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Subject: RE: Ghislaine Maxwell (02879-509)
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:21:39 +0000
Thanks Not surprising but still frustrating that all this nothingness led to an urgent Sunday evening email.
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Subject: RE: Ghislaine Maxwell (02879-509)
Just got the following update from (which I have conveyed ta:
• Within the last approximately 48 hours, MDC staff has conducted temperature checks in Ms. Maxwell's cell, all of
which revealed that the temperature in Ms. Maxwell's cell was between 71 and 74 degrees. MDC legal counsel
noted that the target temperature for the MDC during this season is 68 degrees. MDC staff also gave Ms. Maxwell
an extra blanket, so she now has three blankets in her isolation cell.
• MDC staff physically entered Ms. Maxwell's cell and did not observe any smell or moisture. The unit team leader
physically felt the papers in Ms. Maxwell's cell and observed that they felt normal and in no way damaged by
moisture.
• MDC staff will ensure that Ms. Maxwell is able to bring a cup and a snack with her into her isolation cell.
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Okay, thanks for the heads up. Please let us know what you learn back from=
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On Nov I, 2020, at 1:06 PM, wrote:
Chiefs,
FYI, we just received the below from Maxwell's counsel. I've forwarded to and asked her to call me
ASAP to discuss. Wanted to let you know in case this turns into another letter to AJN.
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Sent: Sunday, November 1, 2020 12:41 PM
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Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell (02879-509)
Good afternoon-
I write to request immediate assistance for Ghislaine Maxwell.
There are many conditions and restrictions placed upon her at the MDC
that are of great complaint, but of immediate concern are conditions within
Ms. Maxwell's isolation cell.
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The combination of cold, moisture, and sewage stench have made confinement
in her cell unhealthy, unbearable, and utterly unreasonable.
Her request for an extra blanket has been denied.
Her request for use of her day mug for water has been denied.
(She's been told to cup her hands to drink water from the faucet.)
Her request to keep a snack in her cell has been denied.
The moisture accumulating in her cell risks her health and the security
of her legal work.
You have known me and my reputation among your colleagues and the court.
Trust me when I way that in my 35 years of federal criminal practice, having represented
individuals charged and convicted of terrorism and capital murder, housed in
MCC's 10South and FCI Florence-ADMAX (facilities I have visited), I have never witnessed
such inappropriate and outlandish treatment of a non-violent pretrial detainee held on risk of flight.
The mistreatment of Ghislaine Maxwell reflects negatively on your Office, the Court,
and the BOP. The Government as a whole can and needs to do better.
For today, we seek the bare minimum - a change of cell to a location that is safe
from the cold, moisture, and stench, and an extra blanket to keep her warm.
The rest will be left for another day.
Please assist.
Thank you-
Bobbi
BOBBI C. STERNHEIM, ESQ.
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