Brittney Griner is set to face the biggest challenge of her life when she reaches her designated penal colony. Her current whereabouts are not known and her freedom seems to be quite far as of now. Recently, Joey Reed, the father of former US Marine Trevor Reed, opened up about the horrible conditions his son faced during his time in a Russian penal colony. The disappointing update about the horrible conditions in the prison colonies will leave Brittney Griner’s fans and well-wishers on the edge.

Trevor Reed finally found his freedom in April after a prisoner exchange deal. Reed was detained in Russia for nearly 1000 days after being accused of assaulting two Moscow police officers. The former US Marine was detained for 11 months before his trial and was eventually sentenced to nine years in prison in 2020. 

Brittney Griner could face starvation in penal colony 

Recently, Reed’s father, Joey Reed gave an insight into the brutal conditions his son faced in the Mordovian labor camps. He reckoned that the penal colonies were from the pre-Stalin era and were referred to as Gulags. Reed also revealed that every warden had the freedom to treat their prisoners as they liked. As long as they kept it under control.

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Reed, 62, also made a huge revelation about the low quality of food that the Russian penal colonies serve. In a recent interview, he said, “To a certain extent, you’re starved just by the food that they give you. We didn’t show any public photos of my son for a month and a half because he looked like a concentration camp victim.”

Mr. Reed shared that the rancid food in the Russian prison resulted in Trevor losing up to 50 pounds of weight. He looked like a concentration camp victim when he was released from Russia. In addition, Reed disclosed that the horrible prison food consisted of potato soup or fish, filled with crunchy bones. The food was so foul that even the stray cats in the barracks would refrain from eating it.

This recent update about the food inside Russian prisons will certainly leave the supporters of Brittney Griner extremely worried for her.

Prisoner swap could be Griner’s only hope

After his verdict, former US Marine, Trevor Reed was sent 350 miles away from Moscow to a penal colony in the remote republic of Mordovia. Reed faced the brutal and inhumane conditions of a penal colony for nine months. Luckily, the US government secured his release with a swap in 2022. He returned to America as a part of a prisoner exchange deal involving Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle over $100 million worth of cocaine into New York.

The State Department has proposed a similar deal for the release of Brittney Griner and US Marine Paul Whelan. They have offered convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in exchange. However, the Kremlin has not responded in a positive manner yet.

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As a response, the Biden Administration has doubled its efforts and also suggested alternative options. Thus, with no relief from the Russian legal system, a prisoner swap seems Griner’s only hope to attain freedom.