The authorities in Hunan Province are investigating a case in which prison officials are alleged to have helped inmates gamble and plan to strengthen supervision over prison management.
湖南省政府机关正在调查一起监狱官员涉嫌帮助犯人赌博的案件，并计划加强对监狱管理的监督。
The Hunan Prison Administration Bureau under the Justice Department announced that they have set up a group to investigate guards who reportedly brought playing cards and cash for prisoners to gamble with into Yanbei Prison, news site thepaper.cn reported last Sunday.
据新闻网站澎湃新闻上周日的报道，湖南省司法部治下的湖南省监狱管理局已经成立了一个调查小组来调查涉案监狱守卫。据悉，雁北监狱的守卫曾携带扑克牌和现金给在押罪犯，以供其赌博。
Zou Baosheng, who was released from Yanbei Prison in Hengyang three months ago, was quoted by thepaper.cn as saying that he lost 90,000 yuan ($13,743) while gambling in the prison.
澎湃新闻引述三个月前从衡阳雁北监狱释放的邹宝生的话称，他在监狱中的赌局里至少输掉了9万元人民币（约合13743美元）。

Zou said that prisoners from the second section of Yanbei Prison began to gather in October 2014, and play cards with a 100 yuan stake.
据邹宝生透露，雁北监狱二区的犯人从2014年10月开始聚在一起，以100元人民币的底注打牌。
Zou said that the cards and money were brought in by prison officers since prisoners are not allowed to have cash, and they could get officers to withdraw cash for them by giving them 500 yuan for each 10,000 yuan.
邹宝生表示，牌和钱都是监狱里的办事人员带进来的，因为犯人是不能持有现金的。犯人们可以托监狱办事人员去帮他们取钱，每取一万块就支付给负责人员500块的相关费用。
Huang Xiongmao, who is still serving a sentence in Yanbei and participated in the gambling, provided materials to thepaper.cn, adding that officers in the prison told him to stop revealing the case.
目前仍在雁北监狱服刑黄雄茂也参与了监狱里的赌博。他向澎湃新闻提供了相关事件的一些细节，并补充说到监狱的办事人员让他不要透露具体情况。
The deputy director of the disciplinary committee of Yanbei Prison, surnamed Chen was quoted as saying that the prison has conducted an investigation into the case and there is no evidence that proves that the cards and money were brought in by officers.
据雁北监狱纪律委员会的陈副主任表示，监狱方面目前已经开展了对这起事件的调查，目前还没有证据能够证明牌和钱是由办事人员带进监狱的。