Overview
- Former prisoners told CNN in a Thursday report that staff at Federal Prison Camp Bryan sent them to a higher-security jail after they spoke to reporters about Ghislaine Maxwell.
- One ex-inmate, Julie Howell, says Warden Tanisha Hall confronted her and she was transferred the same day to Federal Detention Center Houston after her comments were published.
- An official Bureau of Prisons incident report for Howell cited disruptive conduct and contacting the public without authorization, while the bureau declined to discuss individual cases.
- Inmates also described perks for Maxwell and tighter security inside the camp, including private meals, special access to facilities, and lockdowns tied to her movements.
- Maxwell’s 2025 move from FCI Tallahassee to the minimum-security Bryan camp followed a two-day DOJ interview with then–Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, a shift experts call highly irregular for a convicted sex trafficker and atypical for facilities meant for low-risk, non-violent offenders.