Ghislaine Maxwell is seen going for a morning jog at Florida prison

2022-10-28

Disgraced Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, is seen going for a morning jog around the barbed-wire fenced yard of her low security Florida prison where she is serving her 20 year sentence for sex trafficking

Ghislaine Maxwell has been pictured in grey sweater and shorts running around prison yard in Florida
She will spend the 20 years inside Tallahassee’s Federal Correctional Institute for trafficking girls for sex
Maxwell was convicted for grooming children so that her lover Jeffrey Epstein could sexually abuse them

Ghislaine Maxwell once attended the most lavish events and consorted with the likes of Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton.

But the disgraced British socialite, 60, now spends her time going for morning jogs behind the barbed-wire fence of the Florida prison where she is serving 20 years for trafficking young girls for sex.

Dressed in a prison issued grey sweater and matching shorts, Maxwell, 60, has been pictured slowly jogging around the yard of the low-security Tallahassee’s Federal Correctional Institute.

Maxwell will spend the next 20 years inside the same barbed-wire facility for grooming children so that her lover Jeffrey Epstein could sexually abuse them hundreds of times over more than a decade.

Maxwell, who has been criticized for complaining about the conditions in prison, has been allowed to go outside by prison officials and she spends around 40 minutes running along the four lane track.

A prison source told the Mirror: ‘Ghislaine is incredibly fit. She runs almost every day, and when not jogging on the track, she will walk with one of her friends.

‘For her age, she is incredibly active and does a 40 minutes session completing lap after lap without stopping before she needs to be back inside.

‘She is happy to be allowed out in the open once again, where she has at least some semblance of freedom.’

Ghislaine Maxwell once attended the most lavish events and consorted with the likes of Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton – but the disgraced British socialite now spends her time going for morning jogs around the barbed-wire fence of the Florida prison where she is serving 20 years for trafficking young girls for sex

Dressed in a prison issued grey sweater and matching shorts, Maxwell, 60, has been pictured slowly jogging around the yard of the low-security Tallahassee’s Federal Correctional Institute

Maxwell will spend the next 20 years inside the same barbed-wire facility for grooming children so that her lover Jeffrey Epstein could sexually abuse them hundreds of times over more than a decade

Maxwell, who has been criticized for complaining about the conditions in prison, has been allowed to go outside by prison officials and she spends around 40 minutes running along the four lane track

The disgraced socialite was convicted of playing a pivotal role in helping Epstein (pictured together), who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abuse children hundreds of times over more than a decade, exploiting vulnerable girls as young as 14

Maxwell (pictured with Epstein in 2005) has never expressed remorse for her crimes. During sentencing in June, Judge Alison J. Nathan called Maxwell’s crimes ‘heinous and prefatory’

Danbury Federal Correctional Institution, which opened in August 1940, has held previous inmates including singer Lauryn Hill, reality TV star Teresa Giudice, and is thought to be the inspiration for the Netflix show ‘Orange is the New Black’

Maxwell is likely to serve her entire 20-year prison sentence in the facility, which has a softball pitch and pristine gardens, as there is no parole for federal prison. But she could potentially be released a few years early for good behavior.

Maxwell complained during her trial about being placed in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center where she complained about the quality of the food and feeling isolated.

The disgraced socialite was convicted of playing a pivotal role in helping Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abuse children hundreds of times over more than a decade, exploiting vulnerable girls as young as 14.

Dressed in a prison issued grey sweater and matching shorts, Maxwell, 60, has been pictured slowly jogging around the yard of the low-security Tallahassee’s Federal Correctional Institute

Maxwell was pictured inside the prison’s yard while other prisoners also jogged

Maxwell is seen speaking with another inmate by the prison fence

Maxwell (pictured running) is likely to serve her entire 20-year prison sentence in the facility, which has a softball pitch and pristine gardens, as there is no parole for federal prison. But she could potentially be released a few years early for good behavior

Dressed in a prison issued grey sweater and matching shorts, Maxwell, 60, has been pictured slowly jogging around the yard of the low-security Tallahassee’s Federal Correctional Institute

Maxwell was convicted of helping Epstein (pictured together) abuse teenage girls

Earlier this month, Maxwell spoke from prison about her ‘dear friend’ Prince Andrew in an extraordinary interview with the Mail On Sunday. She expressed sadness at the Duke of York’s fall from grace.

‘Yes, I follow what is happening to him,’ Maxwell said from inside Tallahassee’s Federal Correctional Institute. ‘He is paying such a price for the association with Jeffrey Epstein. I care about him, and I feel so bad for him.’

Prince Andrew was stripped of his royal HRH title and his military and charitable affiliations after details of his ties to paedophile Epstein emerged.

Following the revelations of Prince Andrew’s connections to Epstein and his disastrous Newsnight interview with the BBC’s Emily Maitlis, he faced a US lawsuit by Virgina Roberts – who now goes by her married name of Giuffre.

Despite vowing to fight Ms Roberts’ allegations directed against him in the civil case filed in New York – and repeatedly protesting his innocence – Andrew agreed to pay £12million to settle the case before it reached a jury in March.

Asked about the now famous photograph of Prince Andrew with his hand around the waist of a then 17-year-old Giuffre while Maxwell smiles next to them, the disgraced socialite claimed from prison that it must be fake.

This is despite experts and Giuffre maintaining the photograph is real and unaltered.

In Andrew’s disastrous Panorama interview with Emily Maitlis (pictured), he appeared to pin the blame for his troubles on Maxwell

Maxwell has never expressed remorse for her crimes. During sentencing in June, Judge Alison J. Nathan called Maxwell’s crimes ‘heinous and prefatory’.

Judge Nathan sentenced Maxwell to 20 years in prison followed by five years supervised release as well as a fine of $750,000, with the judge noting Maxwell had received a $10million bequest from Epstein after his death.

‘Ms. Maxwell worked with Epstein to select young victims who were vulnerable and played a pivotal role in facilitating sexual abuse,’ Judge Nathan said, making it clear the case called for a ‘very significant sentence’ that sent an ‘unmistakable message’ that such crimes would be punished.

Maxwell’s attorneys argued against the hefty fine, claiming she ‘has received nothing’ from the bequest in Epstein’s will, but the judge remained firm on the decision, adding that ‘there are additional assets.’

Lawyers also requested she serve her sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut. The low-security federal prison was the inspiration for the fictional prison in the Netflix show ‘Orange Is The New Black.’

Before the sentencing Maxwell, appearing in a blue prison uniform with shackles around her ankles, addressed the court and said she was ‘fooled’ by Epstein.

‘I realize I have been convicted of assisting Jeffrey Epstein to commit these crimes,’ she said. ‘My association with Epstein will permanently stain me. It is the biggest regret of my life that I ever met him.’

She added that Epstein ‘fooled all of those in his orbit.’

Prosecutors had asked Judge Nathan to impose a sentence of at least 30 years because of Maxwell’s ‘utter lack of remorse,’ while Maxwell claimed she should serve just four years as she is not a danger to the public.

The sentencing marked the end of a decades-long fight for justice by victims of Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein.

Before Maxwell spoke in court, she was forced to face her sex trafficking victims as they gave dramatic testimony.

Aerial photos show the prison, which boasts a running track, a baseball pitch and a well-manicured lawn with trees and pathways

Inmates at Danbury are offered a ‘wide variety of hobby craft and music programs,’ like circuit training, aerobics and fitness class

Annie Farmer, Sarah Ransome, Elizabeth Stein and one woman known only as Kate read their heartbreaking victim impact statements where they pleaded for the longest possible sentence and demanded Maxwell spend the rest of her life in prison.

‘I was nothing more than a sex toy with a heartbeat and soul used to entertain Epstein, Maxwell and others,’ Ransome said, sharing photos of herself in a hospital bed after she tried to kill herself when the trauma of the sexual abuse became unbearable.

Ransome said in her victim statement, ‘On one visit to the island, the sexual demands, degradation and humiliation ensued me to try to escape by jumping off a cliff into shark-infested waters. I was caught by Maxwell and company moments before jumping. At the time, that extremely risky escape seemed more appealing than being raped one more time,’ she said.

‘Maxwell is today the same woman I met almost 20 years ago – incapable of compassion or common human decency,’ she added. ‘Sentencing her to the rest of her life in prison will not change her, but it will give survivors a slight sense of justice.’

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