Ghislaine Maxwell has been denied a sought-after prison job at the Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas, where she has been serving part of her 20-year sentence for sex trafficking minors, as reported by The Daily Mail.
According to prison sources, Maxwell applied for the facility’s “town driver” position, which allows select inmates to transport others to medical appointments, airports, or bus stations.
The position is considered one of the most coveted roles in the minimum-security facility because it involves movement outside the prison’s gates under limited supervision.
Her application, however, was rejected. Officials reportedly determined that Maxwell, 63, was too much of a flight risk to be considered for the position. Another inmate was selected for the assignment.
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“There was never any chance they’d let her near a van, let alone going out alone,” one source told the Daily Mail.
Maxwell’s rejection comes after she was transferred earlier this year from FCI Tallahassee to Bryan, a facility typically reserved for non-violent offenders. Her attorney, David Oscar Markus, said the transfer was made for safety reasons and not due to favoritism.
“I’m surprised to hear my progressive friends criticizing more humane prisons and Ghislaine’s transfer to a safer facility, especially after she faced serious danger in Tallahassee,” Markus wrote on X.
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While at Tallahassee, Maxwell worked in the law library, taught yoga, and hosted etiquette classes. At Bryan, she lives in a dormitory-style unit with other inmates, including high-profile prisoners such as Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and former Real Housewives star Jen Shah.
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Canine Companions, a nonprofit that runs a program placing service dogs in prisons, confirmed that Maxwell will not be allowed to work with the seven dogs housed at Bryan.
“We do not allow anyone who has committed crimes against animals or minors. That’s because they’re vulnerable populations,” CEO Paige Mazzoni told CNN.
Maxwell is also expected to be barred from Bryan’s work release program, which allows prisoners to become certified nursing assistants outside the facility, for similar reasons.
News of Maxwell’s failed bid for the driver position came shortly after the Justice Department released transcripts of her interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. The sit-down was part of ongoing pressure to release the so-called “Epstein Files.”
During the interview, Maxwell defended former President Donald Trump, describing him as a “gentleman in all respects” and saying she never saw him engage in inappropriate behavior when socializing with Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s.
She also denied claims involving former President Bill Clinton and questioned the authenticity of the well-known photograph of Prince Andrew with accuser Virginia Giuffre.
Maxwell further claimed that Epstein was murdered in federal custody and that his death was staged to look like suicide.
Despite her notoriety, prison officials emphasized that Maxwell will not receive special treatment at Bryan. “Maxwell may think she is a celebrity in the outside world but in Bryan she’s just a number,” a prison source said. “No special privileges. Get in line just like everyone else.”
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