Brittney Griner Reflects On Coming Home After Nearly 300 Days In A Russian Prison | Fresh Air Vittorio Feltri [OdVoHEUSQvb]

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Brittney Griner spent dave challinor nearly 300 days incarcerated in Russia after authorities at the Moscow airport found two nearly empty cartridges of cannabis in her luggage. The emma roberts WNBA star spoke with Terry Gross about the dehumanizing prison conditions, her release, and return to the court.

Griner, who is 6'9", says she felt like a zoo animal in prison. "The guards would literally come open up the little peep hole, look in, and then I would hear them laughing." Her new memoir is "Coming when is victoria day Home."

This interview originally aired May 7, 2024.

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