Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly received different treatment
than the rest of the prison population during her time at a federal prison in
Texas, according to the testimony of a former nurse at the facility.
The official, Noella Turnage, who has worked for the Federal
Bureau of Prisons since 2019, publicly identified herself on Monday as the
whistleblower who provided some of Maxwell's correspondence to members of the
House Judiciary Committee, according to a report cited by Newsweek.
In an interview with KBTX, Turnage explained that he decided
to contact the legislative committee directly to share documents that he
claimed might be of interest. “I emailed them from my work, from my Federal
Bureau of Prisons email address, and said, ‘Hi, it’s me. I work here, and I
have some information and documents that I think you might be interested in,’”
he recounted. “I didn’t even specify what it was about.”
So far, no further details have been released about the
documents submitted, nor has it been independently confirmed whether the
allegations of preferential treatment were the subject of any official
investigation. The Federal Bureau of Prisons has not issued a public comment on
Turnage’s statements.