Whistleblower Alleges Preferential Treatment for Ghislaine Maxwell at Texas Prison Camp

Ghislaine Maxwell’s preferential treatment while serving a 20-year federal prison sentence at a minimum-security facility in Bryan, Texas, was described in accounts from a fired whistleblower and private emails that, according to the allegations, showed unusually direct access to prison staff, special deliveries to her cell, and private family visits that disrupted other inmates’ visitation schedules.

Noella Turnage, a former employee at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, said she uncovered the alleged arrangements through emails she shared with investigators. Turnage, who worked at the camp before being moved to the mailroom, was fired after raising the issue. She told a television interviewer that “the things that were being done for her were not common for any of the other inmates, not even the other highprofile inmates,” adding that staff provided special deliveries of water and food directly to Maxwell’s cell.

Turnage said the alleged access extended to Maxwell’s family when they visited from the United Kingdom. She alleged that in an email to a relative, Maxwell promised water, coffee, and snacks would be available upon arrival and described measures to funnel visitors into the...