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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/bros402 on 2023-07-27 01:05:52.

Original Title: TIL about Magdalene Laundries, Irish asylums where women (who were disabled, sex workers, “too beautiful,” or any number of things) were held and required to clean clothes daily. Some never left, as they had no family outside to vouch for them.