Convicted sex offender and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell recently gushed over her special privileges in prison in a series of letters to her family and attorney, NBC News reported Saturday.
“I feel like I have dropped through Alice in Wonderland’s looking glass,” Ghislaine wrote to a relative in a letter dated August 8. “I am much, much happier here and more importantly safe. So yes, everyone can breathe a sigh.”
The letters were obtained by NBC News from the House Judiciary Committee, which has launched multiple probes related to Epstein.
Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. He is alleged to have run a blackmail operation targeting powerful figures, including former President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton.
Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in procuring sex-trafficking victims for Epstein. She initially served her sentence in a maximum-security prison in Florida.
Shortly after new details about Trump’s relationship with Epstein were revealed, however, Maxwell was quietly transferred to a minimum-security prison in Texas. This transfer reportedly violated Justice Department policy regarding sex offenders.
Even as Maxwell enjoys the cushier conditions at the low-security prison, she has been entitled to special privileges not afforded to other inmates. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) described this as “VIP treatment.”
“They are even delivering her meals to her and NO inmate is allowed to prepare her meals,” wrote one inmate at the Texas prison, according to emails obtained by NBC News.
Maxwell has also received special treatment concerning the Supreme Court case in which justices reviewed her petition for release—a petition that was ultimately denied.
In a letter to her attorney, Maxwell said the prison warden had worked closely with her legal counsel to expedite filings on her behalf for the Supreme Court, a level of cooperation that one criminal defense attorney described as highly unusual.
“That’s a rare occurrence,” said Patrick McLain, a criminal defense attorney who has represented women at the Texas prison, speaking with NBC News. “It would be like the head of a large corporation or a manufacturing plant regularly having contact with people on the assembly line.”
In response to the publication of Maxwell’s letters, her attorney, David Oscar Markus, criticized media coverage.
“That’s tabloid behavior, not responsible reporting,” Markus said in a statement, according to NBC News. “Anyone still interested in that kind of gossip reveals far more about themselves than about Ghislaine. It’s time to get over the fact that she is in a safer facility. We should want that for everyone.”
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