Reference: 24-73031061-0130-PH-1

Duration: 16:13
Source Language: Amharic
Translator:

Participants
Inmate: Inmate [Inmate]
Unidentified Male 1: UM1
Unidentified Male 2: UM2
Unidentified Female 1: UF1
Unidentified Female 2: UF1
Operator: Operator

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Operator: Please enter PAC number followed by pound [Dialing] Sharing of PAC
numbers is against BOP policy, and subject to disciplinary action. After the
tone, please say, “United States of America.”
Inmate: United States
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15 minutes. Your call is being processed. [Ringing] This call is from a federal
prison. You will not be charged for this call. This call is from//
Inmate: Munir
Operator This call will be recorded and subject to monitoring at any time. To accept this
call, press 5. To block this call and all future calls press 7. To reject this call,
hang up now. You may begin speaking now.
UF1 F1; Munir how are you?
Inmate: [inaudible audio] How are you doing?
UF1 alahamdulilah how is your health?
INMATE my health is fine Sweety. How are you doing?
UF1 are you going to miss me? Are you going to cry?
INMATE yeah.
UF1 are you going to cry out loud? Yi yi!
INMATE no no, am going to try not to.
UF1 you are full grown man now. You are grown up. You are eleven.
INMATE am going to try. I am a big boy though. I am going to try. [laughing]
UF1 If you are unable to get along with someone, it is advisable to try connecting
with someone else. If that doesn't work, explore other options. It is important
to find a compatible connection.
INMATE don’t worry I know.
UF1 if they don’t welcome you leave tell them F! you. Like the style of this
country.
INMATE [laughing] I will say to them ‘I don’t need you F! you. I don’t need you.’
Inmate: how are you doing?
UF1 alahamdililah my Munir.
Inmate: tomorrow is the big deal? Tomorrow?
UF1 yeah. Tomorrow is the time to go to my Munir.
Inmate: what time? What time are you leaving?
UF1 I am so happy. I need a break.
Inmate: what time?
UF1 [inaudible audio] in the morning.
Inmate: [inaudible audio] in the morning. Oh! So you are leaving now in a few hours?
UF1 no no no quarter in the morning, now the time is 8:07 //
Inmate: now?
UF1 after a couple of hours. Yes, today.
Inmate: ok ok bye bye Honey.
UF1 So I will leave today around 4 o'clock.
Inmate: bye, Sweety. Bye bye.
UF1 hmm
Inmate: I thought you were leaving tomorrow.
UF1 no no tomorrow at 7 in the morning I will go to my homeland to my mom in
an airplane.
Inmate: ok, ok [inaudible audio] mama.
UF1 F1; I need prayer from her.
Inmate: your mother’s prayer is the best.
UF1 the best yeah.
Inmate: ok, I got it. [inadudible audio] //
UF1 F1; how is it?
Inmate: it's pretty good [inaudible audio] good
UF1 [inaudible audio] I packed my clothes and everything my Munir. Do you
know what's left?
Inmate: hmm
UF1 everything is done.
Inmate: everything is ready?
UF1 hmm
INMATE everything is ready?
UF1 yeah, everything is ready.
INMATE M1; OK
UF1 [inaudible audio] three days ago.
INMATE socks, toothbrush you packed everything?
UF1 hmm. My Munir talk to me. Don’t [inaudible audio]
INMATE no no, I thought she was //
UF1 no no [inaudible audio]
INMATE ok //
UF1 today I prepared the garage and all [inaudible audio] my Munir.
INMATE yeah.
UF1 we don’t have, what it is called [inaudible audio] everything is [inaudible
audio]
INMATE [laughing] //
Operator This call is from a Federal Prison.
INMATE you are the wife and husband?
UF1 yeah, everything.
INMATE I know I know. [inaudible audio]
UF1 hmm [inaudible audio] finish.
INMATE how long does it take?
UF1 you know [inaudible audio] Quran, you know [inaudible audio]
INMATE yes
UF1 say they are like. Ask for another day. Your tree turns green. But if [inaudible
audio] is bad, your tree becomes without green
INMATE [inaudible audio]
UF1 without green.
INMATE yeah.
UF1 that’s why I showed him. you listen it's not mine, it's Rabi’s saying that I tell
him to see. He said, “Leave me alone please!”
INMATE [laughing} Leave me alone.
UF1 I told him that it was Rabi’s, not mine. I said to him your tree is this. Because
you are a big mouth.
INMATE yes
UF1 even Rabi said is this your hell? [inaudible audio] in Rabi. And the other one
[inaudible audio]
INMATE which one? What did that say?
UF1 the one like [ianudible audio]
INMATE [inaudible audio]
UF1 [inaudible audio] said Rabi, stop bad words. You at this time [inaudible audio]
can say whatever you like.
INMATE yes
UF1 that’s why Rabi said. My friend's husband [inaudiable audio], someone who
says bad words like if he didn’t do sexuality, inappropriate things //
INMATE yes
UF1 so [inaudible audio] like when your tongue [inaudible audio], I told you! I told
you! You can’t live insulting as you wish//
INMATE yes
UF1 [inaudible audio] I know how to insult. But I don’t want to fight. The fight is
[inaudible audio]
INMATE I know!
UF1 so [inaudible audio] and again my Munir, [inaudible audio] let's say if
[inaudible audio] do you think he does his Rakus. 11 o'clock
INMATE who?
UF1 Abdulkadir. Watch football on the TV. [inaudible audio] Do your Rakus
 immediately, unless you have a task at hand like
INMATE yes yes
UF1 otherwise, they said, “Do Solat on time.”
INMATE yes.
UF1 I told him many times to do his Solat on time. Don’t let your Solat to be late.
Don’t delay. Do the Raku on time. So after he finished the football game,
[inaudible audio]
INMATE yes
UF1 are you listening?
INMATE yes
UF1 [inaudible audio] I even told him to watch it but, do the Solat on time.
INMATE if he doesn’t want to listen, he doesn’t listen. tell him “I don’t care.”
UF1 yes, my Munir it's like that.
INMATE is Bilal there?
UF1 no no, now we will go to Bilal to say Salam.
INMATE so with him is she [inaudible audio]
UF1 Sobrin is telling Bilal “We will come after 15 minutes or so”
INMATE [inaudible audio]
UF1 So she wants to it something.
INMATE Does she want to eat something?
UF1 what?
Operator: This call is from a Federal Prison.
UF1 arabic? Rice? Eat for yourself if you want. I don’t want to eat because there is
sugar in it. My Munir.
INMATE What is that?
UF1 when the Arabs prepare food, they put sugar in everything to make It sweet.
That’s why I don’t eat [inaudible audio]. I don’t want to make my sugar level
high.
INMATE Does it make your sugar level high?
UF1 yeah. Whenever they cook, they add sugar.
INMATE yeah. To make it sweet.
UF1 Munir [inaudible audio] bad!
INMATE who?
UF1 some guy went the wrong way.
INMATE are you guys driving right now?
UF1 yeah. [inaudible audio] he went the wrong way. [inaudible audio]
INMATE call him crazy!
UF1 crazy! My Munir if [inaudible audio]
INMATE yeah. I know.
UF1 If you like. [inaudible audio] You do the Rakus that you know and stop!
INMATE yes.
UF1 that’s not going to work. You have to know in detail from the inside.
INMATE yeah
UF1 isn’t it?
INMATE yeah!
UF1 some people do the Rakus below [inaudible audio] then they finish.
INMATE that’s not good.
UF1 yeah. They are not good like; they do not know it in detail.
INMATE yes
UF1 [inaudible audio]
INMATE [inaudible audio}
UF1 ha?
INMATE [inaudible audio]
UF1 yeah, they are like that my Munir. What else is there? How is the cold?
INMATE the cold is [inaudible audio]
UF1 is that it? Now one day heavy snow will come. Do you know that? Only one
day.
INMATE yeah yeah. One day [inaudible audio]
UF1 then it's done.
INMATE it does that every year.
UF1 what did you eat? I don’t think it will come to you.
INMATE wait what?
UF1 snow
INMATE oh yeah yeah heavy.
UF1 [inaudible audio] What do you eat my Munir?
Inmate: [inaudible audio] Chili, I didn’t eat chili yet. [inaudible audio] rice with
chicken.
UF1 poor thing!
Inmate: I don’t like beef Honey.
UF1 you don’t like the beef.
Inmate: I don’t like beef. I like chicken.
UF1 do you hate the cheese?
Inmate: that’s not that just you know when we used to make it at home, I eat it. But in
prison, I don’t like it.
UF1 oh!
Inmate: I don’t eat that much.
UF1 oh! That’s ok.
Inmate: yeah yeah, I don’t even like that.
UF1 F1; that’s ok my Munir.
UF1: F1; why don’t you say “I don’t want to eat. Bring another food for me.”
Inmate: [laughing]
UF1 then if you will not eat it. They take it from you and kick you out of the
prison.
Inmate: [laughing] [inaudible audio]
UF1 no no do you think it's your home? [inaudible audio] You pompous!
Inmate: [laughing] Go out go!
INMATE [inaudible audio]
Inmate: yeah I know
UF1 it's like that my Munir.
Inmate: what about you? What do you eat?
UF1 I don’t know, I ate porage at 1 o'clock. I didn’t eat anything after that.
[inaudible audio]
Inmate: [inaudible audio] wow!
UF1 huh?
Inmate: [inaudible audio] Sweety I am going to miss you. [inaudible audio] I am
 going to wait for you to come back, ok?
UF1 ok inshallah! [inaudible audio]
Inmate: [laughing]
UF1 [inaudible audio] I will tell him “Don’t make my son cry”
Inmate: ok, my sweet mom.
UF1 I will tell him “Don’t make my son cry. Accept it”
Inmate: [laughing]
UF1 yeah, I will tell him “Don’t make my son cry”
Inmate: inshallah, Honey.
UF1 I will tell him not to make my son cry.
Inmate: get there safe and be back safe. Insahlah
UF1 ok inshallah. when I come back good news will wait for me inshallah
Inmate: inshallah, honey. I love you, Mommy
UF1 F1; inshallah my Munir. Bye, my Munir I love you.
Inmate: have a safe [inaudible audio] I love you.
UF1 bye my Munir.
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