Pregnant Cuban political prisoner Lisdani Rodríguez Isaac states: "Life in prison is very tough."

Political prisoner Lisdani Rodríguez, a protester on July 11, 2021, in the municipality of Placetas in Villa Clara, who is currently pregnant, gave statements to independent Cuban media outlets in which she expressed how harsh life in prison is.

Life in a prison is tough, especially when you are a political prisoner," the young woman told the Cuban independent media outlet Cubanet.

Lisdani mentioned that "they are constantly forcing you to take a stand, they push you, mistreat you. State Security is always there, threatening, as they did and threatened my mom," the young woman recounted in a two-and-a-half-minute clip.

The young woman added that they are capable of inventing any situation in order to get the prisoner into trouble, "just for thinking differently," she said.

He stated that going out to the protest on July 11 is not a crime and you are only "exercising a right."

Regarding the conditions of the prisons, he pointed out that "there is no water, the food is horrible, the mistreatment of the guards towards the prisoners. It is harsh, everything is very harsh."

Lisdani took advantage of the interview to repeat that she and her sister are innocent of everything they are accused of. "We are only imprisoned for thinking differently."

He also thanked all those people who have shown him support during this stage he has had to live through.

At the end of May, Lisdani received a one-year extrapenal license to finish her gestation period at home.

The independent journalist Mónica Baró reported on Facebook that the young woman received permission to "continue and carry out her pregnancy at home, away from the subhuman conditions of the prison."

Lisdani and her twin sister Lidiani are 25 years old and were confined in the Guamajal Women's Prison in Santa Clara, where they are serving an eight-year sentence for participating in the July 11th protests.

Since last year, both their mother, Bárbara Isaac Rojas, reported that the young woman had become pregnant during a conjugal visit and the regime wanted to force her to have an abortion. She later stated that the prisoner had low hemoglobin due to the poor nutrition she received in prison.