Maxwell police said the former British socialite was isolated, under 24-hour video surveillance and subjected to constant observation by multiple guards at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, the office of the prison facility where she is being held. held before trial.
In a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Alison Nathan late Monday, Maxwell’s lawyers say they recently learned that “some of these prison guards were in fact BOP psychologists who observed Ms. Maxwell and assessed her every day for hours. without their knowledge. We are aware that no other pretrial detainees will receive such treatment. “
Maxwell’s lawyers have argued that Maxwell was never diagnosed as suicidal and that the current circumstances are treating her unfairly.
Maxwell is limited to 30 minutes per month for personal phone calls, compared to 500 minutes given to other residents awaiting trial, her lawyers said in the letter. She has no office or surface to take notes as she checks evidence for her case and was recently denied access to the prison commissioner, she added.
Maxwell “will be placed in the general public if and when BOP is satisfied that such placement would not pose a threat to the proper functioning of the institution,” prosecutors wrote in court at the time.
Maxwell’s lawyers also renewed their request to be told about the identities of the three defendants mentioned in the indictment. Prosecutors have objected to the request at this point in the lawsuit which claims the privacy of the victims.
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