Maxwell, a disgraced British socialite and ex-girlfriend of the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, is serving a 20-year sentence for intercourse trafficking.
She was moved days after being interviewed by the Justice Division in July – regardless that prisoners convicted of intercourse offences aren’t meant to be held in such services.
This – together with reported perks comparable to meals despatched to her dormitory room, late-night exercises and permission to bathe when different inmates are in mattress – have led some critics to say she is receiving “VIP treatment”.
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Maxwell is now serving her sentence at Federal Jail Camp Bryan in Texas. AP file pic
Describing circumstances at Federal Jail Camp Bryan, Maxwell wrote to a relative: “The food is legions better, the place is clean, the staff polite… I haven’t heard or seen the usual foul language or screaming accompanied by threats levelled by inmates by anyone.
“I’ve not seen a single struggle, drug deal, handed out individual or bare inmate operating round or a number of of them congregating in a bathe! In different phrases, I really feel like I’ve dropped by Alice in Wonderland’s trying glass.”
The 63-year-old contrasted this with FCI Tallahassee in Florida, the place she described possums falling from ceilings, frying on ovens, and mingling with meals being served.
A few of Maxwell’s new inmates have informed The Wall Avenue Journal that they’ve been threatened with retaliation in the event that they discuss her to the media – with studies suggesting not less than one was transferred.
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Ghislaine Maxwell
“Anyone still interested in that kind of gossip reveals far more about themselves than about Ghislaine. It’s time to get over the fact that she is in a safer facility. We should want that for everyone.”
In the meantime, Maxwell’s brother Ian mentioned their messages have been ” private by their very nature” – and in the event that they have been despatched to a reporter, “they were stolen and leaked without authorisation”.
The Justice Division has declined to remark.
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‘I do not imagine Epstein died by suicide’ – Maxwell
Federal Jail Camp Bryan is situated in a residential space, ringed with barbed wire and homes about 635 prisoners – and Maxwell’s arrival over the summer season sparked protests.
One demonstrator mentioned again in August: “It’s brought a lot of attention to our town that we haven’t consented for. We don’t want a child sex trafficker here.”
Final month, the Supreme Courtroom rejected Maxwell’s makes an attempt to enchantment her sentence – that means a presidential pardon from Donald Trump is now her finest shot at being freed earlier than her projected launch date in 2037, when she could be 75 years outdated.
Mr Trump informed reporters on the time that he was planning to talk to the Justice Division and “would have to take a look” at whether or not he would take into account clemency.
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Congress calls Andrew: New repercussions for royals?
Epstein died by suicide whereas awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking fees again in 2019, however strain stays on those that had connections to the disgraced financier.
Earlier this week, the US Congress wrote to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor – who has now been stripped of his royal titles by the King – requesting an interview about his “long-standing friendship” with Epstein.
Virginia Giuffre, who died in April, accused Andrew of sexually assaulting her after being launched by Epstein. Andrew has at all times vehemently denied her accusations.
She alleged she was pressured to have intercourse with Andrew thrice – together with as soon as at Ghislaine Maxwell’s dwelling in London.
