[This article first appeared on Common Dreams on August 3, 2025.]
On July 24 and 25, convicted sex offender Ghislane Maxwell met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche – the number two official in the Department of Justice. At the time, Maxwell was three years into her 20-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institute in Tallahassee, Florida (FCI Tallahassee). A week later, the Bureau of Prisons – an agency of the Department of Justice – confirmed that she’d been transferred to the Federal Prison Camp at Bryan, Texas (FPC Bryan).
It’s not a pardon, but it’s a big improvement in her quality of life.
On the outside, it’s the difference between double-fenced barbed wire and a wrought iron fence akin to that of a gated community. On the inside, the differences are more dramatic.
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