Basketball star Brittney Griner was transferred from a detention center near Moscow to a Russian penal colony last Friday.

"My hope is that now that the election is over, that Mr. Putin will be able to discuss with us and be willing to talk more seriously about a prisoner exchange," U.S. President Joe Biden said on the situation with Griner.

Griner's lawyers said Wednesday they do not know exactly where she is but expect to be notified of her final destination, Associated Press reports:

Such transfers can take days or even weeks, during which time lawyers and loved ones usually don't have contact with the prisoner. Even after she arrives, access to Griner may be difficult since many penal colonies are in remote parts of Russia.

...

In many penal colonies, prisoners work for minimal pay, and dissidents and other countries have denounced the conditions of those held.

U.S. Embassy Officials in Moscow visited Griner at the detention center last week.

Griner was convicted on Aug. 4 to nine years in prison after Russian police said she was found with cannabis oil in her airport luggage. She appealed the sentence unsuccessfully.

"No judge, hand on heart, will honestly say that Griner's nine-year sentence is in line with Russian criminal law," Alexander Boykov, one of Griner's lawyers, said.