By Nana Afua Yeboah ·Updated July 21, 2022
For over five months, Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained in Russia, where she’ll remain indefinitely following her guilty plea in court on July 7th. Imprisoned in one of the most repressive and exploitative prison systems in the world and standing trial for drug trafficking accusations in a country with disproportionately punitive and discriminatory drug policies against marginalized populations, Griner faces an uncertain future