Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrival to the federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, this month has sent a shot of tension across its minimum-security all-female units, even while her lawyer says she’s in a safer facility as there is intense political inquiry around Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse wants documents on Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer to a minimum security prison: "protection racket."

The convicted sex offender is raising an important legal question—about whether an agreement by one federal prosecutor binds his colleagues across the country.