# Ghislaine Maxwell convicted

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**Created:** [December 29, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghislaine-maxwell-convicted/956879 "2021-12-29T22:11:41Z")\
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> [@steronz](#):
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> Should all prisoners convicted of similar crimes be subjected to similar conditions? Should we be OK if some of them get nicer, lower-security prisons due to wealth or political connections

She was already in a low security prison, where she got credible threats, which is why she was moved to a minimum security facility.

> [@Loach](#):
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> In theory the incarceration and length of the incarceration is the punishment. The levels of security are not supposed to be different levels of punishment. It’s supposed to be security measures for the safety of the prisoners and the other inmates due to the behavior of the prisoner. The reality versus theory and what you may think it should be is beyond the scope here.

Right. Putting a prisoner in Higher Security prisons are not for punishment, it is due to how dangerous they are, how violent their crimes were, and sometimes due to escape issues.

We had many posts in a P&E thread about sending her to a minimum security prison already/

> [@Epstein Files =\> Trump Impeachment & Conviction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733/1091):
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> We’ve got newly leaked pages of testimony from a Jane Doe who claims Trump raped her when she was 13.

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