‘A jail in Ireland by comparison will be luxurious': George Gibney set to be extradited from US within five weeks
Mr Daly has been tracking Gibney's movements in the US for over 15 years. Originally from Dublin but living in the US for almost 40 years, he is a forensic sociologist and works within the US court system as a guardian ad litem investigating and testifying in child welfare cases.
'The conditions in a pretrial US federal facility are generally regarded as nasty, dirty, insect-infested, noisy, all of that,' Mr Daly said.
'The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Human Rights Watch have called federal jails 'dangerous and degrading'. Basically, US federal prison is an absolute dump. And Gibney's a marked man as an alleged child sex offender. A jail in Ireland by comparison will be luxurious,' Mr Daly added.
'He potentially has a target on his back in prison here, given the child sex abuse charges. American jails are not a pretty place for people.'
Gibney appeared before a court in Florida on Friday where he agreed to his extradition. The 77-year-old appeared in federal court in Orlando, in the Middle District of Florida, before US magistrate judge Daniel Irick.
The former swimming coach will face 78 counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted rape in violation of Irish common law.
Gibney is accused of committing sexual offences against four girls in the 1970s and 1980s.
The girls, whose identities are being kept anonymous by the court, were between the ages of eight and 15 when the alleged abuse took place.
It is expected he will attempt to fight the criminal charges upon his return to Ireland.
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