Although the meeting with the Department of Justice isn't occurring there, eyes are turning to the state capital's federal women's prison that houses Ghislaine Maxwell, former girlfriend to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and herself a convicted sex trafficker.

The meeting between Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Maxwell occurred in downtown Tallahassee at the U.S. attorney's office, which is located inside the federal courthouse, sources familiar with the matter said. Maxwell initiated the meeting, multiple sources told ABC News.

The disgraced British socialite, wearing all brown, was handcuffed in the front and led through a barbed-wire-laced fenced-in area in front of the prison.