20.10.16

Prison bank

PISODE 140924 / 24 SEP 2014 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/witn/ep-140924


Some might say this is the safest bank in the world.
It operates經營 inside Peru's largest prison and is run entirely by inmates囚犯.
This prisoner - convicted被判定 of drug trafficking - is the bank manager.
It opened its doors about a year ago and has almost 120 customers - all of them are doing time.
The idea's to help the men save money, which will come in handy有用地 when they're released.

Vocabulary

inmates - prisoners
convicted - found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court
doing time - (here) being in prison for the duration of a prisoner's sentence
come in handy - be useful
released - freed

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