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- He also was housed with a cellmate, but the day before he died, his cellmate was transferred out of the detention center. The staff was aware that Epstein was alone but did not take steps to assign him a new cellmate. And staff did not carry out their responsibilities in the hours before Epstein’s death, according to the report.
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Jun 27, 2023 · The staff was aware that Epstein was alone but did not take steps to assign him a new cellmate. And staff did not carry out their responsibilities in the hours before Epstein’s death, according...
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- Detention Center Staff Misconduct Gave Epstein Opportunity to Kill Himself
- Systemic Understaffing
- Guards Walked on "Eggshells" Around Epstein
- After Epstein's Death
While not unique to Epstein's case, the federal watchdog's investigation found "numerous and serious" instances of misconduct among corrections staff — some criminal — that gave him the opportunity to kill himself. In all, 13 individuals are identified as having committed performance failures between August 9 and 10, 2019, ranging from mere instanc...
According to the report, there was also systemic understaffing in the prison, a failure to follow proper inmate check-in protocols by guards. They also gave Epstein access to excess bedding and other materials, the watchdog found. Thomas, Noel, and two supervisors only identified by their titles in the report knowingly and willfully falsified BOP r...
Notably, a fellow inmate told investigators that guards walked on "eggshells" around Epstein and the inspector general's report identified a series of irregularities in treatment, including hours-long attorney meetings, unrecorded phone calls and the excess bedding materials, which he ultimately used to hang himself. In one instance, on the night b...
Following Epstein's death, then-Attorney General William Barr said he was "appalled" by the circumstances of his death in federal custody, which he said raised "serious questions that must be answered." In addition to an FBI investigation into the matter, Barr directed the department's inspector general to conduct an independent review. The MCC was...
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Jun 27, 2023 · A new Justice Department Inspector General report details the failures that occurred beginning one month before Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide while in custody of the Bureau of Prisons. The report also makes clear that foul play was not possible.
Jun 2, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner of his Manhattan jail cell with his hands over his ears, desperate to muffle the sound of a toilet that wouldn’t stop running. Epstein was agitated and unable to sleep, jail officials observed in records newly obtained by The Associated Press.
Jun 2, 2023 · Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner of his Manhattan jail cell with his hands over his ears, desperate to muffle the sound of a toilet that wouldn’t stop...
Jun 27, 2023 · According to the report, two workers at MCC SHU claimed they told supervisory staff that Epstein's cellmate was leaving and that he would need a new cellmate.
Jun 27, 2023 · Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in a cell with a bedsheet tied around his neck in 2019, died by suicide, not foul play — after a cascade of negligence and mismanagement at the now-shuttered...
