We cannot allow ourselves to forget Brittney Griner as she sits in Russian penal colony | Opinion Brittney Griner has started her nine-year prison sentence at a penal colony in Mordovia. Show Caption Hide Caption Life inside the Russian penal colony where Griner is serving nine years Brittney Griner, a U.S. basketball star, is serving her sentence at the IK-2 penal colony in Mordovia, about 350 miles southeast of Moscow. Anastasiia Riddle, USA TODAYBrittney Griner is in a hellhole at the IK-2 penal colony in Mordovia, located several hundred miles from Moscow. WHAT WE KNOW: Why was Brittney Griner moved to Russian penal colony? "She committed a minor crime and is in a Russian penal colony.
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