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Aunt Lydia's Arrest and Imprisonment from "The Testaments". Aunt Lydia, then a family court judge, is arrested by the Sons of Jacob during the coup. She is taken to a stadium where she witnesses mass executions.

Early in Gilead's history

Aunt Lydia's Arrest and Imprisonment

Aunt Lydia, then a family court judge, is arrested by the Sons of Jacob during the coup. She is taken to a stadium where she witnesses mass executions. She is then imprisoned in the Thank Tank, where she is tortured and isolated. This brutal experience breaks her resistance and forces her to cooperate with the regime.