Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell moved from Florida prison to lower-security facility
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Ghislaine Maxwell was jailed for 20 years in 2022 for helping the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.
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- Ghislaine Maxwell was moved from a low-security Florida prison to a minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas.
- This transfer occurred after Deputy US Attorney-General Todd Blanche met with Maxwell to discuss others involved in Epstein's crimes.
- The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) cited security needs as a factor but declined to comment specifically on Maxwell's transfer.
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MIAMI - Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred from a Florida prison to a lower-security facility in Texas to continue serving her 20-year sentence
Maxwell’s move from FCI Tallahassee, a low-security prison, to the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, comes a week after she met with Deputy US Attorney-General Todd Blanche, who said he wanted to speak with her about anyone else who may have been involved in Epstein’s crimes.
Maxwell's lawyer, Mr David Markus, confirmed she was moved but said he had no other comment.
Spokespeople for the Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The BOP classifies prison camps such as Bryan as minimum security institutions, the lowest of five security levels in the federal system.
Such facilities have limited or no perimeter fencing.
Low security facilities such as FCI Tallahassee have double-fenced perimeters and higher staff-to-inmate ratios than camps, according to the bureau.
Asked why Maxwell was transferred, BOP spokesperson Donald Murphy said he could not comment on the specifics of any incarcerated individual’s prison assignment, but that the BOP determines where inmates are sent based on factors including “the level of security and supervision the inmate requires”. REUTERS
