<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMwaka 1999, idara ya magereza, ambayo hapo awali iliiambia mahakama kwamba kiti hicho kilikuwa katika hali nzuri, ilimwita mhandisi wa ujenzi na kumlipa dola 4,000 ili akichunguze kiti hicho.  <response>: In 1999, the Department of Corrections, which had previously told the court that the chair was in good shape, up and called a structural engineer and paid him 4,000 to inspect the chair. 