Ball-pen Drawing 2016.10.01.
The prison is cluttered up with fallen trees, broken pipes and wires after the typhoon. Some buildings are roofless and others are destroyed by flown-over roofs. Telephones are cut and generators fail. There are people cleaning, fixing and moving things. Controllers are under increased pressure and the inmates also suffer even more. No one can relax.
A typhoon night always brings back the memories of year 2000 when four felons attempted to escape upon the landing of Typhoon Bilis. My colleague and I hid back-to-back behind next to a giant rock amid the strong winds and torrential rain until dawn. The whole experiences has never left me.
風災後監獄內外一片狼藉，樹倒、管破、線斷，這裡屋頂沒了，那裡被飛來的屋頂砸毀，這邊電話不通，連發電機都掛了，於是打掃的、修繕的、清運的，管理員壓力大，收容人更是辛苦，大家全都忙成一團⋯⋯
颱風夜總會勾起2000年四位重刑犯趁強颱碧利斯登陸時脫逃的往事，當晚我和同事背靠著背躲在大石頭旁，在狂風暴雨中直至天明，箇中滋味至今難忘⋯⋯
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