Ghislaine Maxwell has said she is “much, much happier” after moving to a Texas minimum-security facility, in leaked messages.
The emails, secured by the House Judiciary Committee and shared with US media, show the 63-year-old glowing about her new living arrangements after being moved from an institution in Tallahassee, Florida, earlier this year.
The British socialite, serving 20 years for procuring underage girls for the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, relocated to Federal Prison Camp Bryan in August.
The move to the all-female facility prompted a US congressional investigation into alleged “VIP” treatment.
In her leaked correspondence to relatives, Maxwell described the Texas facility as like passing through “Alice in Wonderland’s looking glass”.
“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,” she wrote.
Maxwell continued: “The institution is run in an orderly fashion, which makes for a safer, more comfortable environment for all people concerned, inmates and guards alike.
“I am much happier here and more importantly safe…. So yes, everyone can breathe a sigh (of relief),” the convicted sex trafficker wrote, per NBC News.
Ghislaine Maxwell has said she is ‘much, much happier’ in her new low-security prison
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Representative Jamie Raskin, a Congressman for the state of Maryland, raised concerns about Maxwell receiving “VIP treatment” at the Texas jail.
This allegedly included private meetings with unidentified visitors and meal delivery directly to her dormitory.
The congressman’s letter, dated October 30, cited reports from The Wall Street Journal detailing exclusive privileges such as late-night exercise sessions and permission to shower after other prisoners had retired.
“Ms Maxwell is not only receiving VIP treatment at FPC Bryan… but that you and other prison officials have retaliated against inmates who dared to speak out about her fawning preferential treatment,” Mr Raskin wrote.
Maxwell is serving twenty years for procuring underage girls for the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein
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The Bureau of Prisons granted Maxwell an exemption from standard regulations requiring sex offenders to remain in low-security facilities, enabling her relocation to the less restrictive camp environment.
This waiver facilitated her move just days after a nine-hour interview with Todd Blanche, the US Deputy Attorney General, regarding her relationship with Epstein.
Maxwell’s solicitor David Oscar Markus condemned the publication of his client’s private correspondence.
“There’s nothing journalistic about publishing a prisoner’s private emails, including ones with her lawyers. That’s tabloid behaviour, not responsible reporting,” he said.
Her brother Ian Maxwell insisted the messages were “private by their very nature” and suggested they were “stolen and leaked without authorisation” if provided to journalists.
The Supreme Court rejected Maxwell’s appeal against her criminal conviction in October.
