那些黯淡而死寂的夜（看守们还不时会透过铁门上的小孔窥视你 ） ， 有时囚犯们会突然发出尖啸，似乎要奋力挣脱自己的肉体，再加上那些郁闷而狂躁的狂吼，不知来自何处的窃窃私语和铁门的叮当声 — — 一切都让人难以入眠，或者焦躁不安，形同折磨。
The gray, dead silence of night (guards peer in voyeuristically through a slot in the door), the sudden, disembodied shrieks of prisoners, shrieks of distress and rage, the distant rattles and clangs of prison bolts: all make sleep impossible, or so restless as to be a torment.