Magdalene Report
The report investigating State involvement with Magdalene Laundries between 1922 and 1996 found that more than 10,000 women and girls spent time in these institutions. The workhouses run by religious orders involved endless hours of heavy work. Survivors said talking was not permitted, long hair was cut, there was virtually no free time while working in the “harsh and physically demanding” conditions. The report states the majority of women, 61% spent less than one year in the in laundries and that 26% of them were (2,200) were referred there by State institutions, such as the criminal justice system and social ...
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