Women at Jilava
They were equal to the men, and enjoyed extra punishment. Jilava was not enough to bring them to their knees. Anything that happened to the female guards, the ultimate gypsies, was a reason to send them to “mititica”. Almost all of them passed through this super torture place of Jilava. This was a damp, cement-floored prison where political prisoners served an imaginary punishment, dressed only in their shirts, with a piece of cornmeal and a bowl of salt water (per day). In these conditions one could not last more than 7 days. The women who passed through here, and there […]