Reality Star Jen Shah Speaks Out on Ghislaine Maxwell’s Prison Behavior, Shares ‘Disturbing’ Details

After spending months in the same prison as Ghislaine Maxwell, reality star Jen Shah is now speaking out about her experience sharing a facility with the convicted child s– offender. According to Shah, Maxwell shows no remorse for her crimes.

Shah, who shot to fame with The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, served two years and nine months at Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Texas for her role in a massive telemarketing fraud scheme. In August 2025, Maxwell was transferred to the same facility from Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Tallahassee, Florida.

Speaking about what it was like to share a prison with Maxwell, Shah said she chose to maintain distance from her. “I had limited interactions with her. I chose that. I chose to keep my distance,” she said in an interview with People magazine.

But despite the limited interaction, Shah said she observed that Maxwell had no remorse for her victims. “I just feel like there should be a level of remorse for the victims,” she said. Shah further revealed that Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, who became her friend in prison while serving a sentence for fraud and conspiracy, also felt the same about Maxwell.

“She [Maxwell] made it very publicly known — at least to Elizabeth and I — that there’s no remorse there. She outrightly said it,” Shah said. She further disclosed that even when the victims appeared on television, requesting the release of the Epstein Files, Maxwell “was just in complete disregard for them.”

Several inmates have previously claimed that Maxwell receives preferential treatment in the prison. Shah also echoed similar sentiments in her interview. “She was afforded things that nobody else was afforded, like private workout sessions, special meals, bottled water,” Shah said.

Shah also said the prison staff's partiality towards Maxwell is a matter of concern. “There’s a process you have to go through to schedule your legal calls. She would not have to go through the same process,” she continued.

However, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has maintained that all inmates are treated equally in accordance with the law. In March, one of Maxwell’s former fellow inmates also opened up about the special treatment she gets in jail.

The woman, who goes by the pseudonym Raven Johnson, was locked up at FCI Tallahassee between 2023 and 2025. Reflecting on Maxwell’s behavior at FCI, Johnson said she consistently made demands to the prison staff. According to Johnson, the guards hated her for her obnoxious behavior, but her demands were still fulfilled.

“This lady, her sense of entitlement was just ridiculous. Prison staff — they f****** hated her. She filed over 800 complaints in one year. She could file a complaint, and things are going to change,” Johnson said in an interview with The Sun.

Maxwell is currently serving her 20-year sentence after being found guilty of recruiting and grooming minor victims for Jeffrey Epstein. She was arrested in July 2020 and sentenced in June 2022. Meanwhile, Shah was released from prison on December 10, 2025, and is currently in home confinement.