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What work was Brittney Griner forced to do in the Russian penal colony?
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Brittney Griner
Basketball star Brittney Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury, shown during a 2019 WNBA game.
While incarcerated in a Russian penal colony, Brittney Griner was forced to perform labor by making uniforms for Russian soldiers.1