EFTA00025219.pdf

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U.S. Department of Justice 
United States Attorney 
Southern District of New York 
June 7, 2021 
BY ECF 
The Honorable Alison J. Nathan 
United States District Court 
Southern District of New York 
United States Courthouse 
Re: 
United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) 
Dear Judge Nathan: 
The Government respectfully submits this letter to provide an update regarding the 
defendant's conditions of confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center ("MDC") pursuant to 
the Court's Order dated December 8, 2020. (Dkt. No. 92). This update is based on information 
provided to the Government by MDC legal counsel regarding the conditions of the defendant's 
confinement over the last two months. 
The defendant continues to receive more time to review discovery than any other inmate 
at the MDC. Specifically, the defendant is permitted to review her discovery thirteen hours per 
day, seven days per week. During the entirety of that time, the defendant still has access to both a 
desktop computer provided by the MDC and a laptop computer provided by the Government on 
which to review discovery. Also during those thirteen hours per day, the defendant may use the 
MDC desktop computer to send and receive emails with her attorneys. This discovery review 
takes place in a day room that is separate from the defendant's assigned cell. Accordingly, the 
defendant continues to be permitted out of her cell from 7am to 8pm every day. While in the day 
room, the defendant continues to have exclusive access to the MDC desktop computer, the laptop, 
a television, a phone on which to place social or attorney calls, and a shower. The defendant is 
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also permitted outdoor recreation every day. although she has the option of declining such 
recreation time if she wishes. 
The defendant also continues to receive as much, if not more, time as any other MDC 
inmate to communicate with her attorneys. Currently, the defendant receives five hours of video-
teleconfe…

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