'Third-world jail' where Maxwell will live alongside rapists, murderers and terrorists

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Brooklyn facility since she was found guilty last year and was said to be on 'suicide watch' prior to her sentencing. At her sentencing today (June 28), upon receiving her judgement for the crimes she committed under dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell's lawyers made a last-ditch attempt to have her rehomed to the BOP woman’s facility in Danbury, Connecticut. READ MORE: Ghislaine Maxwell's twisted life with Epstein - how sex-obsessed billionaire 'opened door to hell'And although Judge Alison Nathan agreed to make a recommendation, it is likely that Maxwell's immediate future lies in a facility once described as the 'most troubled' in America which one judge lambasted as having 'third-world' living conditions for inmates.

The multi-sex facility in New York has a fearsome reputation and is currently home to 1,712 prisoners convicted of shocking crimes including paedophilia, rape, murder and terrorism.

Over the years, the prison has played host to a number of famous US rogues and its current inmates include paedophile rapper R.

Kelly and Frank James who has been charged with shooting commuters on the New York Subway this year. Speaking to the Sun in 2020, former warden Cameron Lindsay laid bare some of the problems inherent in the facility which he warned had a "unique history of staff misconduct."He also warned that fellow inmates would likely see attacking Maxwell as a" badge of honour."The prison has been at the centre of numerous scandals over the years.