Ghislaine Maxwell's Transfer To Cushy Prison Camp Is A 'travesty Of Justice,' Ex-bop Official Says

Not agelong aft it was first reported that Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to one of nan cushiest national detention facilities successful nan country, a backstage Facebook group dedicated to existent and erstwhile national situation staffers erupted successful daze and outrage.

The national situation campy successful Bryan, Texas, is 1 of 7 minimum security, dormitory-style national information accommodation that do not typically clasp inmates for illustration Maxwell, 63, who are convicted of activity crimes and serving lengthy sentences.

“As a retired BOP employee, this makes maine sick,” wrote 1 personification connected nan “Bureau of Prisons unit and retirees” Facebook page.

“Since erstwhile are activity offenders allowed astatine nan camp?” different wrote. “I don’t attraction who she snitched on, she’s a damn quality trafficker."

NBC News reviewed screenshots of nan page, which were provided by 1 of nan group's members. The Facebook group is unfastened only to those who walk an extended vetting process to guarantee they are, successful fact, existent aliases erstwhile BOP staffers, according to nan personnel who has knowledge of really it is administered.

Vito Maraviglia, a retired national situation typical investigative agent, said successful an question and reply that successful his 27 years connected nan occupation he doesn't callback an lawsuit successful which a activity offender was moved to a situation camp. Placing Maxwell location meant it would beryllium easier for her to flight aliases for personification connected nan extracurricular to target her connected nan camp’s grounds, Maraviglia said.

“The logic to maine is not there,” he added. “It doesn’t walk nan smell test.”

Robert Hood, a erstwhile Bureau of Prisons main of soul affairs, said successful an email to NBC News that Maxwell’s transportation to nan campy successful Bryan is simply a “travesty of justice.”

“To relocate a activity offender serving 20 years to a state nine mounting is violative to victims and others serving akin crimes,” wrote Hood, who besides served arsenic prison guard astatine nan ADX Florence “supermax” situation successful Colorado.

Maxwell is serving a 20-year situation condemnation for recruiting and grooming teenage girls to beryllium sexually abused by her confidant, Jeffrey Epstein. Her lawsuit has gained renewed attraction successful caller weeks arsenic a increasing chorus of critics, chiefly right-wing influencers and Trump supporters, person criticized nan administration's determination not to merchandise each national files related to Epstein.

Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred from a national situation successful Florida to Federal Prison Camp Bryan successful South Texas. Brandon Bell / Getty Images

Maxwell had been locked up successful a low-security installation successful Tallahassee, Florida, that housed men and women. But she was moved to nan all-women, minimum-security national situation campy successful Texas past week after she and her lawyer answered questions from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for 9 hours complete 2 days.

Josh Lepird, location vice president for nan national situation officers’ national that includes Maxwell’s caller home, said successful an question and reply that immoderate inmate would want to service their clip astatine nan situation campy successful Bryan.

“You ever perceive of nan aged ‘Club Fed’ they utilized to talk about? This is 1 of those places,” said Lepird. “It’s really a awesome spot to do your clip if you’re an inmate.”

Inmates held astatine nan installation person much programs disposable to them, Lepird said, including 1 that involves training work dogs for group pinch disabilities. They besides person nan state to roam its grounds, which are surrounded by a mini obstruction and not razor ligament aliases walls.

The consequence of flight is among nan reasons why activity offenders and others who committed convulsive crimes are not placed astatine camps for illustration nan 1 successful Bryan, according to existent and erstwhile national situation staffers.

Ghislaine Maxwell successful 2003.Alan Davidson / Shutterstock file

As NBC News has antecedently reported, Bureau of Prisons rules require activity offenders to beryllium held successful astatine slightest a low-level information situation for illustration FCI Tallahassee, unless they person a waiver. Only nan administrator of BOP’s Designation and Sentence Computation Center tin make that decision, according to nan waiver policy.

Lepird, nan national official, said he recovered it “very odd” that an inmate for illustration Maxwell was moved there.

“The champion I tin opportunity is location is immoderate benignant of cooperating involved,” he surmised.

The Bureau of Prisons has confirmed Maxwell’s transportation but has not provided an mentation for it. A spokesperson did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, has besides not responded to questions astir nan transfer.

Epstein, nan able financier, died successful a New York City jailhouse successful 2019 while he was awaiting proceedings connected activity trafficking charges. His decease was deemed a suicide. But that uncovering did small to mollify conspiracy theorists and others who judge that Epstein was killed to protect different powerful men progressive successful his trafficking ringing and that nan national authorities is successful connected it.

Comments by Attorney General Pam Bondi person further fueled suspicion. In February, Bondi told Fox News that an Epstein customer database was “sitting connected my table correct now” waiting to beryllium reviewed and released (she later said she was referring to nan full file). But connected July 6, nan DOJ and FBI announced an exhaustive Epstein lawsuit reappraisal had not uncovered grounds that justified criminally investigating different individuals, sparking a fierce backlash from immoderate of Trump’s astir ardent supporters.

With nan contention consuming headlines and Trump's presidency, Blanche was dispatched to speak pinch Maxwell — a highly different move by a elder Justice Department official. But it remains unclear what was discussed aliases what nan adjacent steps are.

Questions person besides surfaced astir Maxwell’s reliability fixed that prosecutors and nan judge who oversaw her 2021 proceedings person said she had made aggregate mendacious statements nether oath.

But Maxwell’s transportation was met pinch alleviation by astatine slightest 1 personification different than nan convicted activity offender herself.

In nan backstage Facebook group, a personnel who identified themselves arsenic a staffer astatine nan Florida installation wherever Maxwell had been held said they weren’t going to miss her.

“Glad to beryllium free of her,” nan personification wrote. “She is an absolute symptom successful nan ass.”