She’s ‘moved from cell to cell to stop someone trying to kill her’

GHISLAINE MAXWELL is being constantly moved from ‘cell to cell’ because prison authorities fear that someone will try to kill her.

The 58-year-old spent the first 24 hours after arriving at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, last Monday in paper clothing to prevent her harming herself.

But insiders say the concern is now that someone will try to murder her.

‘Jeffrey Epstein died behind bars and they [the authorities] are terrified someone will try to kill Ghislaine,’ said a source.

‘ She was initially given paper clothes to wear because she was a suicide risk but is now wearing a prison regulation khaki shirt and trousers.’

The source also revealed that her hair is longer and that she is far from the perfectly groomed socialite seen in photographs.

‘ She has not had a hair cut in a year and there have been no manicures or pedicures,’ the source added.

‘She was in deep shock at first, but she is getting better each day. She is not a whiner or complainer.

She is also someone who isn’t posh or prissy. She is being moved from cell to cell and sometimes has a cellmate, sometimes not. They [the authorities] are terrified someone will try to kill her so they keep moving her around.

‘Conditions are terrible at the jail and there’s an outbreak of Covid which could kill her. It’s impossible for her to talk to her lawyers or family in a timely way.

‘How can she prepare a defence when the lawyers can’t even get hold of her?’

The Mail on Sunday has obtained a copy of the 51-page prison ‘orientation’ handbook handed to all inmates, including Maxwell, when they are officially booked in.

The prison day starts at 6am with inmates ordered that ‘beds must be made by 7.30am’.

They are restricted to one pair of trainers ‘per year’ along with ‘one radio or MP3 player’.

Today her breakfast choices will be‘ grits, whole wheat toast and fruit’ .

Meanwhile, phone calls are limited to 15 minutes with a maximum of 300 minutes per month.

Like other prisoners, Maxwell could be searched by guards at any time ‘if there is suspicion of contraband or weapons’.

She is also banned from having any ‘nude or sexually suggestive’ photos.