What we know about Camp Bryan, Ghislaine Maxwell's new minimum-security prison

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas, her attorney confirmed to Axios Friday.The big picture: Camp Bryan is a minimum security prison facility that has hosted notable figure public figures, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and reality TV star Jen Shah.The facility was opened in 1988 and encompasses about 37 acres of land. Ghislaine Maxwell moved to Camp BryanDriving the news: Maxwell was moved from a prison in Florida to the one in Texas, as multiple outlets reported Friday. The New York Sun was first to report the news.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after she was found guilty on multiple counts of conspiring to sex traffic minors. She has continued to appeal her conviction and spoken to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for nine hours over two days last week.The once-girlfriend and associate of Epstein has regained the spotlight in recent weeks as investigators see her as a potential source of information on the disgraced financier.What to know about Camp BryanZoom in: The federal prison for female inmates is located in Bryan, Texas, which is roughly 100 miles outside of Houston. The prison has 635 total inmates, according to the prison's website.At Camp Bryan, inmates typically live in two-person bunk beds, which sit within four-to-eight person cubicles, per Pink Lady Prison Consultants, a prison consulting group.The facilities offer worship services and programs for Christian, Jewish, and Muslim inmates, the group said. There is a full-time medical staff on hand. If the medical staff can't help inmates, then prisoners are brought to the nearby Bryan Medical Center and St. Josephs Regional Hospital, the consulting group said.Elizabeth Holmes, Jen Shah also at Camp BryanThe FPC Bryan has made headlines for housing the Theranos founder Holmes, who was found guilty of conspiracy and fraud against investors by a California jury in 2022."It's been hell and torture to be here," Holmes said in an interview with People magazine about her time at Camp Bryan.BBC News said her routine at the federal prison including wearing "khaki pants and a khaki shirt" and a 6 a.m. wakeup call every day. Theranos' founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives at Camp Bryan in 2023. (Photo by Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)Worth noting: Former "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah, who pleaded guilty to a telemarking fraud scheme, has been living at Camp Bryan.In May, her reps posted an update on her website showing Shah exercising outside with a jump rope, wearing a gray sweat outfit."I wanted to share a personal image that I mailed to my team of one of my shahmazing workouts," she said in the post.What to know about Federal Prison CampsContext: Federal prison camps are "minimum security institutions" that "have dormitory housing, a relatively low staff-to-inmate ratio, and limited or no perimeter fencing. These institutions are work- and program-oriented."There are seven of them throughout the country, including those in West Virginia, Minnesota, Alabama, Florida and South Dakota.Before moving to Bryan, Maxwell was located at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee.

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