The relatives were out there and they were telling us that their son or husband or whoever had been in the detention centre for a long time—a year or two, or even more—and they were not getting out, even though it was after they had already served their criminal sentence.
Les parents étaient venus nous dire que leur fils, leur mari, etc., se trouvait dans le centre de détention depuis longtemps—un an ou deux, et même plus parfois—et qu'on ne le laissait pas sortir même s'il avait déjà purgé sa peine au pénal.