Ghislaine Maxwell Put On Suicide Watch Beforehand Of Sentencing: Attorney

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell has been placed on suicide watch days before her sentencing on 5 criminal counts, consisting of sex trafficking, in line with her lawyer.

She is awaiting sentencing, beforehand of Tuesday morning's listening to, on the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

"Yesterday, while not having performed a psychological assessment and without justification, the MDC located Ms. Maxwell on suicide watch," her attorney, Bobbi Sternheim, wrote to a federal court docket in New York on Saturday. "She isn't authorized to own and evaluate prison documents and isn't always authorised paper or pen. This has prevented her from making ready for sentencing."

Nearly three years ago, her partner, Jeffrey Epstein become determined dead with the aid of suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. The federal authorities announced remaining 12 months that MCC could close because of its terrible situations.

Maxwell's lawyers told the court she isn't always suicidal and has been deemed so by means of outdoor psychologists.

Ghislaine Maxwell attends a symposium in New York, Sept. 20, 2013.

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"Ms. Maxwell become abruptly removed from standard population and again to solitary confinement, this time without any garb, toothpaste, soap, criminal papers, and so on," her legal professional's letter stated on Saturday. "She turned into supplied a 'suicide smock' and is given a few sheets of toilet paper on request. This morning, a psychologist evaluated Ms. Maxwell and decided she isn't always suicidal."

Her legal professionals said she is not able to prepare for sentencing and "is illegal from reviewing felony substances prior to sentencing, becomes sleep-deprived, and is denied enough time to satisfy with and consult with recommend." They stated if this doesn't exchange by way of Monday, they will officially request to have sentencing date delayed.

"I met with Ms. Maxwell today (after a ninety seven-minute postpone following my arrival on the facility)," her attorney said. "She is not suicidal."

The Department of Justice responded to Maxwell's criminal team Sunday afternoon, announcing she turned into placed 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 reproduction of all her criminal files and "is capable of talk over with protection suggest."

"Here, the Warden and Chief Psychologist assessed that the defendant is at heightened chance of self-harm, specifically given her upcoming sentencing and intercourse offender popularity. As a result, they're no longer comfortable placing the defendant in the SHU (Special Housing Unit), but they also need to do away with the defendant from preferred populace to analyze the danger she said to the IG," United States attorney Damian Williams wrote to the court Sunday.

Following Maxwell's e mail, and her alleged refusal to answer questions from the prison's psychology staff, she turned into removed from the overall populace and located on a suicide watch, in keeping with the USA Attorneys Office.

"Although the defendant has claimed to psychology personnel that she isn't always suicidal, she has refused to answer psychology body of workers’s questions regarding the danger she mentioned to the IG. While she claimed to the IG to be in worry for her protection, she refused to tell psychology group of workers what that fear is," Williams wrote.

"Given the defendant’s inconsistent debts to the IG and to psychology workforce, the Chief Psychologist assesses the defendant to be at extra chance of self-damage, because it appears she may be trying 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 now not at heightened risk of self-damage," Williams wrote.

Prosecutors said no matter her prison team's claim, there’s no cause to delay Maxwell's sentencing on Tuesday.

The Bureau of Prisons said it does not comment on man or woman inmates.

"The BOP is dedicated to making sure the protection and security of all inmates in our population, our body of workers, and the general public. Humane remedy of the ladies and men in our custody is a pinnacle precedence," a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson informed ABC News.

ABC News has previously suggested that even as she was expecting trial, Maxwell became given paper garments as a precaution.

ABC News' Jim Hill contributed to this record.