Calls for Justice for Ireland's Magdalene Women
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Magdalene Laundries were penitential institutions for Irish girls who made mistakes. Often young women were sent to them by their families or by police. Census records show that these stays could last for anything from a couple of years to 70 years.
Frieda Klotz | Posted 10.02.2011