*“Love & Hip Hop: New York” star Yandy Smith-Harris was arrested along side RHOA’s Porsha Williams last month while attending a peaceful protest in Louisville, Kentucky, in honor of Breonna Taylor.
Porsha was also arrested in July during protest outside the home of Kentucky’s Attorney General. She was facing a felony charge but it was later dropped.
Meanwhile, Yandy is speaking out about the heinous conditions inside the jail they were held at, noting that “the amount of humiliation is crazy.”
“The bathroom is just completely disgusting, like feces on the toilet. Feces on the floor. You would think there was a puddle of water, but it was urine,” she said in a new interview, thejasminebrand.com reports.
Smith went on to describe that there was only one toilet for the 40 women being detained.
“They gave us blankets when we checked in. We would hold the blanket in the cell for women that had to use the bathroom.”
According to the reports, one of Smith’s phones was confiscated when they arrived at the detention center, but she had a second phone that she used to show document the experience.
“I wanted to document as much as possible what was happening so people could see we are peacefully protesting while the murderers of this young woman are going to work. They’re living their lives on vacations, while us that are trying to get justice for her and are not breaking the law are getting arrested,” she said.
However the women were warned not to touch the blankets due to a bed bug outbreak at the facility.
“If we touched it, we could be possibly bringing it back to our home. I don’t want to even take the risk of infecting my children because of the inhumane conditions that’s going on there right now,” she explained.
“We took care of each other. We laid on each other’s laps. I initiated a charades game. It was truly a moment of let’s create peace. Let’s create a unified sisterhood that’s going to keep everyone calm,” Smith added.
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Steve Durham, assistant director of the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, denied Yandy’s account.
“We clean and sanitize with bleach before the housing unit is occupied, but that when the space gets filled, it can get dirty from occupant use. When we hear those comments about cleanliness, health care, or conditions of confinement, we inspect what those claims and where warranted we work to improve. Turning a concrete and steel housing unit into a comfortable setting won’t happen and like all the housing units in the jail, the detainees have to work with us to help keep their space clean.”
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