Ghislaine Maxwell will earn as little as 15 cents an hour cleaning toilets at the Florida prison where she is serving her 20-year sentence, DailyMail.com can reveal.
The former socialite, who once lived a lavish lifestyle and counted Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton among her friends, will earn a small fortune at FCI Tallahassee where she has recently moved.
Prison counselors said Maxwell would work in toilets, bathrooms or wash dishes before being assigned long-term work, such as managing payroll or reading water meters.
Counselors said Maxwell could become a target for other inmates unless he acted sober and stopped complaining about his life.
But Maxwell has so far done the exact opposite and has been relentlessly tight-lipped about his condition pending trial.
Counselors said FCI Tallahassee was a ‘big step’ from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, where Maxwell was held for two years.
They said it felt like ‘Disneyland’ compared to MDC, where Maxwell claimed he was fed food with maggots in it and woke up every 15 minutes.
DailyMail.com can reveal that Ghislaine Maxwell will earn 15 to 27 cents an hour cleaning toilets, bathrooms or washing dishes at the new prison.
Maxwell has now been transferred to FCI Tallahassee (pictured) where she will serve out her 20-year sentence. It’s just hours from Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion, where she allegedly helped him sexually abuse young girls.
Prison counselors said Tallahassee would feel like ‘Disneyland’ compared to MDC, where Maxwell claimed he was fed meals with maggots and woke up every 15 minutes.
The judge in his case asked the Federal Bureau of Prisons to consider sending him to a prison in Danbury, Connecticut, but that idea was rejected.
Holly Coolman, co-founder of Pink Lady Prison Consultants, told DailyMail.com that Maxwell went to Tallahassee instead of Danbury because there are more staff members who are better trained to handle him.
His movements will be controlled and the prison will open doors to allow him access to certain parts of the prison at certain times of the day.
However, inside her dorm – which has a bathroom, quiet room and TV room – she will be able to move around freely.
Holly Coolman, co-founder of Pink Lady Prison Consultants, told DailyMail.com that Maxwell could become a target for other inmates unless he behaves politely and stops complaining about his life.
According to Coolman, Maxwell’s day would start at 5 a.m. when the lights went out. She eats breakfast at 6 am and lunch at 10.30 am – an early time to enable the kitchen to feed the entire population.
Coolman said the new prison would be ‘a step up from MDC’ and Maxwell would be able to ‘breathe a bit more’.
She said: ‘She definitely didn’t get one of the worst places. It’s probably the best he can get under the circumstances.’
But Maxwell will still have a hard time adjusting to being with killers and serious attacking women.
The facility is low, humid and some women will “hate” it because of its celebrity, Coulman said.
She said: ‘Others will be attracted to her because they think she can pay for commissary items for them. It’s not going to be easy for him.
‘There will be women who have been abused themselves and don’t like him because of his crime.
‘The prison will deploy its best staff for him and place him with a drama-free woman.’
Maxwell will be hired for his first 30 days for which he will earn 15 cents to 27 cents an hour, Cullman said.
Maxwell will then be assigned a long-term job such as being a clerk and managing payroll for the construction crew.
Maxwell, who managed Epstein’s properties and arranged massages for him with underage girls, could have used his organizational skills by doing payroll for the entire complex, Cullman said.
Another possible option for her is teaching GED classes, English as a foreign language or working in a commissary.
Weights are banned in prison – they can be used as weapons – yoga is a popular option for keeping fit and Maxwell can lead a class.
Coolman said: ‘One of the things that women do is put on a talent show, it’s like junior high school. It’s skits and things like that, just to keep myself entertained.’
According to Cullman, her top tip for Maxwell is that she needs to be ‘humble’, which may not be easy for a woman who grew up in a 65-room mansion in the UK’s Oxfordshire countryside.
Cullman said: ‘There are people who don’t appreciate you or don’t like you. You need to know how to have those conversations, know when to shut up.
‘He must be humble. She is entering a world where many of these women have been for a long time. He knows she’ll be out before long.
‘The key to survival is minding your own business, keeping a low profile, but that’s not his personality.’
Maxwell will be required to wear khakis at FCI Tallahassee, and he will wake up at 5 a.m. every day for breakfast at 6 a.m.
Judge Alison Nathan imposed a sentence of 240 months followed by five years of supervised release on June 28. She suggested serving her sentence in Danbury, Connecticut.
Justin Pepperney, founder of White Collar Advice, told Maxwell his main advice was to ‘be careful about building friendships’.
He said: ‘People will be there for years and that prison can help with staff. They may engage in disciplinary infractions. He needs to be careful about his associates.
‘She can’t complain. We have a lot of people incarcerated, they’re in and out of the system and can’t afford lawyers like he did.’
Justin Pepperney, founder of White Collar Advice, said his main advice to Maxwell was to ‘be careful about building friendships’.
Paperni said there are women serving longer sentences for non-violent crimes than Maxwell did for sex crimes.
‘He needs to not complain – that could cause trouble,’ he said, noting that Maxwell’s record of anger meant people wouldn’t believe him when there was a real issue.
He said: ‘I would encourage him not to talk to staff more than necessary.
He should listen 99 percent of the time, speak 1 percent. Know that He is no different.
‘He should see it as a reboot. Now she’s in Tallahassee it will feel like Disneyland compared to what she endured at MDC’.
Paparny said former inmates at the facility said it was “brutal hot” in the summer, with temperatures reaching 106F in the Florida sun.
Despite the claims of the BOP, medical facilities are poor.
Maxwell will not be in a cell but in an office cubicle-sized space with two cellmates.
According to Pepperney, each cubicle has a bunk bed, another on the floor, a locker for each inmate, and a desk and a swivel chair they have to share.
He said, ‘There is a good opportunity for education.
‘She can be very, very productive there if she wants to, she can give back and build a life there and mentor other prisoners. She is in a position to teach and give back and I hope she does.
‘If she blames others for her condition, her 20s will feel like a century.’
Epstein and Maxwell are pictured in an undated photo. He committed suicide in prison in August 2019, while Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June for child sex trafficking.
Before his sentencing last month, Maxwell made a public statement expressing remorse for his actions
Fellow victims heard tears as Sarah Ransom read a victim impact statement before Maxwell was sentenced last month.
The Bureau of Prisons website indicates Maxwell will be eligible for release on July 17, 2037.
Both Tallahassee and Danbury are low-security prisons in the federal system. There are about 500 female inmates in Florida lockups.
Among his fellow inmates is Narci Novak, who was charged in 2009 with the murders of her millionaire ex-husband, Fontainebleau hotel heir Ben Novak Jr., and her mother, Bernice Novak.
Another inmate in Tallahassee is Jaelyn Young, who was trying to travel to Syria to join ISIS with her boyfriend in 2015.
The choice of prison by the BOP is against the recommendation of Judge Alison Nathan, who oversaw Maxwell’s case for the recruitment and trafficking of underage girls for the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Judge Nathan asked the BOP to send him to Danbury — after a request from Maxwell’s lawyers.
However, the BOP has the final authority and decides to go to Tallahassee.
Despite this, Maxwell, 60, will likely welcome the news as she has bitterly complained about her treatment at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where she has been held since her arrest in July 2020.
His lawyers allege prison officials violated his rights by shining torches into his cell every 15 minutes and aggressively searched him every hour while filming.
Maxwell was convicted in December after a trial in which his victims testified that he lured them to Epstein as young as 14.
During sentencing, Maxwell said she wanted to ‘acknowledge’ the pain of her victims but stopped short of apologizing.
His lawyers have filed notices of appeal against both the conviction and sentence.