I was arrested on drug charges. I wasn't addicted and only used occasionally. My ex husband, who was afraid I may demand much after the divorce, turned me in. Being condemned on a drug charge meant that he could legally avoid that. I lost many things. I had a good job opportunity, but the imprisonment destroyed that as well.
I was taken to a notorious prison, which was originally an avicultural facility and turned into a prison with minimal changes.
We were 11 women when we entered. Most of us were young and a few were middle aged. When we arrived, the guards - who were all gorilla-like men - took us to a room and ordered us to undress. Since it was winter, at first I thought they only wanted us to take off our jackets and overcoats. We were even uncomfortable with that, but did it anyhow. But when we were done, they ordered us to get fully naked. I couldn't believe it. We were hesitant at first, so they started threatening us and said if we refuse, not only they will forcefully do it, but also penetrate us with batons from both sides, and started waving their batons in the air. We were very scared and helpless, so we did what they asked.
We dropped everything we were wearing on the floor and covered our bodies with hands. The guards said aside from clothes, we should take off everything, including bracelets, watches, necklaces, rings and barrettes. Some of us had such things. I still had my wedding ring and a necklace, both of them made of gold, plus an expensive watch. We dropped those as well.
They picked those up along with our purses and openly distributed our money and jewelry among themselves in front of us. We were too scared to protest.
Their commander gave us a threatening and humiliating speech. I don't want to bore and disgust you with the details, but his main point was that we were his slaves and he was free to do anything he wished to us. He said that every punishment will be a group punishment, regardless of who has disobeyed him or violated his rules. Every time he explained something, he asked if he had made himself clear, and the guards forced us to say "yes sir!" loudly.
Some of us had already started crying by this point. We were standing there naked, barely covering our bodies with hands.