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, the WNBA star who was taken prisoner in Russia two years ago over cannabis possession, detailed the harsh prison conditions that made her consider taking her own life in a new interview that aired Wednesday.Her prison cell’s toilet was merely a hole in the ground and she had to use one of her ripped-up T-shirts as toiler paper.
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