Gibbons was cautious about answering questions.
When asked her feelings about the offense she was accused of, she said: “I don’t think I really know enough about it to comment really. It’s a very difficult area and a very delicate area.”
She added, “I was very upset to think that I might have caused offense to people.”
Asked if she was terrified of prison, Gibbons said, “That’s an understatement.”
“I was in two different prisons,” she added. I never actually went to the main women’s prison, thankfully. The first one I was at was just like a downtown prison — like a lockup. I was treated the same as any other Sudanese prisoner in that you were given the bare minimum.
“Then I was moved to another prison and there the Ministry of the Interior sent me a bed, which is possibly the best present I’ve ever had.”
The trauma has not deterred Gibbons from teaching.
Of course, I don't know Ms. Gibbons, but she sounds like she is still 'terrified.' Seems to me that recovering from such inhumane and idiotic treatment will take some time.
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