Magdalene laundry survivor: 'Treated worse than prisoners'

In Ireland, thousands of women who were sent to Magdalene laundries between the 1920s and 1990s are waiting to hear the extent of the Irish government's involvement.
Girls considered "troubled" or what were then called "fallen women" were sent to the Catholic-run workhouses by families or the courts.

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