Ghislaine gives etiquette lessons in prison
Ghislaine Maxwell is hosting etiquette classes for inmates at her Florida prison as she tries to reinvent herself as a female role model.
The disgraced socialite, 52, is serving a 20-year sentence for procuring girls for her late paedophile lover Jeffrey epstein to degrade and abuse.
Maxwell has preached to inmates about women’s empowerment and the need to ‘ maintain high moral standards’ in the twice- weekly sessions for up to 40 convicts. a notice pinned up inside the Federal Correctional institution, in Tallahassee, read: ‘Taught by Mrs Maxwell, this course teaches the three principles of etiquette – focusing on respect, consideration and honesty.’
Oxford- educated Maxwell also talks about emulating powerful female figures, citing her former friend hillary Clinton’s presidential bid as an example of how women can ‘smash the glass ceiling’. The course also counts towards the First step act, meaning inmates including drug pushers, white-collar criminals and convicted murderers can shave up to 15 days off their sentences by attending.
it has proven so popular that Maxwell is hosting classes in both english and spanish with the help of a Colombian inmate acting as a translator for the prison’s sizable hispanic population. an insider said: ‘it’s less about balancing books on heads and being ladylike, and more about having confidence in yourself – how to behave and talk in a professional manner, the secrets of success in the corporate world, that sort of thing.
‘Miss Maxwell’s message is, so what if you’re a woman and a convicted felon, you’re not a second class citizen. she’s an unlikely role model but she’s very passionate about this.’
Maxwell’s course ran from December 5 to 30 and a second round of lessons has been approved by prison authorities to start soon, the source added.