杰弗瑞·爱泼斯坦合伙人麦斯威尔据她的律师称，在她因包括性交易在内的五项刑事指控被判刑前几天，她已被置于自杀监视名单中。
在周二上午的听证会之前，她正在布鲁克林的大都会拘留中心等待判决。
“昨天，在没有进行心理评估和没有正当理由的情况下，争取民主变革运动将麦克斯韦尔女士置于自杀观察中，”她的律师鲍比·斯特恩海姆(Bobbi Sternheim)周六写给纽约一家联邦法院。她不允许拥有和审阅法律文件，也不允许使用纸和笔。这使她无法为量刑做准备。”
大约三年前，她的同伙，杰弗里·爱泼斯坦被发现死亡在曼哈顿大都会惩教中心自杀。联邦政府去年宣布，MCC会关闭由于条件差。
马克斯韦尔的律师告诉法庭，她没有自杀倾向，外界心理学家也认为她有自杀倾向。
“马克斯韦尔女士被突然从普通人群中带走，回到单独监禁，这次没有任何衣服、牙膏、肥皂、法律文件等，”她的律师函周六表示。“她得到了一件‘自杀罩衫’,并应要求得到了几张卫生纸。今天早上，一名心理学家对马克斯韦尔女士进行了评估，确定她没有自杀倾向。
她的律师说，她无法为判决做准备，并且“被禁止在判决前查看法律材料，睡眠被剥夺，并且被剥夺了足够的时间与律师见面和商议。”他们说，如果这种情况在周一前没有改变，他们将正式要求推迟宣判日期。
“我今天会见了麦克斯韦女士(在我到达该设施后延迟了97分钟)，”她的律师说。“她没有自杀倾向。”
司法部周日下午回复麦克斯韦的法律团队说，她被置于自杀监视之下，因为据称她给监狱局监察长办公室发了电子邮件，声称她担心自己的安全。然而，它说马克斯韦尔确实有她所有法律文件的硬拷贝，并且“能够与辩护律师协商”
“在这里，监狱长和首席心理学家评估认为，被告自残的风险很高，特别是考虑到她即将被判刑和性犯罪者的身份。因此，他们不愿意将被告安置在特别牢房，但他们也需要将被告从普通人群中转移出来，以调查她向总检察长报告的威胁，”美国检察官达米安·威廉姆斯周日在法庭上写道。
根据美国检察官办公室的说法，在麦克斯韦的电子邮件以及她据称拒绝回答监狱心理工作人员的问题之后，她被从普通人群中移除，并被置于自杀观察中。
“尽管被告向心理学工作人员声称她没有自杀倾向，但她拒绝回答心理学工作人员关于她向IG报告的威胁的问题。威廉姆斯写道:“虽然她向IG声称担心自己的安全，但她拒绝告诉心理学工作人员这种担心是什么。
“鉴于被告对总检察长和心理学工作人员的陈述不一致，首席心理学家评估被告有自残的额外风险，因为她可能试图被转移到一个单人牢房，在那里她可以进行自残。威廉姆斯写道:“被告将继续接受自杀观察，直到MDC评估认为她不再有自残的高风险。”
检察官说，尽管她的法律团队声称，没有理由推迟麦克斯韦周二的判决。
监狱管理局表示不对个别囚犯发表评论。
“BOP致力于确保所有囚犯、工作人员和公众的安全。监狱管理局的一名发言人告诉美国广播公司新闻，人道对待我们关押的男女囚犯是当务之急。
美国广播公司新闻此前报道称，在她等待审判期间，麦克斯韦得到了纸衣服以防万一。
Ghislaine Maxwell put on suicide watch ahead of sentencing: Lawyer
Jeffery Epstein associateGhislaine Maxwellhas been put on suicide watch days before her sentencing on five criminal counts, including sex trafficking, according to her lawyer.
She is awaiting sentencing, ahead of Tuesday morning's hearing, at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
"Yesterday, without having conducted a psychological evaluation and without justification, the MDC placed Ms. Maxwell on suicide watch," her lawyer, Bobbi Sternheim, wrote to a federal court in New York on Saturday. "She is not permitted to possess and review legal documents and is not permitted paper or pen. This has prevented her from preparing for sentencing."
Nearly three years ago, her accomplice,Jeffery Epstein was found deadby suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. The federal government announced last year that MCCwould closedue to its poor conditions.
Maxwell's lawyers told the court she is not suicidal and has been deemed so by outside psychologists.
"Ms. Maxwell was abruptly removed from general population and returned to solitary confinement, this time without any clothing, toothpaste, soap, legal papers, etc," her lawyer's letter said on Saturday. "She was provided a 'suicide smock' and is given a few sheets of toilet paper on request. This morning, a psychologist evaluated Ms. Maxwell and determined she is not suicidal."
Her lawyers said she is unable to prepare for sentencing and "is prohibited from reviewing legal materials prior to sentencing, becomes sleep-deprived, and is denied sufficient time to meet with and confer with counsel." They said if this doesn't change by Monday, they will formally request to have sentencing date delayed.
"I met with Ms. Maxwell today (after a 97-minute delay following my arrival at the facility)," her lawyer said. "She is not suicidal."
The Department of Justice responded to Maxwell's legal team Sunday afternoon, saying she was put on suicide watch after she allegedly emailed the Bureau of Prisons Inspector General's Office claiming she feared for her safety. However, it said Maxwell does have a hard copy of all her legal documents and "is able to confer with defense counsel."
"Here, the Warden and Chief Psychologist assessed that the defendant is at heightened risk of self-harm, particularly given her upcoming sentencing and sex offender status. As a result, they are not comfortable placing the defendant in the SHU (Special Housing Unit), but they also need to remove the defendant from general population to investigate the threat she reported to the IG," United States attorney Damian Williams wrote to the court Sunday.
Following Maxwell's email, and her alleged refusal to answer questions from the prison's psychology staff, she was removed from the general population and placed on a suicide watch, according to the US Attorneys Office.
"Although the defendant has claimed to psychology staff that she is not suicidal, she has refused to answer psychology staff’s questions regarding the threat she reported to the IG. While she claimed to the IG to be in fear for her safety, she refused to tell psychology staff what that fear is," Williams wrote.
"Given the defendant’s inconsistent accounts to the IG and to psychology staff, the Chief Psychologist assesses the defendant to be at additional risk of self-harm, as it appears she may be attempting to be transferred to a single cell where she can engage in self-harm. The defendant will remain on suicide watch until the MDC assesses that she is no longer at heightened risk of self-harm," Williams wrote.
Prosecutors said despite her legal team's claim, there’s no reason to delay Maxwell's sentencing on Tuesday.
The Bureau of Prisons said it doesn't comment on individual inmates.
"The BOP is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all inmates in our population, our staff, and the public. Humane treatment of the men and women in our custody is a top priority," a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson told ABC News.
ABC News has previously reported that while she was awaiting trial,Maxwell was given paper clothesas a precaution.
