Ex-Prison Employee Shares Emails Exposing Ghislaine Maxwell’s Special Privileges Behind Bars

A former prison employee has come forward with evidence suggesting Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving preferential treatment while being incarcerated at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Texas. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of s– trafficking.

The former girlfriend and associate of Jeffrey Epstein was moved to low-security FPC in August 2025, just a week after meeting then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Noella Turnage, who worked as a nurse at FPC, has now shared emails Maxwell wrote to her family and lawyer. The emails reveal the special privileges she is allegedly receiving compared to other inmates.

Turnage shared the emails with CNN. In an interview with anchor Erin Burnett, Turnage stated, “What I can tell you is that the things that were being done for her were not common for any of the other inmates, not even the other high-profile inmates.” According to Turnage, Maxwell wrote an email to her brother shortly after being transferred to FPC.

In the message, she expressed happiness over the facilities available to her in the prison. “The food is legions better. The place is clean. The staff is responsive and polite. I feel like I have dropped through Alice in Wonderland's looking glass. I am much happier here and more importantly, safe,” the email read.

In another email to her brother, Maxwell said he would also receive special treatment when he visits her in prison. “I believe they will provide some water, coffee and snack. You will not go without anything after flying all the way from the UK. Also, you will arrive at the front like everyone else. But there will be a corn off area for you. Only you will go there. They will be waiting for you from 8 AM,” she allegedly wrote.

Turnage highlighted that none of the other inmates’ visitors were provided with coffee or snacks in prison. “The only option the other inmates or their visitors had were the overpriced vending machines and visitation. They weren't given anything,” she told Burnett.

The emails also disclosed that Maxwell was constantly in touch with the prison warden, which is highly unlikely for other inmates. “I checked with the warden, and she would rather that I send all the updates through her,” Maxwell wrote to her lawyer.

A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson has responded to the allegations, stating that the Bureau is committed to impartiality and that no inmate receives preferential treatment. However, this is not the first time that reports have emerged about Maxwell’s comfortable life in prison.

Some of her fellow inmates have already spoken about how the prison staff is biased towards her. In August 2025, Julie Howell, an FPC inmate, told The Telegraph, “Every inmate I’ve heard from is upset she is here. This facility is supposed to house non-violent offenders. Human trafficking is a violent crime.”

After her interview was published, she was removed from FPC and moved to a high-security prison in Houston. Meanwhile, Maxwell continues to challenge her conviction and is seeking clemency from the president.