Instead of receiving social and medical assistance, they are arrested and turned into felons. From that point on, they are in and out of the prison system, and have little chance of ever getting a legal job that enables them to escape poverty.
他们没有获得社会和医疗补助，而是被逮捕入狱，打为重犯。从此，他们便成为班房的常客，几乎不可能找到可以让他们摆脱贫困的合法工作。他们的孩子在父母不在家的环境中长大，感受不到希望和支持。瘾君子的孩子通常自己也会变成瘾君子；也会成为班房常客、遭受暴力甚至早夭。