Former US Marine Trevor Reed called on the Biden administration this week to ramp up efforts to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and other 'wrongfully detained' American prisoners while describing his own 'nightmare' prison experience before he was freed last month. Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner, 31, was arrested at the Moscow airport on February 18 on drug charges when Russia authorities say she allegedly brought vape cartridges containing hash oil, which is illegal in Russia, into the country.Griner was in Russia to play for UMMC Yekaterinburg on a reported $1million contract, but could now face up to 10 years in a labor camp for drug smuggling charges.
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