EXCLUSIVE: Ghislaine Maxwell was thrown in SOLITARY confinement – a tiny, grim cell where inmates are fed through a slit in the door – for 48 hours after being accused of profiting off her jailhouse interview last month

• Ghislaine Maxwell was thrown into the solitary confinement at the Special Housing Unit at FCI Tallahassee over her TalkTV interview in January 
• Insiders told DailyMail.com the virtual sit-down prompted an investigation into whether she breached the terms of her sentence and sold her story to the media 
• ‘She got really upset, she was crying, she was yelling that she hadn’t received any money, but nobody saw her again for three days,’ one source said 

Ghislaine Maxwell was handcuffed and slung into solitary confinement for 48 hours after prison authorities accused her of profiting from a media interview, DailyMail.com can reveal.

Maxwell, 61, appeared on UK TV last month in a series of taped video and audio calls in which she grumbled about life behind bars and blamed pedophile ex-lover Jeffrey Epstein for her downfall.

The footage raised eyebrows at Federal Correctional Institute Tallahassee because inmates are only allowed ‘video visits’ from a closely-vetted list of friends, family and lawyers. 

Ghislaine Maxwell gave her first televised interview from behind bars last month during an appearance on British show, TalkTV

DailyMail.com has since learned Maxwell was thrown into solitary confinement at the Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee (pictured) for 48 hours two weeks later, after authorities accused her of profiting from a media interview

Insiders say bosses at the low-security Florida lockup launched an investigation to determine whether Maxwell had breached the terms of her 20-year federal sex trafficking sentence by selling her story to a journalist. 

She protested her innocence but was marched off to the Special Housing Unit (SHU) – a ‘prison within a prison’ comprising tiny, grim cells where inmates are locked up for 23 hours at a time and fed through slits in the door.

‘About two weeks after the show was on TV, Max was just minding her own business when they came in, turned her around and handcuffed her,’ a source told DailyMail.com. 

‘She got really upset, she was crying, she was yelling that she hadn’t received any money, but nobody saw her again for three days. 

‘The SHU is not a nice place. You go in there if you’re suicidal, if you fail a drug test or you get in a fight. 

‘It’s like a little box and you’re only allowed out to shower once a day. There’s no contact from anyone, no privileges, they slide your meals through a slot. 

‘Normally people stay there for at least two weeks but she was out in about 48 hours because there was no evidence she was guilty.’ 

Maxwell will be nearly 80 by the time she’s freed unless she can overturn her convictions for procuring girls for warped financier Epstein, who hanged himself in 2019. 

Her high-powered lawyer Arthur Aidala, who represented disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, has until tomorrow (Tuesday) to lodge an appeal which will be funded by the proceeds from Maxwell’s recent multi-million dollar divorce from ex-husband Scott Borgerson.

FCI Tallahassee, where Maxwell is expected to serve her sentence until at least July 17, 2037, is surrounded by a maze of 30 ft fences and cameras, but still looks more akin to a high school or college campus

Maxwell, 61, spent two days in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) – comprising tiny, grim cells where inmates are locked up for 23 hours at a time and fed through slits in the door

Insiders previously told DailyMail.com the disgraced British socialite initially struggled to cope with her new life behind bars, refusing to eat and complaining bitterly to prison authorities that her clothes didn’t fit 

The disgraced socialite used her January 23 interview with TalkTV’s Jeremy Kyle to complain about her 6am starts and boring prison diet of tofu and beans.

She also sparked controversy by claiming without evidence that the now-notorious photograph of Prince Andrew with Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre was a fake.

‘Ghislaine Maxwell agreed to be interviewed for the very first time in a series of taped audio and phone calls from behind bars,’ crowed Kyle, introducing his interview as a bombshell world exclusive.

‘During that call Maxwell told our interviewers and her brother Kevin, who was also present, that she’s suffering from depression, having lost everything.’

The TV host directly addressed the question of whether Maxwell was paid for the exclusive chat, saying: ‘How much did we pay Maxwell for this interview?

‘Let me tell you categorically, not a damn penny and nor would we.’

Federal inmates can schedule 25-minute video calls with an approved list of family and friends via the federal prison network’s CorrLinks system.

Prison pals say Maxwell insists she didn’t break any rules because she was speaking to a genuine, longtime friend, the filmmaker Daphne Barak, who was asking the questions on Kyle’s behalf.

Barak has interviewed Maxwell on several previous occasions for newspaper articles and has even distributed a photo of her behind bars without pushback. 

The disgraced socialite used her January 23 interview with TalkTV’s Jeremy Kyle to complain about her 6am starts and boring prison diet of tofu and beans

Maxwell appeared in a series of taped video and audio jailhouse calls in which she grumbled about life behind bars and blamed pedophile ex-lover Jeffrey Epstein for her downfall

‘What upset Max most was that they threw her in the SHU before they knew the facts,’ our insider added.

‘She hasn’t been the same since then, it’s made her very down and depressed. She thinks they are being intentionally cruel and mean to her.’

In a further blow for the shamed British national, DailyMail.com can reveal Maxwell – federal prisoner 02879-509 – was denied a cushy new job at a government-owned call center.

The Oxford graduate passed a literacy test with ‘flying colors’ and was looking forward to selling TV, phone and internet bundles for Unicor, which pays inmates up to 69 cents an hour as part of a Department of Justice labor scheme.

Prison authorities decided, however, that the sought-after role should not go to a convicted sex offender so Maxwell will stay in her current job, working at the facility’s law library.

Despite her complaints, Maxwell has daily access to an enviable array of sporting facilities at FCI Tallahassee, including the 400-meter running track where DailyMail.com snapped her going for an hour-long jog in November.

She’s also teaching an array of classes, including yoga, Pilates and etiquette lessons for the jail’s 753 inmates.

Prior to her 2019 arrest, jet-setting Maxwell’s long list of high society pals included disgraced UK royal Prince Andrew and former President Bill Clinton.

Behind bars she hangs out with conwoman Linda Morrow, who helped her plastic surgeon husband bilk insurers out of $44 million by pretending cosmetic procedures such as tummy tucks, breast augmentations and ‘vaginal rejuvenations’ were medical necessities.

Maxwell is popular figure among her fellow inmates and has even befriended infamous double killer Narcy Novack (left) and con-woman Linda Morrow, sources say 

The convicted criminal is housed at Florida’s FCI Tallahassee female prison, pictured 

Morrow fled to Israel but was deported to the US in 2019 and jailed in July for more than eight years when a judge said the 70-year-old Coachella Valley-native’s ‘greed knew no bounds’.

Another pal is Narcy Novak, a 65-year-old Florida woman serving life without parole for hiring hitmen to murder her hotelier husband Ben Novak Jr. and his elderly mother Bernice in a grab for their family estate.

Bernice was battered to death with a plumber’s wrench at her Fort Lauderdale home in April 2009. Three months later Novak, a former stripper, let the assassins into her husband’s New York hotel suite where they slashed his eyes and clubbed him to death with dumbbells.

Maxwell, daughter of disgraced UK newspaper magnate Robert Maxwell, was convicted in December 2021 of five counts of grooming minors for longtime confidante Epstein.

The disgraced Brit expressed a sliver of remorse as she was handed down a 240-month sentence, telling her victims: ‘I hope my conviction and harsh incarceration brings you closure.’

However Maxwell has since signaled that she will appeal her conviction and sentence, her spokesman telling DailyMail.com in recent remarks: ‘Her spirits are holding up well as you might expect of an innocent woman.’

A spokesman for Maxwell said he didn’t know anything about the incident. 

A spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons said: ‘For privacy, safety, and security reasons, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) does not release information regarding the conditions of confinement for any inmate, nor do we discuss whether a particular inmate is the subject of allegations, investigations, or sanctions.’ 

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