An inquiry found 2,124 of those detained in
institutions such as the now derelict Sisters of Our Lady of Charity
Magdalene Laundry in Dublin were sent by the authorities.
An estimated 10,000 young Irish girls were sent to the laundries
where they were were forced to work without pay and were subjected to a
strict regime at the hands of the nuns who ran the institutions ‘PRISONS FOR THE DISAPPEARED’https://tedteamsite.wordpress.com/2016/05/01/an-inquiry-found-2124-of-those-detained-in-institutions-such-as-the-now-derelict-sisters-of-our-lady-of-charity-magdalene-laundry-in-dublin-were-sent-by-the-authorities/