
00:47
How could they make such a huge mistake
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他们怎么能犯下如此大的错误，
00:51
without any repercussions
whatsoever to their actions?
whatsoever to their actions?
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却不用为自己的
行为付出任何代价？
行为付出任何代价？
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I see large groups of women
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我看到许多女性，
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in tattered uniforms
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她们身着破烂的制服，
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surrounded by huge walls and gates,
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被关在高墙大门之内，
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enclosed by iron barbed wires,
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受困在铁刺围栏之中，
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and I get hit by an awful stench,
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然后我被一阵恶臭惊醒，
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and I ask myself,
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我问自己，
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how did I move
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我究竟是如何
01:20
from working in the respected
financial banking sector,
financial banking sector,
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从从事着一份体面的
金融银行业工作，
金融银行业工作，
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having worked so hard in school,
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曾经在学校中用功读书，
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to now being locked up
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转变到如今身陷囹圄，
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in the largest correctional facility
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不得不呆在这个肯尼亚最大的
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for women in Kenya?
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女子监狱的？
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My first night
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我在兰加塔
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at Langata Women Maximum Security Prison
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女子最高安全级别监狱
度过的第一个夜晚
度过的第一个夜晚
是最难熬的。
01:45
was the toughest.
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In January of 2009,
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2009年的1月，
我被告知我在银行
工作的时候无意中经手了
工作的时候无意中经手了
01:51
I was informed that I had handled
a fraudulent transaction unknowingly
a fraudulent transaction unknowingly
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01:56
at the bank where I worked.
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一笔诈骗交易。
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I was shocked, scared and terrified.
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我当时感到十分震惊、
害怕并且恐惧。
害怕并且恐惧。
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I would lose a career
that I loved passionately.
that I loved passionately.
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我会因此而失去十分热爱的事业。
02:09
But that was not the worst.
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但那还不是最糟糕的。
02:12
It got even worse
than I could have ever imagined.
than I could have ever imagined.
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事情远比我想象的更糟。
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I got arrested,
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我被逮捕了，
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maliciously charged
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受到了恶意的指控
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and prosecuted.
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和起诉。
02:26
The absurdity of it all
was the arresting officer
was the arresting officer
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最荒唐的是那个逮捕我的警官，
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asking me to pay him 10,000 US dollars
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居然要求我支付给他一万美金，
02:36
and the case would disappear.
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他们就可以撤诉。
02:39
I refused.
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我拒绝了。
02:42
Two and a half years on,
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于是在接下来的两年半时间，
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in and out of courts,
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我不停地进出法庭，
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fighting to prove my innocence.
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竭尽全力想要证明我的清白。
02:50
It was all over the media,
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这件事在媒体上被广泛报道，
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in the newspapers, TV, radio.
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报纸、电视、广播。
他们再一次找到了我。
02:57
They came to me again.
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03:00
This time around, said to me,
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这次他们说的是，
03:03
"If you give us 50,000 US dollars,
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“如果你给我们5万美金，
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the judgement will be in your favor,"
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最终的审判将会站在你这边。”
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irrespective of the fact
that there was no evidence whatsoever
that there was no evidence whatsoever
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他们完全不顾这样一个事实，
那就是他们根本没有证据
那就是他们根本没有证据
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that I had any wrongdoing
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证明我做错了什么，
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on the charges that I was up against.
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针对我的指控根本不成立。
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I remember the events
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我记得
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of my conviction
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六年前，
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six years ago
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我的审判结果
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as if it were yesterday.
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就如发生在昨日一般。
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The cold, hard face of the judge
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在一个寒冷的星期四上午，
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as she pronounced my sentence
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当法官针对我从未犯过的罪名
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on a cold Thursday morning
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宣布我被判有罪的时候，
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for a crime that I hadn't committed.
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我看到了她冰冷残酷的脸庞。
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I remember holding
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我记得当我抱着
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my three-month-old beautiful daughter
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我三个月大的漂亮的女儿，
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whom I had just named Oma,
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我刚给她起名Oma，
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which in my dialect
means "truth and justice,"
means "truth and justice,"
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这个名字在我们方言中的
意思是“真相和正义”，
意思是“真相和正义”，
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as that was what I had longed so much for
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因为那是我长久以来一直渴望的
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all this time.
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东西啊。
04:09
I dressed her in her
favorite purple dress,
favorite purple dress,
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我给她穿上她最爱的紫色裙子，
04:13
and here she was, about to accompany me
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她将陪伴我在监狱里
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to serve this one-year sentence
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在监狱里忍受这一年的
冤刑。
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behind bars.
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04:24
The guards did not seem
sensitive to the trauma
sensitive to the trauma
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那些狱警对我所遭受的
痛苦丝毫不在意，
痛苦丝毫不在意，
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that this experience was causing me.
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他们不知道这段经历
使我失去了什么。
使我失去了什么。
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My dignity and humanity disappeared
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我的尊严和人性随着
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with the admission process.
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入狱的程序一并消失了。
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It involved me being
searched for contrabands,
searched for contrabands,
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我被搜身检查有没有携带违禁品，
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changed from my ordinary clothes
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脱下了我平常的服装，
换上了囚服，
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to the prison uniform,
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还被要求蹲在地上，
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forced to squat on the ground,
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04:55
a posture that I soon came to learn
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后来我意识到
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would form the routine
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这个动作
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of the thousands of searches,
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将是日后我将面对的数千次搜身，
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number counts,
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报数时候的
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that lay ahead of me.
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常规动作。
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The women told me,
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有位女士对我说，
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"You'll adjust to this place.
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“你会适应这个地方的，
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You'll fit right in."
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你会融入进去的。”
05:19
I was no longer referred to
as Teresa Njoroge.
as Teresa Njoroge.
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没有人再叫我特雷莎 · 恩乔罗格，
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The number 415/11 was my new identity,
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编号415/11 成为了我新的身份，
我很快意识到这里的其他女性
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and I soon learned that was
the case with the other women
the case with the other women
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05:31
who we were sharing this space with.
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都面临着同样的境遇。
05:36
And adjust I did to life on the inside:
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我确实适应了里面的生活：
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the prison food,
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监狱里的食物，
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the prison language,
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监狱里的语言，
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the prison life.
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监狱里的生活。
监狱当然不是童话世界。
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Prison is certainly no fairytale world.
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05:54
What I didn't see come my way
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然而我没有意识到的是，
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was the women and children
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与我们一同服刑的
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whom we served time and shared space with,
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妇女和小孩，
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women who had been imprisoned
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那些为了这个体系的罪恶
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for crimes of the system,
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在服刑的女人们，
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the corruption that requires a fall guy,
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成了那些腐败行为的
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a scapegoat,
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替罪羊，
这样才能让那些真正的罪犯
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so that the person who is responsible
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06:25
could go free,
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逍遥法外，
06:27
a broken system that routinely
vilifies the vulnerable,
vilifies the vulnerable,
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这个腐败的体系时常
污蔑我们当中
污蔑我们当中
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the poorest amongst us,
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弱势的、贫穷的人们，
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people who cannot afford to pay bail
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因为他们没有能力支付保释金
06:39
or bribes.
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或者是贿赂金。
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And so we moved on.
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所以我们只能接受现实。
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As I listened to story after story
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在监狱服刑的一年中，
在听了差不多
在听了差不多
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of these close to 700 women
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700个女人的
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during that one year in prison,
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相似的故事之后，
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I soon realized that crime
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我知道那些罪行不是将
07:01
was not what had brought
these women to prison,
these women to prison,
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这些女人送进监狱的罪魁祸首，
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most of them,
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事实上，她们中的大多数
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far from it.
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都背着莫须有的罪名。
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It had started with the education system,
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这一切要从教育系统说起，
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whose supply and quality
is not equal for all;
is not equal for all;
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教育资源及质量并不是
对所有人都公平的；
对所有人都公平的；
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lack of economic opportunities
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由于缺乏赚钱的机会，
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that pushes these women
to petty survival crimes;
to petty survival crimes;
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女性往往被迫为了生存
去做一些小偷小摸的事情；
去做一些小偷小摸的事情；
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the health system,
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还有医疗系统，
社会司法体系，
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social justice system,
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the criminal justice system.
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刑事司法制度
（也都脱不了干系）。
（也都脱不了干系）。
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If any of these women,
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这些女人
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who were mostly from poor backgrounds,
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大都来自贫困的家庭，
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fall through the cracks
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如果她们不幸被这腐败的
系统盯上了，
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in the already broken system,
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07:49
the bottom of that chasm is a prison,
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迎接她们的深渊就是监狱，
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period.
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这就是事实。
07:56
By the time I completed
my one-year sentence
my one-year sentence
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当我在兰加塔女子
最高安全级别监狱
最高安全级别监狱
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at Langata Women Maximum Prison,
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服刑一年之后，
08:03
I had a burning conviction
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我的心中产生了一个坚定的信念，
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to be part of the transformation
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而这个信念也成为了后来
改变这些不公正现象的
变革中的一部分。
变革中的一部分。
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to resolve the injustices
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08:13
that I had witnessed
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我目睹了
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of women and girls
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妇女和年轻女孩们
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who were caught up in a revolving door
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被关在这个旋转门后，
进出监狱就成了
她们生活中的全部，
她们生活中的全部，
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of a life in and out of prison
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08:22
due to poverty.
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这一切都源于贫穷。
08:25
After my release,
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在我刑满释放之后，
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I set up Clean Start.
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我成立了Clean Start。
08:30
Clean Start is a social enterprise
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Clean Start 是一家社会企业，
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that seeks to give these women and girls
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旨在为这些妇女和年轻女性
08:36
a second chance.
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提供第二次机会。
08:39
What we do is we build bridges for them.
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我们所做的就是为她们提供桥梁。
08:42
We go into the prisons, train them,
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我们去监狱给她们提供培训，
08:45
give them skills, tools and support
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教会她们技能，
为她们提供工作和支持，
为她们提供工作和支持，
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to enable them to be able
to change their mindsets,
to change their mindsets,
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希望借此改变她们的思维方式，
改变她们的行为和态度。
08:52
their behaviors and their attitudes.
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08:55
We also build bridges into the prisons
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同时，我们也为
将会成为Clean Start的
合作伙伴的
合作伙伴的
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from the corporate sector --
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企业、个人和组织
09:01
individuals, organizations
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提供与监狱联系的机会，
09:04
that will partner with Clean Start
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09:06
to enable us to provide employment,
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并合作提供就业机会，
居住的地方，
09:08
places to call home,
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09:10
jobs, vocational training,
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工作和职业培训
09:12
for these women, girls,
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让那些妇女、女孩，
09:15
boys and men,
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男孩和成年男子们
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upon transition back into society.
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能够成功适应重回社会的过程。
09:20
I never thought
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我从未想过
09:23
that one day
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有一天，
09:25
I would be giving stories
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我将会为人们讲述
09:27
of the injustices that are so common
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那些刑事司法制度之内
09:30
within the criminal justice system,
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如此常见的不公正的现象，
09:34
but here I am.
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但是我做到了。
09:37
Every time I go back to prison,
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每次回到监狱的时候，
09:40
I feel a little at home,
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我竟然感觉像是回家了，
09:43
but it is the daunting work
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但这是一份令人生畏的工作，
09:48
to achieve the vision
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想达成那个愿景的强烈希望
09:50
that keeps me awake at night,
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几乎让我每天都夜不能寐。
09:54
connecting the miles to Louisiana,
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想想远在千里之外的
路易斯安那州，
路易斯安那州，
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which is deemed as the incarceration
capital of the world,
capital of the world,
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那个被视为世界监禁之都的地方，
10:04
carrying with me stories
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我背负着
10:07
of hundreds of women
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我在监狱中遇见的
10:09
whom I have met within the prisons,
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数百位女性的过去，
10:12
some of whom are now
embracing their second chances,
embracing their second chances,
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她们中的一些人现在正在
拥抱人生中的第二次机会，
拥抱人生中的第二次机会，
10:17
and others who are still
on that bridge of life's journey.
on that bridge of life's journey.
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另一些至今还处于桥梁的另一端，
经历她们人生的那一段故事。
经历她们人生的那一段故事。
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I embody a line
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在这里我引用下
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from the great Maya Angelou.
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著名诗人Maya Angelou的一段诗。
10:31
"I come as one,
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“我只身前来，
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but I stand as 10,000."
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却有千千万万的人与我并肩。”
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
10:45
For my story is singular,
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我的故事或许是个例，
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but imagine with me
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但是请跟我一起想一想
10:51
the millions of people
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如今在监狱中的
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in prisons today,
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数百万的人们，
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yearning for freedom.
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他们渴望自由。
11:03
Three years post my conviction
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在我被定罪的三年后，
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and two years post my release,
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被释放的两年后，
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I got cleared by the courts of appeal
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地区法院终于还给了我清白，
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of any wrongdoing.
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洗去了我的罪名。
11:15
(Applause)
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（掌声）
11:20
Around the same time,
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大约在同一时间，
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I got blessed with my son,
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我有了一个儿子，
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whom I named Uhuru,
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我给他起名Uhuru，
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which in my dialect means "freedom."
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Uhuru在我们的
方言中意味着“自由”。
方言中意味着“自由”。
11:30
(Applause)
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(掌声)
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Because I had finally gotten the freedom
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因为我最终获得了自由，
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that I so longed for.
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我梦寐以求的自由，
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I come as one,
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我只身前来，
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but I stand as 10,000,
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却代表着千千万万的人们，
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encouraged by the hard-edged hope
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怀着坚定的信念，
千千万万的我们能够团结起来，
11:50
that thousands of us have come together
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一起改变这个犯罪司法系统，
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to reform and transform
the criminal justice system,
the criminal justice system,
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encouraged that we are doing our jobs
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坚信我们在履行自己的天职，
12:04
as we are meant to do them.
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因为我们注定要做这些事。
12:07
And let us keep doing them
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那就让我们继续做下去，
无需感到歉疚。
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with no apology.
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Thank you.
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谢谢。
（掌声）
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Teresa Njoroge - Criminal and social justice reform advocateAt Clean Start Kenya, Teresa Njoroge builds bridges connecting the formerly imprisoned to the outside world and vice versa.
Why you should listen
Teresa Njoroge is the cofounder and CEO of Clean Start Kenya. She was pursuing her childhood dream, a career in banking, when she was falsely accused of a fraudulent transaction. Sentenced to imprisonment in the High Security Langata Women’s Maximum Prison, Njoroge was forced to bring her three-month-old baby with her.
What began as a loss of career and social standing led to her purpose in life, advocating for Kenyan women, youth and men trapped in a cycle of poverty, survival, petty crimes and life behind bars and equipping them with entrepreneurial skills, jobs and formal education. Later cleared of any wrongdoing, Njoroge is now a beacon of hope and second chances to thousands, with her mission to build up the bottom-of-the-pyramid economy and an inclusive Africa. As she writes: "I am an optimistic, self-driven social entrepreneur with over a decade of progressive experience in economic and social justice work, in my journey from 'I can do it' to 'I did it'!"
Teresa Njoroge | Speaker | TED.com