Details about Ghislaine Maxwell’s time in prison have come to light following the release of footage of her cell as part of the newest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files.
Ghislaine Maxwell, a former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was found guilty of sex trafficking in 2021 for her role in aiding Epstein in the procurement and grooming of victims.
She was sentenced to 20 years in a low-security Federal Prison Camp (FPC) located in Bryan, Texas. This decision faced backlash due to allegations that she receives preferential treatment.
The Department of Justice has made available footage consisting of ten hours of Maxwell inside her jail cell, depicting her engaging in solitary and mundane activities.
The video, dated July 2020, captures Maxwell clad in an orange prison outfit and shoes at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, as she awaited a decision on her bail application.
The footage portrays her monotonous daily life, often lying on her small prison bed with a book.
In December 2020, her attempt to secure a $28.5 million bail was refused, as she was deemed a flight risk.
Before this footage was recorded, the FBI detained her at her $1 million residence in New Hampshire on July 2, and subsequently took her to the same detention facility that housed individuals like Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and R. Kelly, both of whom are incarcerated for sex-related crimes.
After her bail was declined, Maxwell was ultimately convicted in 2021.
Her conviction included five different charges: conspiracy to entice a minor to travel for illegal sexual activities; conspiracy to transport a minor with the intent for criminal sexual activity; transporting a minor for the same purpose; conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors; and sex trafficking of minors.
The combined charges carried a potential sentence of up to 65 years.
Maxwell was known as the financier’s companion until his death, which was ruled a suicide in his cell in 2019.
Following her conviction, she was relocated to the Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution in Florida, and then transferred once more to a minimum-security facility in Texas.
Soon, Maxwell will testify under oath before a US Congress investigation concerning the government’s handling of the Epstein files.
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