Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to another prison under cover of darkness after being ‘bombarded’ with death threats from rapists and murderers who accused her of being a ‘snitch’, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The convicted sex offender was moved from Tallahassee Federal Jail in Florida to ‘cushy’ low-security Bryan prison camp 100 miles outside Houston, Texas, amid fears she would be killed.
The move – which has been condemned by Maxwell’s victims – came after the disgraced socialite spent two days speaking to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche about more than 100 men connected to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, including Prince Andrew.
Epstein died in jail in 2019 – his death was ruled a suicide but many, including his brother Mark, believe he was murdered – before he could be prosecuted on multiple child sex charges.
During a nine-hour interrogation with Mr Blanche, Maxwell was grilled about men including Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, Bill Gates and ‘several billionaires’.
The source said: ‘As soon as Ghislaine spoke to the government she was considered a snitch by other inmates at Tallahassee. There were very real and very credible threats on her life. The prison had dangerous inmates serving time for serious crimes like rape and murder.
‘Tallahassee has not had a permanent governor in some time and is chronically under-staffed. She has faced death threats before but after meeting with the government she was bombarded with them. She had a target on her back.
‘There were real fears inside Tallahassee that they could not guarantee her safety, which is why she was moved.’
Ghislaine Maxwell was (pictured) moved from Tallahassee Federal Jail in Florida to ‘cushy’ low-security Bryan prison camp
A drone view captures the Federal Prison Camp, a lower security facility where the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred to continue serving her 20-year sentence
Maxwell was moved early on Thursday morning in a two-car convoy that drove ‘for 16-hours straight’ to Bryan, Texas (pictured)
Maxwell was moved early on Thursday morning in a two-car convoy that drove ‘for 16-hours straight’ to Bryan, Texas.
She was not shackled during the drive and stopped once for a toilet break in Louisiana.
It is unprecedented for a convicted sex offender such as Maxwell – sentenced to 20 years – to be moved to a minimum-security facility like Bryan, nicknamed ‘Camp Fed’.
The source explained: ‘There is a different class of people at Bryan so she is less likely to be attacked. It is an all-female facility.
‘These are non-violent, white-collar criminals. It is a professionally run prison camp with a great warden, working cameras everywhere and properly trained staff. She is far safer there.’
The source said reports Maxwell was in an ‘honour dorm’ in Tallahassee and already receiving preferential treatment were untrue.
Bryan prison allows inmates to freely roam its 37-acre grounds which have ‘limited or no perimeter fencing’, according to the US Bureau of Prison’s website.
Inmates can take part in activities including training guide dogs for the blind, which allows them to keep a puppy for much of the day for ‘socialisation’. There are yoga classes and a state-of-the-art gym.
Ghislaine with Jeffrey Epstein who died in jail in 2019 – his death was ruled a suicide but many, including his brother Mark, believe he was murdered – before he could be prosecuted on multiple child sex charges
Maxwell will mix with white collar criminals including Elizabeth Holmes, the Silicon Valley fraudster convicted of stealing tens of millions through her now defunct blood-testing company, and Jen Shah, a former Real Housewife of Salt Lake City who was convicted of a telemarketing scam.
The family of Virginia Giuffre expressed outrage over the move.
Ms Giuffre died by suicide in April aged 41. She claimed Maxwell recruited her from the spa at Donald Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club and she was ‘passed her around like a plate of meat’ for Epstein and his friends to abuse.
In a statement on Friday, Ms Giuffre’s family said: ‘Trump has sent a clear message today. Paedophiles deserve preferential treatment… Ghislaine Maxwell is a monster who deserves to rot in prison for the rest of her life.’
Mr Trump’s administration was plunged into a storm after promising to release files on Epstein but failing to do so.
In an interview with Newsmax on Friday he said he will release them ‘as long as they don’t hurt anyone’. He added: ‘I’m allowed to give her (Maxwell) a pardon but, right now, it would be inappropriate to talk about it.’
Maxwell was set to testify before Congress on August 11 but it has been postponed while the US Supreme Court decides whether to hear her appeal.
