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Brittney Griner on Russian Labor Camp Ordeal: ‘Basically Slave Labor’
In an excerpt from her book Coming Home, Brittney Griner describes the conditions she endured while in a Russian labor camp
The Texas native, 31, was detained in Russia after a drug-sniffing dog at an airport near Moscow allegedly found hashish oil in her luggage. EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesBut after three days of sewing in a setting not made for a person of her height, Griner says she could barely stand and was experiencing debilitating back and knee pain. When she was moved to a new job to better accommodate her height, she found herself slicing pieces of fabric with second-time offenders who “follow their own rules to some degree.”
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