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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 74 Filed 11/23/20 Page 1 of 2 
U.S. Department of Justice 
United States Attorney 
Southern District of New York 
The Silvio J. Mollo Building 
One Saint Andrew's Plaza 
New York, New York 10007 
November 23, 2020 
BY ECF 
The Honorable Alison J. Nathan 
United States District Court 
Southern District of New York 
United States Courthouse 
40 Foley Square 
New York, New York 10007 
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 August 25, 2020. (Dkt. No. 49). Over the past three months, the 
Government has had multiple conversations with MDC legal counsel regarding the defendant's 
conditions of confinement. This update is based on information provided to the Government by 
MDC legal during those conversations. 
Last week, a staff member who was assigned to work in the area of the MDC where the 
defendant is housed tested positive for COVID-19. In response, the MDC implemented the same 
quarantine protocols that apply whenever an inmate has potentially been exposed to the virus. 
Specifically, on November 18, 2020, the defendant was tested for COVID-19 using a rapid test, 
which was negative. That same day, the defendant was placed in quarantine. As with any other 
quarantined inmate, the defendant will remain in quarantine for fourteen days, at which point she 
will be tested again for COVID-19. If that test is negative, she will then be released from 
quarantine. To date, the defendant has not exhibited any symptoms of COVID-19. 
During her time in quarantine, the defendant will be housed in the same cell where she was 
already housed before she was placed in quarantine, and medical staff and psychology staff will 
continue to check on the defendant every day. Like all other MDC inmates in quarantine,…

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