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Having less than six months on his passport should not have landed him in jail- it should have prevented him from getting on the plane in the first place. Strange that the passport should be a factor.
As for everything else, Kurth is a professional writer. He had a bad experience which in reality and in the way he frames it offers a window to a world many people don't know about. This is a function of prison literature, and in this case it has its political aspect.
Yes, he should have watched himself. I see nothing to indicate he doesn't regret that.