Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars for aiding Jeffrey Epstein in his abuse of younger ladies — however she gained’t be doing arduous time in excessive safety.
On Tuesday, Choose Alison Nathan really useful that the disgraced British socialite, 60, be despatched to the Federal Correctional Establishment in Danbury, Connecticut — a low-security facility 55 miles north of New York Metropolis.
Maxwell gained’t be the primary well-known jailbird to be incarcerated on the jail, with FCI Danbury having housed a slew of different A-list inmates, together with songstress Lauryn Hill and “Actual Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice.
Writer Piper Kerman additionally spent 13 months on the facility earlier than writing her best-selling memoir “Orange Is the New Black,” based mostly on her time there. The e-book was later was the smash Netflix collection of the identical title.
Since her arrest again in 2020, Maxwell has been incarcerated on the infamous Metropolitan Detention Heart in Brooklyn, the place she has complained about dismal food, poor sleeping conditions and “creepy” guards.
As compared, FCI Danbury will really feel like “Disneyland,” one jail skilled informed the Daily Mail.
The jail, which was described as “soft” by one Reddit user, presently homes 1,024 inmates and boasts actions together with pastime crafts, music, circuit coaching and aerobics. A brand new $25 million wing for feminine inmates was completed in late 2016.
Along with inspiring “Orange Is the New Black,” the jail has additionally been talked about in a number of different TV exhibits.
Nancy Botwin, the fictional protagonist of the hit Showtime collection “Weeds,” served time at FCI Danbury. In the meantime, “Fits” character Mike Ross was sentenced to a stint within the jail within the sixth season of the authorized drama.
Regardless of serving as popular culture fodder for fictional felons, it’s the real-life inmates which have attracted curiosity in FCI Danbury.
Six-time Grammy winner Lauryn Hill, 47, spent three months there again in 2012 for failing to file tax returns and declare $2.3 million in revenue.
In the meantime, Teresa Giudice served a yr behind bars at FCI Danbury from January to December 2015 after pleading responsible to chapter fraud and mail fraud in a scheme along with her husband Joe.
After her launch, Giudice spoke out about her sentence, saying the jail’s status as a luxurious playhouse for celebs was utterly incorrect.
“There was mildew within the loos. There was not operating water consistently. The showers have been freezing chilly. The residing situations have been actually horrible,” she informed “Good Morning America” in 2016. “There have been some nights that we didn’t even have warmth … It was — it was hell.”
Hill and Giudice aren’t the primary well-known females to face accusations that their star energy has purchased them a soft experience behind bars.
Again within the mid-2000s, Martha Stewart served 5 months on the Federal Jail Camp in Alderson, West Virginia.
Generally known as “Camp Cupcake,” it’s considered “America’s cushiest jail,” in line with Mashed. Stewart took pottery lessons whereas incarcerated and created her personal ceramic Nativity set. She later sold replicas of the religious figurines on her web site.
Elsewhere, Felicity Huffman spent 12 days at California’s FCI Dublin — a low-security jail dubbed by media as “Club Fed” — again in 2019 for her position within the faculty admissions scandal.
Maxwell’s attorneys haven’t spoken out about her potential transferral to FCI Danbury.
The Brit was sentenced Thursday after being convicted final yr of serving to her late ex-boyfriend Epstein commit intercourse trafficking of minors. Epstein died behind bars in August 2019.
In courtroom, Maxwell offered an apology to her victims, stating: “It’s the biggest remorse of my life that I ever met Jeffrey Epstein … I hope my conviction and harsh incarceration brings you closure.”
